Schedule

2024 Center for Craniofacial Research (CCR) – Pediatric Research Center (PRC) Retreat

TMC Innovation

2450 Holcombe Blvd, Suite X Houston, TX 77021

April 26, 2024

 

8:30 am - 9:00 amCheck-In and Poster Setup – Light breakfast served
9:00 am – 9:10 amWelcome and Introduction
Jacqueline Hecht, PhD
Vice Chair for Research – Basic Science, Department of Pediatrics
Professor and Leah Lewis Distinguished Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Center
Director, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Center
Director, School of Dentistry, Center for Craniofacial Research
9:10 am – 10:00 am"Bridging the Craniofacial Translation Gap" – Moderated by Jacqueline Hecht, PhD
Eric Chien-Wei Liao, MD, PhD
Director, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Center for Craniofacial Innovation
Vice Chair of Surgery – Academic Affairs, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
10:00 am - 10:10 amNetworking Break I
10:10 am - 11:05 amPoster Blitz Session I – Moderated by Jun Wang, PhD
Postdocs
10:10 am - 10:15 amChiaki Arai
10:15 am - 10:20 amYuki Arai
10:20 am - 10:25 amHiroaki Manabe
10:25 am - 10:30 amDavid Mitchell
10:30 am - 10:35 amMizuki Nagata
10:35 am - 10:40 amYuta Nakai
10:40 am - 10:45 amChioma Obinero
10:45 am - 10:50 amShion Orikasa
10:50 am - 10:55 amHiroyuki Yamaguchi
10:55 am - 11:00 amXiaolei Zhao
11:00 am - 11:05 amMingjie Zheng
11:05 am – 11:15 amBreak
11:15 am – 12:00 pmPoster Blitz Session II – Moderated by Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD
Students
11:15 am - 11:20 amCaitlynn Barrows
11:20 am - 11:25 amGunjan Bhatia
11:25 am - 11:30 amShannon Erhardt
11:30 am - 11:35 amJulianna Quinn
Research Staff
11:35 am - 11:40 amMario Lenin Carrera
11:40 am - 11:45 amElise DuBois
11:45 am - 11:50 amMary Elmeniawi
11:50 am - 11:55 amNourhan Hussein
11:55 am - 12:00 pmFiorella Izaguirre
12:00 pm – 12:10 pmGroup Photo
12:10 pm – 1:30 pmPoster Session and Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm"Spatial Transcriptomics: Promise and Peril" – Moderated by Jacqueline Hecht, PhD
Matthew Warman, MD
Director, Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Boston Children’s Hospital
Director, Center for the Study of Genetic Skeletal Disorders, Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
2:20 pm – 2:30 pmNetworking Break II and Poster Breakdown
2:30 pm – 4:00 pmUTHealth Houston Core Activities and Resources – Moderated by Simon Young, DDS, MD, PhD, FACS
2:30 pm – 3:00 pmUTHealth Houston Cancer Genomics Core
Zhongming Zhao, PhD, MS
Vice President for Office of Cancer Genomic Medicine, UTHealth Houston
Chair, Center for Precision Health, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Professor, Center for Precision Health, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics
Director, Center for Precision Medicine, UTHealth Houston
Director, Cancer Genomics Center, UTHealth Houston
3:00 pm – 3:30 pmUTHealth Houston Microscopy Core
Travis Moore, PhD
Director, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, Center for Advanced Microscopy
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
3:30 pm – 4:00 pmClinical Tissue Engineering
Simon Young, DDS, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor, School of Dentistry, Katz Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
4:00 pm - 4:15 pmAward Announcements and Closing Remarks
Jacqueline Hecht, PhD
Vice Chair for Research – Basic Science, Department of Pediatrics
Professor and Leah Lewis Distinguished Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Center
Director, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Center
Director, School of Dentistry, Center for Craniofacial Research