confirmed symposium speakers

Elizabeth Nabel, M.D.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Keynote Address (Dinner)
Brief Biography

Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
The University of Texas System
Welcoming Address
Brief Biography

genetics

Craig Hanis, Ph.D.
Professor
Human Genetics Center, UTHSC-Houston
Genetics of Diabetes
Brief Biography

Margaret Spitz, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Epidemiology, UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Genetic Susceptibility of Lung Cancer
Brief Biography

Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
President George H.W. Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicince
Professor and Vice Chairman Department of Internal Medicine
UTHSC-Houston
Genetic Basis of Aortic Aneurysms & Dissections
Brief Biography

Sunil Ahuja, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, VA HIV/AIDS Center
UTHSC-San Antonio
Host Genetic Determinants of HIV/AIDS

Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.
UT-Southwestern
Genetics of Adipose Tissue Disorders

functional genomics

Frank Arnett, M.D.
Elizabeth Bidgood Chair in Rheumatology
Professor of Internal Medicine, and Pathology and laboratory Medicine
UTHSC-Houston
Microarrays to Probe the Pathogenesis of Scleroderma: A Complex Fibrosing Autoimmune Disease
Brief Biography

Edward M. Marcotte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry
UT-Austin
Defining the Networks of Yeast and Human Genes in Preparation for Large-scale Mapping of the Human Interactome

Luc Girard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UT-Southwestern
Gene Expression Signatures of Drug Sensitivity and EDFR Mutation in Lung Cancer

Gordon B. Mills, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Molecular Therapeutics, UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Linking Genomics to Therapeutics: Identification of Novel Targets and Prognostic Indicators
Brief Biography

Kevin Paul Rosenblatt, M.D., D.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Department Pathology, UT-Southwestern
Molecular Profiling for the Early Diagnosis and Targeted Molecular Therapy of Cancer
Brief Biography

Allan R. Brasier, M.D.
Leon Bromberg, M.D. Professor in Internal Medicine
UT Chancellor's Health Fellow
Senior Scientist, Sealy Center for Molecular Sciences
Associate Director, NHLBI Proteomics Center
UTMB-Galveston
Cellular Responses to Viral Infection
Brief Biography

Edward T.H. Yeh, M.D.
Director, Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases
Brown Foundation, Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases
Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiology, UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Role of Sumoylation in the Development of Prostate Cancer
Brief Biography

molecular imaging

Frederick J. Bonte, M.D.
Dr. Jack Krohmer Professor in Radiation Physics
Co-Chairman, Molecular Imaging Program Director of the Nuclear Medicine Center
Department of Radiology, UT-Southwestern
Session Introduction
Brief Biography

Juri Gelovani, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Diagnostic Imaging, UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Development of Tissue Biomarker-Based Molecular Imaging Agents for Tumor Profiling and Therapy Monitoring
Brief Biography

Peter P. Antich, Sc.D., Ph.D.
Wechun Pak Professor of Bone Biophysics
Professor of Radiology
Director of Advanced Radiological Sciences
Chair
Graduate Programs in Advanced Radiological Sciences, UT-Southwestern
Biomedical Engineering, UT-Arlington
Three-Dimensional Imaging of Cellular and Molecular Events in the LIving Animal by Light Emission Tomography
Brief Biography

Peter T. Fox, M.D.
Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Physiology, Psychiatry, and Radiology
Director, Research Imaging Center
UTHSC-San Antonio
Micro PET Imaging of Oxygen Metabolic Rate in Rats
Brief Biography

Ralph Mason, Ph.D., C.Chem.
Advanced Radiological Sciences, UT-Southwestern
Novel Magnetic Resonance Assays of Gene Imaging Constructs (MAGIC)
Brief Biography

Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D.
Cockrell Family Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Teaching Professor
UT-Austin
Real Time Optical Molecular Imaging in Early Cancer Detection
Brief Biography

A. Dean Sherry, Ph.D.
Cecil & Ida Green Honors Chair
Professor of Chemistry
UT-Dallas
Professor of Radiology
UT-Southwestern
MRI Agents of the Future: Molecular Imaging of TIssue Physiology and Metabolism
Brief Biography

therapeutics

Stanley M. Lemon, M.D.
Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
John Sealy Distinguished University Chair
UTMB-Galveston
Hepatitis C Virus Evasion of Toll-like Receptor3 Signaling by NS3/4A-Medicated Proteolysis of the Adaptor Protein TRIF
Brief Biography

Dihua Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. Surgical Oncology
Director of Research, Division of Surgery
UT-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
PTEN Loss and Herceptin Resistance
Brief Biography

Kathryn Sykes, Ph.D.
UT-Southwestern
High Throughput Vaccine Screening

Lydia E. Kavraki, Ph.D.
Noah Harding Professor
Departments of Computer Science and Bioengineering, Rice University
Computational Modeling of Biomolecular Interactions
Brief Biography

Adam Heller, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Departments of Chemical Engineering, UT-Austin
Drug-Delievering Integrated Therapeutic Systems
Brief Biography