National Meeting
of Directors of Graduate Studies in Pharmacology
Vanderbilt
University, Nashville, TN
July 2005
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Thursday, July 21, 2005 |
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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
Meeting Registration
(Embassy Suites Lobby)
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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
Welcome and Reception
(to be held in the main lobby of the West
Basics Sciences Building of Meharry Medical
College)
Pharmacology's Future: Avoiding the
Suffocation of the Bell Jar
Lee Limbird, Ph.D. Vice President for
Research and Chair, Department of Biomedical
Sciences, Meharry Medical College |
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Friday, July 22, 2005 |
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8:30 am – 12:15 pm |
Morning Session
(to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital)
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8:30 am |
Welcome/Introductions
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8:50 am |
Pharmacologists as Dinomammals: The Changing
Face of Pharmacology
Robert Gould, Ph.D., Senior Vice President,
Merck Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Massachusetts
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9:20 am |
What the Pharmaceutical Industry Requires
for Success
Marlene Cohen, Ph.D.,
Distinguished
Lilly Fellow (retired), Eli Lilly and
Company, Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology,
Indiana University School of Medicine, and
Vice President, Creative Pharmacology
Solutions LLC, Carmel, Indiana
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9:50 am |
The World of West Coast Biotechs: Needs and
Opportunities
Franz F. Hefti, Ph.D., Executive Vice
President, Drug Development, Rinat
Neuroscience, Palo Alto, California
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10:15 am |
Break
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10:35 am |
An Academic Perspective to ‘Marketing’
Pharmacology
Barbara Beckman, Ph.D., Professor of
Pharmacology and Assistant Dean of
Admissions, Tulane Medical School, New
Orleans, Louisiana
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11:00 am |
Interdisciplinary Umbrella
Programs...Perceptions on the Vanderbilt IGP
After 14 Years
Roger Chalkley, D. Phil., Senior Associate
Dean, Biomedical Research Education &
Training, Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tennessee
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11:25 am |
Representing the Underrepresented
Lou DeFelice, Ph.D.,
Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience,
Director of the Vanderbilt Bridges Program,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
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11:55 am |
Lunch/Informal Discussion
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1:15 pm – 3:00 pm |
Afternoon Session
(to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital)
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1:15 pm |
Task Force on Learning Objectives for
Graduate Students in Pharmacology
J. R. Haywood, Ph.D., Professor and
Chairperson, Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Michigan State University, East Lansing,
Michigan
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1:35 pm |
Curriculum Presentations
Richard Robinson, PhD, Columbia
University
Lonny Levin, PhD, Cornell University
David Riddick, PhD, University of
Toronto
Lee Graves, PhD, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert Speth, PhD, University of
Mississippi
Brian Knoll, PhD, University of Houston
Edward Morgan, PhD, Emory University
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3:00 pm |
Break
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3:15 pm – 5:30 pm |
Breakout Sessions
(to be held in Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer
Center Conference Rooms, 8th
floor)
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VICC Room A Topic |
VICC Room B Topic |
VICC Room C Topic |
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Session 1:
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm |
Undergraduate Programs
(Discussion Leader:
B. Beckman)
Hamm |
Umbrella Programs
(Discussion Leaders:
R. Chalkley and J. Barnett)
Eltom |
Master’s Degrees
(Discussion Leaders:
JR Haywood, J.
Lucot)
Sawyer |
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Session 2:
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm |
Curriculum Issues
(Discussion Leader:
R. Robinson)
Sawyer |
Minority Issues
(Discussion Leader:
L. DeFelice)
Hamm |
NIH
(Discussion Leaders:
P. Preusch &
A. Zajicek)
Barnett |
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Session 3:
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm |
Curriculum Issues
(Discussion Leader:
Y. Tu)
Barnett |
Umbrella Programs
(Discussion Leader:
R. Chalkley)
Beckman |
NIH
(Discussion Leaders:
P. Preusch &
A. Zajicek)
Eltom |
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm |
Late Afternoon Session
(to be held in the 3rd floor
Breezeway of Robinson Research Building)
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Science Poster Session & Reception -
Pharmacology Graduate Students from
Vanderbilt and Meharry |
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Saturday, July 23, 2005 |
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9:00 am – 12:15 pm |
Morning Session
(to be held in the Theatre of Vanderbilt
Children’s Hospital)
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9:00 am |
Business Meeting
Joey Barnett, Ph.D., Vice-Chair in
Pharmacology, Director of Graduate Studies
in Pharmacology, Associate Professor of
Pharmacology, Medicine and Microbiology &
Immunology, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee
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9:30 am |
Pharmacological Sciences Training Grants -
Progress Report
Peter Preusch, Ph.D., NIGMS Training Grant
Program Director, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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10:10 am |
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology: What’s new
at the NIH
Anne Zajicek, M.D./Pharm.D., Pediatric
Medical Officer, National Institutes of
Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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10:50 am |
TBA
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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm |
Lunch/Informal Discussion |
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During this historic meeting, we asked participants
to complete a questionnaire/survey of their
Pharmacology program. Dr. Barnett presented some of
the preliminary data during the Business Meeting
(see link, above). For the blind final data
analysis,
click here. For comments on the challenges and
opportunities faced by various institutions,
click here. If you prefer the unblinded data,
please contact Dr. Barnett at
joey.barnett@vanderbilt.edu and he will be happy
to accommodate your request.
To access a PowerPoint summary of the data,
click here.
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List
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