Schedule
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Morning Segment
Afternoon Segment
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
Morning Segment
Afternoon Segment
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Speakers
Ruth Gotian, EdD, MS
Weill Cornell Medicine
Assistant Dean of Mentoring
Executive Director, Mentoring Academy
Chief Learning Officer, Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Education, Anesthesiology
Dr. Gotian has taken on her current roles after nearly 22 years (and two perfect scores on NIH training grants) of running the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, a partnership between Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Gotian is an alumna of Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership and focused her research on what makes physician-scientists successful. She publishes in both medical education and adult learning journals on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion in academic medicine to virtual mentoring. As one of the few people in the country who studies adult learning within academic medicine, Dr. Gotian has given many talks and workshops at the NIH, AAMC and UNCF. She has personally mentored 302 undergraduates and 304 MD-PhD students during her career.
Kay Lund, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Director, Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW)
Dr. Lund joined NIH from a career in academia including appointments at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard, and a long career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she held a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professorship. Dr. Lund mentored many biomedical researchers from undergraduate students, through graduate students, postdocs and early stage faculty and both Ph.D. and clinician scientists a majority of whom are succeeding as independent researchers. She was co-PI on an Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA) institutional training grant which combines postdoctoral experience at a research-intensive university with experience as a faculty member at a partner institution that serves typically under-represented groups. This program has been highly successful in recruiting a highly diverse group of postdocs, a majority of whom have gone on to successful independent careers. Dr. Lund served on advisory committees or as mentor for multiple training grants across all stages of training. She is the recipient of many awards including an Award for the Advancement of Women, the Davenport award from American Physiological Society and the 2016 Distinguished Mentor Award from the American Gastroenterology Association.
John M. Carethers, MD, MACP
University of Michigan
John G Searle Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Dr. Carethers received his MD with high distinction from Wayne State University. He went on to complete his internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Carethers was the founding Director of the NIH-funded UCSD Gastroenterology Center grant, and was the Director of the gastroenterology T32 training grant. He is the former PI of the SDSU/UCSD Cancer Center Comprehensive Partnership U54 grant, which addresses cancer disparities, and was selected as the 14th Jane Cooke Wright Lecturer for the American Association for Cancer Research. He is a former Senior Associate Editor for Gastroenterology. He completed a 2-year appointment on the National Commission for Digestive Diseases, a U.S. Congressional Commission, after his appointment by Elias Zerhouni, MD, then Director of the National Institutes of Health. He was elected a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and elected a member of the American Association of Physicians (AAP), and served as President of AAP for 2018-2019. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2012 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. He received the Robert H. Williams, MD Distinguished Chair of Medicine Award from the Association of Professors of Medicine in 2019.
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
Duke University
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery
Dr. Dzirasa is the first African American to complete a PhD in Neurobiology at Duke University. Dr. Dzirasa obtained an MD from the Duke University School of Medicine in 2009, and completed residency training in General Psychiatry in 2016. He has also been awarded the International Mental Health Research Organization Rising Star Award, the Sydney Baer Prize for Schizophrenia Research, and his laboratory was featured on CBS 60 Minutes in 2011. In 2016, he was awarded the inaugural Duke Medical Alumni Emerging Leader Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: The Nation’s highest award for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers. In 2017, he was recognized as 40 under 40 in Health by the National Minority Quality Forum, and the Engineering Alumni of the Year from UMBC. Dr. Dzirasa has served as an Associate Scientific Advisor for the journal Science Translational Medicine, and he was a member of the Congressional-mandated Next Generation Research Initiative. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for TEDMED, and the NIH Director’s guiding committee for the BRAIN Initiative.
Carl Streed Jr, MD, MPH, FACP
Boston University
Assistant Professor, Section of General Internal Medicine
Research Lead, Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery
Dr. Streed earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins, where he advocated for the inclusion of SGM health in the curricula of the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health, increased the visibility and value of SGM communities through community advocacy, and achieved transgender equity in health insurance coverage. He completed fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital where his research focused on the health and well-being of SGM individuals and communities, particularly transgender and gender non-conforming individuals. Nationally, he has chaired the American Medical Association Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues and served on the board of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality. Carl’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of SGM individuals and communities have earned him the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Award, the American Medical Student Association James Slayton National Award for Leadership Excellence, AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Award, the Erickson-Zoellers Point Foundation Scholarship as well as recognition by the Obama White House and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.
Travel Info For Attendees
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) has graciously given support of all participants’ hotel accommodations, meals, and ground transportation for this event. You will be staying at the Marriott at Research Triangle Park. Hotel reservations will be made for you following your registration for the meeting.
Your trip includes the following:
- Hotel accommodations at the Marriott Hotel: Check-in will be on Thursday, June 20th and check-out will be on Saturday, June 22nd. Hotel arrangements may be adjusted if necessary due to your final airline itinerary. Please contact Jose Rodrigues (jose.rodrigues@physicianscientists.org) if you have any questions or concerns regarding hotel reservations or accommodations. Do not call the hotel directly.
- Ground transportation between the meeting site and hotel, and from the meeting site to Raleigh-Durham International Airport on the final day
- Accommodations and meals: Meals provided at the meeting site will be billed directly to BWF. Also included are costs associated with in-room basic internet connections, room service, and hotel restaurant charges. Other charges such as long distance calls, in-room movies, laundry services, and any other personal incidental charges incurred at the hotel are the responsibility of the traveler. All other expenses must be submitted for reimbursement in accordance with BWF guidelines by July 24, 2019. Reimbursement requests submitted after this date cannot be filed. You will be provided with reimbursement forms at the meeting. Reimbursable expenses include ground transportation between the airport and hotel.
Travel:
Although travel to the meeting is the responsibility of the participant, APSA is happy to provide letters of support for faculty and trainees requesting travel funds from their institutions, departments and dual-degree programs. Please provide the pertinent recipient information to Jose Rodrigues (jose.rodrigues@physicianscientists.org).
We suggest flying into Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU). Reservation of ground transportation to the hotel is the responsibility of the traveler. The Marriott at Research Triangle Park does provide hotel shuttle service between the airport and hotel. If you would like to utilize this service please call the hotel upon your arrival at 919-941-6200 to request the shuttle to pick you up at the airport. If you choose to use a taxi, Uber or Lyft you will be reimbursed for your round trip fare between the hotel and airport. Transportation will be arranged for your return trip to the airport from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund at the conclusion of the meeting on Saturday. If you are departing on another day or from another location other than the Burroughs Wellcome Fund building, please take a taxi, Uber or Lyft and submit the expense for reimbursement.
Taxi Pick-Up Area:
The Terminal 1 taxi dispatch booth is located on the curb near Southwest Airlines. The Terminal 2 dispatch booth is located on the curb on the terminal’s lower level.
Uber and Lyft Pick-Up Area:
All ride pickups must occur on the Arrivals level at "Prearranged Services" - Zone 1 at Terminal 1 and Zone 17 at Terminal 2.
Facilitators
Ruth Gotian, EdD, MS
Weill Cornell Medicine
Assistant Dean of Mentoring
Executive Director, Mentoring Academy
Chief Learning Officer, Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Education, Anesthesiology
Dr. Gotian has taken on her current roles after nearly 22 years (and two perfect scores on NIH training grants) of running the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, a partnership between Weill Cornell, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Gotian is an alumna of Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership and focused her research on what makes physician-scientists successful. She publishes in both medical education and adult learning journals on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion in academic medicine to virtual mentoring. As one of the few people in the country who studies adult learning within academic medicine, Dr. Gotian has given many talks and workshops at the NIH, AAMC and UNCF. She has personally mentored 302 undergraduates and 304 MD-PhD students during her career.
Jose A. Rodrigues
Michigan State University
Jose is a 4th year DO/PhD Student at Michigan State University. Currently, as a second year graduate student, with his mentor Dr. Shannon Manning, Jose studies the molecular epidemiology of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter jejuni, an important foodborne pathogen. Jose is also collaborating with Dr. Victor DiRita to understand bacterial pathogenesis of C. jejuni multi-drug resistant infections. Jose hopes to pursue a career in academic medicine; in particular he has interests in critical care and infectious disease. Jose has been involved with APSA since 2015 and will be serving as the Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and Chair of the Diversity Ad-Hoc Committee in 2019-2020.
Abhik Banerjee
University of Southern California/California Institute of Technology
Abhik is an 8th year MD/PhD Student in the University of Southern California/California Institute of Technology MD/PhD program. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of California Los Angeles, where he studied Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, and Music Performance. During his undergraduate research experience, he developed an animal model for characterizing the role of the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor, CDKN1C, in a Growth Restriction Syndrome called IMAGe Syndrome. He currently performs research in the Guttman and Rothenberg groups, studying the roles of Split Ends Transcription Repressor in gene regulatory networks and long noncoding RNA-mediated gene regulation. He previously served as the 2016-2017 APSA MD/DO-PhD Member at Large, the 2017-2018 APSA Membership Committee Chair, and 2018-2019 APSA President Elect before assuming the role of President for the 2019-2020 year. Outside of lab and APSA, he enjoys volunteering with student-run clinics in the Los Angeles area and running.
Hannah Turbeville
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Hannah is a sixth year MD/PhD student at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where she studies the effects of preeclampsia on the offspring of affected pregnancies and the therapeutic potential of sildenafil in reducing their chronic disease risk in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Sasser. She previously attended the University of Southern Mississippi and earned a BS in Medical Laboratory Science after completing an honors thesis comparing diagnostic parameters of tumor markers in prostate cancer. Hannah began her journey with APSA in 2016 as a member of the Partnerships committee before moving on to Vice chair and Chair of the same committee. As President-Elect, she looks forward to facilitating diversity initiatives, strengthening partner relations, and ensuring that APSA serves as the voice of physician scientist trainees across the country. Loves: her German shepherd Zeus, Disney World, adventures, black coffee. Hates: pickles, movie spoilers, alarm clocks.
Sponsors
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
American Physician Scientists Association
Duke University School of Medicine
Partners
American Medical Women's Association
Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians
Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada
Latino Medical Student Association
Student National Medical Association