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Department of Pediatrics Samuel L. Katz Research Retreat
Genetic Insights Learned from Single Gene Disorders: Navigating Barriers to Prediction and Diagnosis, Applications to Common Diseases, and the Future of Genomic and Precision Medicine
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Dates: April 9-12, 2024
Tuesday April 9: Special Grand Rounds (hybrid session)
- 8am: Keynote Talk
- 9am: “Fireside Chat” with Keynote speaker
- Location: Duke North 2002 / Zoom (Hybrid)
Keynote Speaker: Bruce Gelb, MD
Gogel Family Chair & Director, Mindich Child Health & Development Institute
Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics & Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Keynote Talk: Noonan Syndrome and Related Disorders: How to Get to Less but Not Too Little
Wednesday April 10: Poster Session & Top Abstract Talks (in person session)
- 1:00-2:00pm: Poster Session (Odd Numbered Posters)
- 2:00-3:30pm: Top Abstract Talks
- 3:30-4:30pm: Poster Session (Even Numbered Posters)
- Location: TSCHE Great Hall / In-person Only
Top Abstract Talks by:
Makenzie Beaman
Graduate Student, MSTP - Genetics and Genomics PhD Program
Promoter Deletion Leading to Allele Specific Expression in a Genetically Unsolved Case of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Top Basic and Translational Research Abstract
Henry Foote, MD
Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Clinical Deterioration in Children
Top Clinical Research Abstract
Laura Rolke, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research & Population Health Sciences
Disordered Eating Behaviors in Children and Adolescents Starting Obesity Treatment
Top Public Health/Implementation Science Abstract
Laura Calvo, MD
Pediatric Neonatology Fellow, Department of Pediatrics
Don’t Clamp the Cord: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Implement Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping in Vigorous Preterm and Term Infants at the Duke Birthing Center
Top Improvement Science Abstract
Thursday April 11: Research Rounds (hybrid session)
- 12-1:30pm: Single Gene Disorders – Insights from Duke Faculty
- Location: Duke North 2003 / Zoom (Hybrid)
Svati Shah, MD, MHS
Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Member, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Member, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD, FASN
Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology
Professor in Medicine
Director of the Office of Physician-Science Development
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development
Affiliate of the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Aravind Asokan, PhD
Professor in Surgery
Director of Gene Therapy
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center
Dwight Koeberl, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Genetics
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor of Cell Biology
Friday April 12: Panel Discussion (hybrid session)
- 12-1:30pm: Career Development Panel Discussion – Insights from Department of Pediatrics Faculty
- LocationDuke North 2001 / Zoom (Hybrid)
Ann Reed, MD
Samuel L. Katz Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology
Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD, FASN
Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development
Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Noelle Younge, MD, MHS
Jean and George W. Brumley, Jr., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Jennifer Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Genetics
Lee Jan Hau, MBBS, MCI, MRCPCH
Associate Professor, Duke-NUS
Academic Deputy Vice Chair, Research, Paediatrics Academic Clinical Programme
This is an opportunity for members of the Department of Pediatrics to share their research design, progress, and new insights with others in the Duke community.