Department of Pediatrics Samuel L. Katz Research Retreat

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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)
Bruce Gelb, MD

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ann Reed, MD
Samuel L. Katz Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Rheumatology

Chair of the Department of Pediatrics

 

 

 

Rasheed Gbadegesin

Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD, FASN
Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development

 

 

 

Matthew Kelly

Matthew Kelly, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases

 

 

 

Noelle Younge

Noelle Younge, MD, MHS
Jean and George W. Brumley, Jr., M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Neonatology

 

 

Jennifer Cohen

Jennifer Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Genetics

 

 

 

Lee Jan Hau

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. 

Call for Abstracts

Abstract Submission Deadline: 7am Monday February 19, 2024

This is an opportunity to share your research design, progress, and new insights with others in the Duke community.  Final results are not mandatory, and we welcome 'works in progress' and posters recently presented at other meetings. This opportunity is open to all trainees (including students), research staff, and faculty. 

  • All submitted abstracts will be included in an electronic abstract book and will be invited to participate in the poster session during the retreat. 
  • Trainee abstracts (students, residents, fellows) will be peer-reviewed, with the ‘top’ abstract in each category selected for platform presentation. 

Abstract Categories

  • Basic/Translational Research
  • Clinical Research (includes Educational)
  • Public Health/Implementation Science
  • Improvement Science (improve a problem using quality improvement [QI] methods)

Please see attachment for submission instructions via Qualtrics and abstract template. Abstracts must be submitted on template provided.

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