Morehouse School of Medicine Research Retreat

The Crowne Plaza Atlanta SW - Peachtree City
201 Aberdeen Parkway
Peachtree City, GA 30269
October 19-20, 2017

 Date & Time  Activity 
October 19, 2017 | Aberdeen Grand Ballroom
7:30 -
8:30 am 		Check-in and Continental Breakfast  

8:30 -
8:45 am

Welcome and Review of Retreat Logistics
Sandra Harris-Hooker, PhD
Vice President and Executive Vice Dean
For Research and Academic Administration
8:45 -
9:15 am

Reports/Outcomes from 2015 Research Retreat
Herman Taylor, MD

  
9:15 -
9:30 am 		Break 
9:30 -
10:30 am 		The Double Helix: Intersection of Education and Research
Facilitators: Martha Elks, MD, PhD, Douglas Paulsen, PhD,
and Jonathan Stiles, PhD

  
10:30 -
11:00 am

Remarks
Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
President and Dean
11:00 am -
12:00 pm

The 香蕉视频 Research Portfolio: Trends in Funding, The Cost of Research and Institutional Investments
Facilitators: Sandra Harris-Hooker, PhD, and Gianluca Tosini, PhD

  
12:00 -
12:45 pm 		Lunch 
1:00 -
1:45 pm

The Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Overview: Opportunities for 香蕉视频
Susan G. Shows, MBA 
Senior Vice President, GRA

 Susan G. Shows
1:45 -
1:55 pm

Descriptions of Breakout Groups for Sessions A&B

  • Building Tx Research at 香蕉视频 - Room 235 (Drs. Tabia Akintobi, Brian Rivers, Craig Bond and Marilyn Forman)
  • The Business Side of Science: Moving your Research Agenda Forward - Room 236 (Drs.  James Lillard and Elizabeth Ofili)
  • # Funding Your Research - Room 237 (Drs. Shelia McClure, Jason DeBruyne and Bennie Harris)
  • Growing Our Own: Mentorship for All 鈥淪ea鈥漵ons - Room 238 (Drs. Winston Thompson, Yolanda Wimberly, Jonathan Stiles and Todd White)
2:00 -
3:30 pm 		Breakout Groups Session A  
3:30 -
3:40 pm 		Break and Transition to Group B Sessions 
3:40 -
5:10 pm 		Breakout Groups Session B  
5:15 -
6:15 pm 		Poster Session 
6:30 -
8:30 pm 		Dinner and Keynote Speaker

Michael S. Lauer, MD
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health

Topic: Leveraging Big Data for Research across the Translational Continuum 鈥�
From Basic Science to Population Research

 Michael Lauer
October 20, 2017 | McIntosh Ballroom  
7:30 -
8:30 am 		Breakfast   
8:30 -
9:15 am

The CRC - Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Facilitators: Martin Edeline, PhD, and Pricilla Pemu, MD

9:15 -
10:30 am

Break-Out Sessions Report Outs  
10:30 -
11:45 am 		What Should be Our Research Foci Moving Forward?
Facilitators: Sharon Francis PhD, Kisha Holden, PhD 
11:45 am -
12:00 pm

The 香蕉视频 Capital Campaign
Bennie Harris, PhD

  
12:00 -
12:15 pm

Retreat Wrap-up                       

Departure