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UP-DATE 4.24.06
RCMI Xth
International Symposium
on AIDS and Health Disparities December 13-16, 2006
Caribe Hilton Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Organize Committees
Symposium Co-Chairs
Local Organizing Committee
Scientific Local Committee
Social Committee
Symposium Co-Chairs
Dr. Emma Fernández-Repollet, ChairpersonVice President for Research and TechnologyUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Eddy Ríos OlivaresProfessorUniversidad Central del CaribeSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Yasuhiro YamamuraProfessorPonce School of MedicinePonce, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Julio BenabeProfessor and DirectorRCMI Clinical Research CenterUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Keith NorrisPresident, RCMI Program Directors
AssociationCharles R Dew Universityof Medicine and ScienceLos Angeles, [email protected]
LocalOrganizing Committee
Dr. Emma Fernández-RepolletVice President for Research and
TechnologyUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Eddy Ríos OlivaresProfessorUniversidad Central del CaribeSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Yasuhiro YamamuraProfessorPonce School of MedicinePonce, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. José CondeProfessor and Associate DirectorRCMI ProgramUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Richard NoelAssistant ProfessorDepartment of BiochemistryPonce Medical School [email protected]
Dr. Luis CubanoProfessorAssistant Dean of Research and GraduateUniversidad Central del Caribe [email protected]
Scientific Committee
Dr. José G. CondeUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Eddie RíosUniversidad Central del CaribeSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Yasuhiro YamamuraPonce School of MedicinePonce, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Julio BenabeUniversity of Puerto RicoMedical Sciences CampusSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Estela Estapé - CRECDUniversity of Puerto RicoMedical Sciences CampusSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Carmen Zorrilla - CCHDUniversity of Puerto RicoMedical Sciences CampusSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Conchita Zuazaga – COBRE IUniversity of Puerto RicoMedical Sciences CampusSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Scientific CommitteeDr. Caroline AppleyardDepartment of PhysiologyPonce Medical School – RepresentativePonce, Puerto [email protected]
Dr. Keith NorrisCharles R Dew Universityof Medicine and ScienceLos Angeles, [email protected]
Dr. Héctor ColónCenter for Addiction StudiesUniversidad Central del [email protected]
Dr. Vincent Craig BondMorehouse School of MedicineAtlanta, [email protected]
Dr. T Joan Robinson Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, [email protected]
Dr. William SoutherlandHoward UniversityWashington [email protected]
Dr. Richard YanagiharaUniversity of HawaiiManoa, [email protected]
Scientific CommitteeDr. Jerry GuydenCity University of New YorkNew York, New [email protected]
Dr. Barbara HayesTexas Southern UniversityHouston, [email protected]
Dr. Karim SolimanFlorida A & M UniversityTallahassee, [email protected]
Dr. Walter J. SappTuskegee UniversityTuskegee, [email protected]
Dr. Krishan AroraNCRR National Institutes of HealthCRECD ProgramBethesda, [email protected]
Dr. Sheila McClureNCRR National Institutes of HealthRCMI ProgramBethesda, [email protected]
Dr. Richard F. OchilloMorgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland
Social Committee
Ivonne AmillAssistant Program DirectorRCMI ProgramUniversidad Central del [email protected]
Dania RodríguezProgram AdministratorRCMI ProgramUPR Medical Sciences [email protected]
Lissette NegrónProgram ManagerRCMI ProgramPonce School of [email protected]
Haydeé MeléndezAdministrative AssistantRCMI ProgramUPR Medical Sciences [email protected]
Maribel CarloOffice of the PresidentUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto [email protected]
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Identify a theme
Pathways to Discovery: Multidisciplinary Translational Research
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Evaluate data of previous Symposium and identify categories for Call for Abstracts
• AIDS & HIV • Infectious Diseases (Other than AIDS)• Cancer• Neuroscience• Cardiovascular• Environmental Health & Toxicology• Diabetes, Obesity and Nephrology
Categories
• Asthma and Autoimmune Diseases
• Drug Abuse and Addiction
• Sex/Gender Disparities in Health
• Information Technology
• Oral Health
• Reproductive Biology and Perinatology
• CRECD Session
Categories
Translational Focus for each Category
• Basic
• Clinical
• Community & Population Studies
• Special Technologies and Methodologies
Categories
Categories
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Draft a Template for the Preliminary Agenda
DRAFT AGENDA
10th RESEARCH CENTERS IN MINORITY INSTITUTIONS (RCMI)
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH DISPARITIES
Theme: “Pathways to Discovery: Multidisciplinary Translational Research”
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
8:00 - 5:00PM Symposium Registration9:00 - 12:00PM RCMI Principal Investigators and Program
Directors Meeting1:00 - 3:30PM 3 Concurrent Technical Workshops
(attendees had to pre-register)2:00 - 3:30PM Program Managers/Program Coordinators
Meeting4:00 - 7:00PM RCMI Symposium Opening Ceremony-
Greetings from Guest Speakers (6)Greenwood Award Presentation
(given on Thurs)Keynote Address and Presentation
7:00 - 10:00PM Welcoming Reception
Thursday, December 14, 2006
7:30 - 5:00PM Symposium Registration
7:30 - 8:30AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30AM General Session: Greenwood Award
Recipient LectureKeynote Presentation
10:30 - 10:45AM Break
10:45 - 12:15PM General Session3 Presentations
12:15 - 1:45PM Luncheon Speaker
Thursday, December 14, 2006
2:00 - 4:00PM 4 Concurrent Sessions 1 plenary speaker each (30 min each) 6 oral abstract presentations (15 min. each)
4:00 - 4:30PM Break (outside of poster room)
4:00 - 5:30PM Poster Session I (2004: 92 Posters)
FREE NIGHT
Friday, December 15, 2006
7:30 - 5:00PM Symposium Registration
7:30 - 8:30AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30AM General Session: Keynote Speaker Presentation
9:30 - 12:00PM 3 Concurrent Sessions: 3 Plenary Speakers (30 min. each)
8 oral abstract presentations each (15 min each)
12:15 - 1:45PM Luncheon Speaker
Friday, December 15, 2006
2:00 - 4:00PM 3 Concurrent Sessions: 3 Plenary Speakers (30 min. each)
5 oral abstract presentations each (15 min each)
4:00 - 4:30PM Break (outside of poster room)
4:00 - 5:30PM Poster Session II (93 Posters)
Dinner: Keynote Speaker
Saturday, December 16, 2006
7:30 - 3:00PM Symposium Registration
7:30 - 8:30AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30AM General Session: Keynote Speaker
9:30 - 11:30AM 3 Concurrent Sessions
3 Plenary Speakers (30 minutes each) 6 oral presentations (15 min. each)
11:45 - 1:15PM Luncheon Speaker
Saturday, December 16, 2006
1:30 - 3:00PM 3 Concurrent SessionsPlenary Speakers (30 min. each)
4 oral presentations (15 min. each)
3:00 - 4:30PM Poster Session III: (93 Posters)
5:00PM Closing Ceremony Keynote Speaker
6:00PM Final Reception Enterteinment
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Contact Organizers Greenwood Award
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• List of Potential Speakers
E. Zerhouni (Pending)B. Alvin (Confirmed)
Total Responses: 5
Total Submissions: 20
Potential Speakers
• AIDS & HIV: 3• Infectious Diseases
(Other than AIDS): 3• Cancer: 2• Neuroscience: 2• Cardiovascular• Environmental Health &
Toxicology• Diabetes, Obesity and
Nephrology: 1
• Asthma and Autoimmune Diseases: 2
• Drug Abuse and Addiction: 1
• Sex/Gender Disparities in Health: 1
• Information Technology• Oral Health• Reproductive Biology
and Perinatology: 2• CRECD Session
**3 unclassified
Action Items (Spring 2006)
• Prepare Meeting Announcement & Call for Abstracts • Send Materials to Meeting Plus (Web Site)• Identify Potential Exhibitors• Prepare Social Program• Process CEM credits • Generate Calendar of Events• Contact Government Agencies and Pharmaceutical
Industry• Finalized Scientific Program
Proposed Schedule
• Initial Announcement: April 30, 2006
• Call for Abstracts: June 1, 2006
• Abstracts Deadline: September 15, 2006
• Acceptance Letter: November 1, 2006
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
December 13-16, 2006
Caribe Hilton Hotel
San Juan, Puerto Rico