Joseph E. and Martha E. Kutscher DDRC Symposium

 

Thursday, October 5, 2017

• 7:30 a.m.

  Continental breakfast and registration

• 8 a.m.

  Opening remarks and introduction

  Dr. Gianfranco Alpini, PhD
  Distinguished Professor
  Dr. Nicholas C. Hightower
  Centennial Chair of Gastroenterology
  Director, BSWH Digestive Diseases Research Center
  VA Senior Research Career Scientist, Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care System
  Texas A&M College of Medicine

   

  Paul B. Hicks, MD, PhD
  Vice Dean, Temple Campus
  Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
  Texas A&M College of Medicine

  Robert A Probe, MD
  Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer,
  Baylor Scott & White Health

   

  Olawale Fashina, MD, MHSA, CPE
  Chief of Staff
  Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

   

  Boon Chew, PhD
  Professor and Head
  Department of Nutrition and Food Science
  Texas A&M University

• Hepatobiliary Homeostasis and Liver Fibrosis

  Moderators: Dr. Shekhar Gandhi and Lindsey Kennedy (PhD candidate)

  25-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of discussion (total time 30 minutes)

• 8:20 a.m.

  Cystic Fibrosis-Related Liver Disease: From Channellopathy to Autoinflammatory Cholangiopathy

  Mario Strazzabosco, MD, PhD, FAASLD, FACG
  Professor of Medicine, Internal Medicine
  Director, Yale Liver Cancer Program
  Deputy Director Yale Liver Center
  Yale School of Medicine

• 8:50 a.m.

  The Homeostatic Role of Autophagy in the Liver

  Xiao-Ming Yin, MD, PhD, FAASLD
  Louis Y. Mazzini Professor of Pathology
  Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Vice Chair for Clinical Pathology
  Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  Indiana University School of Medicine

• 9:20 a.m.

  Modulation of Biliary Homeostasis During Aging

  Marco Marzioni, MD
  Associate Professor of Gastroenterology
  Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  Ospedali Riuniti University Hospital
  Università Politecnica delle Marche
  Ancona, Italy

• 9:50 a.m.

  Therapeutic Implications of Modulating Beta-Catenin in Cholestasis

  Kari Nejak-Bowen, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Pathology
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• 10:20 a.m.

  Break

• Hepatobiliary Homeostasis, Liver Fibrosis and GI Cancer

  Moderators:  Drs. Kari-Nejak Bowen and Matthew McMillin
  25-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of discussion (total time 30 minutes)

• 10:30 a.m.

  Modeling Human HCC for Precision Therapy

  Satdarshan (Paul) S. Monga, MD
  Vice Chair of Experimental Pathology
  Endowed Chair for Experimental Pathology
  Professor of Pathology & Medicine 
  Assistant Dean for the Medical Scientist Training Program
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• 11 a.m.

  Cancer Stem Cells: The Hidden Mother of all Cells to Target

  Shrikant Anant, PhD
  Professor and Vice Chair of Research
  Department of Surgery and Cancer Biology
  Kansas Mason Professor for Cancer Research
  Walsh Professor for Cancer Prevention
  Associate Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
  Kansas University School of Medicine

• 11:30 a.m.

  Genomics-enabled Medicine for Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)

  Harshil Dhruv, PhD
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Cancer and Cell Biology
  The Translational Genomics Research Institute

• Keynote Scientific Lecture

  12 p.m.

  Interleukin-22: A Magic Potion for Epithelial Cell Repair from Bench to Bedside

  Bin Gao M.D., PhD, Chief
  Laboratory of Liver Diseases
  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  National Institutes of Health

  Boxed lunch provided

• Alcohol-induced Hepatobiliary Damage

  Moderators: Drs. Bin Gao and Fanyin Meng

  25-minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of discussion (total time 30 minutes)

• 1 p.m.

  The Role of IL-17 Signaling in Alcohol-induced Liver/Brain injury

  Tatiana Kisseleva, PhD
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery
  UC San Diego School of Medicine

• 1:30 p.m.

  Secretin/Secretin Receptor Axis in the Modulation of Acohol-Induced Biliary Injury and Liver Fibrosis

  Gianfranco Alpini, PhD, AGAF, FAASLD
  Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Medical Physiology
  Dr. Nicholas C. Hightower Centennial Chair of Gastroenterology
  Director, BSWH Digestive Diseases Research Center
  VA Senior Research Career Scientist, Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care System
  Texas A&M College of Medicine

• 2 p.m.

  Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase 4 in Insulin Resistance and Hepatic Steatosis

  Suthat Liangpunsakul, MD, MPH
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  Department of Medicine
  Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center
  Indiana University School of Medicine

• 2:30 p.m.

  Break

• 2:50 p.m.

  The Role of Sphingosine Kinase 2 in Alcohol-Induced Liver Injury

  Huiping Zhou, PhD
  Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
  Medical College of Virginia
  Virginia Commonwealth University

• 3:20 p.m.

  Role of Transcription Factor Reprograming in Alcoholic Hepatitis

  Ramon Bataller, MD, PhD
  Professor of Medicine
  Chief of Hepatology
  Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

• Poster Session and Wine/Cheese Reception

  Entertainment provided by Temple High School Jazz Cats directed by Brent Matheson

• 4 p.m.

  Judges: Drs. David Dostal, Damir Nizamutdinov, Cindy Meininger, Catherine McNeal, Samuel Fulcher, Anatoliy Gashev, Rakeshwar Guleria
  Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd for both basic and clinical posters

• 5:20 p.m.

  Introduction

  Heather Francis, PhD
  Associate Professor of Medicine, Texas A&M College of Medicine
  Central Texas Veteran’s Health Care System

• 5:25 p.m.

  Young Investigator podium presentations

  (15 min each including questions)

• Keynote Address

  Introduction of Dr. Kisseleva by Heather Francis, PhD

• 6:15 p.m.

  Inactivation of Hepatic Stellate Cells during Reversal of Liver Fibrosis

  Tatiana Kisseleva, PhD
  Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery
  UC San Diego School of Medicine

• 7 p.m.

  Poster Awards and Adjournment

• 7:30 p.m.

  Dinner

  Faculty and invited guests will meet for dinner at Cheeves Bros. Steakhouse in downtown Temple, Texas.