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ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting
April 25-27, 2008
The Fairmont Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
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A Message from the Planning Committee
The Association of American Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation are pleased to invite you to the ASCI/AAP 2008 Joint Meeting, April 25-27, 2008, at the Fairmont in Chicago, Illinois.
The major scientific focus of this year’s meeting is on the genetics of complex disease. The outstanding scientific program is designed to appeal to a wide range of clinical and translational researchers. We continue our tradition of welcoming young investigators to the meeting, including a number of MD/PhD students who are members of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA).
On Friday afternoon, April 25, there will be a welcoming reception for Young Investigators, followed by three special plenary lectures. Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Bullard Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, will focus on the development and function of the cerebral cortex and the genes involved in this process. Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Psychiatry, who is The Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and the Director, Mental Health Clinical Research Center with research interests and treatment specialties in brain imaging, schizophrenia, genetic and family studies and creativity.
Edward Scolnick, MD director of the Psychiatry Initiative at the Broad Institute, serves on the Board of directors for Millipore Corporation; Renovis Inc.; Transform Pharmaceutics, Inc. and on the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for MPM Capital who works towards identifying risk genes for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
The traditional Welcome Reception and the ASCI Dinner, at which the ASCI’s new members will be introduced, will close out the day.
Saturday, April 26, begins with a Mentoring Breakfast, at which young investigators will have an opportunity to interact directly with senior researchers. The scientific program begins with a plenary session focusing on the genetics of complex diseases.
This session will include presentations by outstanding physician scientists including David Altshuler, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute, Judy H. Cho, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, Kari Stefansson, MD, deCode Genetics, and Richard P. Lifton, MD, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine. A luncheon combined with the meeting’s Poster Session will follow the morning plenary session.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ASCI, the afternoon session will highlight breaking science from recent JCI issues. Selected new members of the AAP and ASCI will be invited to present their work following this plenary session. The afternoon concludes with the ASCI and AAP Presidential Addresses, delivered by Charles Sawyers and Judith L. Swain, respectively. The AAP Members Dinner will again be held on Saturday evening.
Sunday also begins with a Mentoring Breakfast followed by the presentation of the Stanley J. Korsmeyer ASCI Award lecture. Following this, the Joint Meeting recognizes the three best poster presentations. Finally, the AAP will honor Samuel Thier, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, with the 2008 Kober Medal.
We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in April.
2008 ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting Planning Committee
Charles L. Sawyers, MD
ASCI President
Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD
ASCI President-Elect
Jonathan A. Epstein, MD
ASCI Vice President
Barbara L. Weber, MD
ASCI Immediate Past President
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Judith Swain, MD
AAP President
Elliott Kieff, MD, PhD
AAP Vice President
Ralph I. Horwitz, MD
AAP Councilor
Dennis Ausiello, MD
AAP Immediate Past President
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