CME Accredited

Moderator: Anna Greka 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Fireside Chat 1 Panel: The Physician-Scientist Pipeline -- Challenges and Opportunities

David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Vertex Pharmaceuticals





 

Irit Ben-Aharon, MD, PhD
Rambam Health Care Center

Nancy Brown, MD
Yale University

Jonathan Epstein, MD
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD

9:00 - 9:30 AM
Break

Moderators: Juanita Merchant, Rohini Guin, Julie Gerberding

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
The ASCI / Scharschmidt~Crawford Distinguished Lectureship
Humanizing Drug Discovery
David Altshuler, MD, PhD
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM
APSA RFJF Oral Abstract Presentation
Neuronally differentiated endothelial cell subtype regulates organ blood flow and immune balance
Georgina Gyarmati



10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
APSA~Lasker Laureate Lecture
Chemistry Matters: From a Putative Peptide to Effective Medicines for Diabetes and Obesity
Sponsored by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Svetlana Mojsov, PhD
Rockefeller University

10:30AM - 10:45AM
FNIH Trailblazer Prize Lecture (2024 recipient)
What Patients Can Teach Us About Blood Cell Production
Vijay G. Sankaran, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber/ Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center