4th Annual Research Symposium
Building Stronger Communities through Research and Innovation
Tuesday & Wednesday, November 12-13, 2024
Glastonbury Boathouse ~ 252 Welles St, Glastonbury, CT
Tuesday November 12th 5-7pm
5:00-7:00 pm Refreshments, Drinks, Snacks Poster Presentation and Awards
Wednesday November 13th 8:00 am-4:30pm
8:00 am Refreshments, Coffee, Tea, Pastries
8:30 am Introductory Remarks
8:40 am Scientific Center for Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Invited Speaker
9:20 am Invited Keynote Speaker
Sponsored by Connecticut Children’s Human Research Protection Program
Juan C. Salazar, MD & Christine Finck, MD, CCRI
Olga Toro-Salazar, MD, Head of Non-Invasive Imaging, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Professor of Pediatrics, UConn School of Medicine Cancer Treatment Induced Cardiomyopathy: Biomarker Discovery from a Mouse Model to Human Disease
Joseph W. St. Geme, III, MD, Physician-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and holds the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Endowed Chair in Pediatrics Insights into Determinants of Bacterial Pathogenicity
– 15 Minute Break – 10:20 am to 10:35 am –
10:35-11:20 am Abstract Presentations Connecticut Children’s Faculty & Trainees
10:35 Courtney Rowe, MD Development of an Explant Platform to Model Urothelial Healing
10:50 Layne Oram Association of Busulfan Exposure and Outcomes after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Pediatric Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity
11:05 Alexander Hogan, MD
11:20 pm
Scientific Center for Child Health Equity Research & Innovative Outcomes
1:00 pm Research Institute Updates
1:15 pm Fetal & Neonatal Center of Regenerative Medicine and Scientific Center for Rare Disease
1:55 pm Scientific Center for Rare Disease
The Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Hospitalizations: Are ZIP Codes Good Enough?
Kevin Borrup, DrPH, JD, MPA, Executive Director for the Injury Prevention Center Strengthening Connections to Opportunities for Prevention Engagement (SCOPE), intervening with youth at-risk and connecting them to supports
– 1 Hour Lunch 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm –
Annamarie Beaulieu, MPH, MBA, Vice President of Academic Affairs and the Research Institute
Youngmok Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Bench to Bedside Success: Transforming GSD-Ia Treatment with Gene Therapy
Malaya Mount, MS, RD, CDN, Senior Research Dietitian, Glycogen Storage Disease & Disorders of Hypoglycemia Program, Connecticut Children's Nutritional Management of Glycogen Storage Disease Ia: Pre and Post Gene Therapy
– 15 Minute Break – 2:25 pm to 2:40 pm –
2:40 pm
Scientific Center for Microbiology, Vaccinology, and Pathobiology
Adam Matson, MD, MSc
Commensal-to-Pathogen Transition of Enteric Klebsiella: When Gut Microbes Become Hangry
3:20-4:00 pm Seed Grant Presentations 2023 Seed Grant Winners
3:20 pm Hala Senah, MD
3:40 pm Matthew Brown, MD
Extracellular Vesicles: A New Frontier in Neonatal Lung Regeneration and Repair
Leveraging the unique properties of the “discoid” meniscus towards regenerative healing of pediatric meniscal tears
4:00 pm Closing Remarks Juan C. Salazar, MD