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AAP-NICHD Workshop on Research in Neonatology

January 15-16, 2004

Double-Tree Hotel, Rockville, Maryland

AGENDA

Objectives of the Workshop

  • Identify key gaps in basic, translational, and clinical research in neonatology.

  • Address the issue of dwindling pool of physician-scientists and propose how to rectify the situation in the current setting of clinical practice and academia.

Day 1: January 15, 2004

I. Welcome: Duane Alexander, MD

II. Introduction: Short-term Goals and Long-term Objectives of the Workshop

 1. The NICHD Perspective:Speaker: Tonse N. K. Raju, MD
 2. The AAP Perspective:Speaker: Ronald L. Ariagno, MD
 
Session 1: Cardiopulmonary, Immunology, Nutrition, and Gastrointestinal Systems
Moderators: Rosemary Higgins, MD, and Ronald Ariagno, MD
  
 1. Basic and Translational Research on Organ Development in the Fetus and Newborn, and Postnatal Influences: Cardiopulmonary SystemsSpeaker: Alan Jobe, MD
  
 2. Basic and Translational Research on Organ Development in the Fetus and Newborn, and Postnatal Influences:
The Immune System
Speaker: D. Wade Clapp, MD
 
 3. Basic and Translational Research:
Fetal & Neonatal Nutrition 
Speaker: William Hay, MD
 
4. Basic and Translational Research: Gastroenterology  Speaker: Joseph Neu, MD
  
Session II: 
Moderators: Dr. Raju and Linda Van Marter, MD
 
1. Basic and Translational Research on Neurosciences Speaker: William Pearce, Ph.D.
 
2. Basic and Translational Research on Infant Development & follow- up  Speaker: Maureen Hack, MD 
  
3. Basic and Translational Research on Epidemiology and Health Care ResearchSpeaker: Jeffery Gould, MD
  
Session: III: 
Moderators: Dr. Avroy Fanaroff, MD, and Michael Spear, MD
 
1. Basic and Translational Research in Neonatal PharmacologySpeaker: Robert Ward, M.D 
 
2. Funding Issues: Brief Presentations
 
a) Optimizing SBIR/STTR Mechanisms and Partnering with Industry. 
Speaker: JoAnne Goodnight, Ph.D. 
 
b) The Ks, the Ts, the Fs 
Speaker: Steve Klein, Ph.D.
 
c) Other NIH Funding Mechanisms, Loan Repayment Program. 
Speakers: Drs. Raju and Higgins 
 
Session IV: Training Issues: Brief Presentations.
Moderators: Waldemar Carlo, MD, and Dr. Higgins
 
a) Survey of Training Directors/Results and Implications. 
Speaker: Dr. Ariagno
 
b) The Nuts and Bolts of New Board Requirements for Neonatal Board Certification
Speaker: Gail McGuinness, MD 
 
c) Implications of New ABP Requirements for Research Careers Speaker.
Speaker: Dr. Jobe
 
d) Training and Retaining of Under-represented Minority Physician-Scientists
 a.   African American Perspective:  Speaker: Phyllis Dennery, MD
 b.   Hispanic American Perspective:  Speaker: Marta Valcarcel, MD
 c.   Trainee's Perspective:  Speaker: Anna Penn, MD
 
Session V: Workshop Summary 
Speakers: Drs. Carlo, Ariagno, Raju, Van Marter, and Jobe


Speakers, Moderators, and Participants:

  • Duane Alexander, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Ronald L. Ariagno, MD (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA);

  • Judy L. Aschner, MD (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN);

  • John Barks, MD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI);

  • Catherine M. Bendel, MD (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN);

  • David W. Boyle, MD (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN);

  • Luc Brion, MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY);

  • Waldemar A. Carlo, MD (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL);

  • Charlotte Catz, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • John Dagle, MD (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA);

  • Phyllis Dennery, MD (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; PA);

  • Raye-Ann DeRegnier, MD (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL);

  • Robert E. Fleming MD (Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO);

  • Ira Gewolb, MD (Michigan State University, Lansing, MI);

  • Ronald N. Goldberg, MD (Duke University, Durham, NC);

  • JoAnne Goodnight, PhD (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD);

  • Jeffrey B. Gould, MD, MPH (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA);

  • Nancy S. Green, MD (March of Dimes, White Plains, NY);

  • Ira Gross, MD (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT);

  • Carlos Guardia, MD (Discovery Laboratories Inc., Doylestown, PA);

  • James W. Hanson, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • William W. Hay, Jr., MD (University of Colorado, Denver, CO);

  • Rosemary Higgins, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Dynio Honrubia, MD (Ceders Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA);

  • Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD (University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH);

  • Martin Keszler, MD (Georgetown University, Washington, DC);

  • Jennifer Kierson, MD (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA);

  • Steven Klein, PhD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Gail A. McGuinness, MD (American Board of Pediatrics, Chapel Hill, NC);

  • Simon K. Michael, MD (Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA);

  • J Ross Milley, MD (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT);

  • Hochang D. Modanlou, MD (University of California, Irvine, CA);

  • Maria Molinari, MD (University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico);

  • Josef Neu, MD (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL);

  • Susan Pagliaro, (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • William Pearce, PhD (Loma Linda University School of Medicine, School of Medicine,
    Palo Alto, CA);

  • Anna Penn, MD, PhD (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA);

  • Bhagya Puppala, MD (Lutheran General Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, IL);

  • Tonse N. K. Raju, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Margaret G. Rush, MD (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN);

  • Robert Segal, MD (Discovery Laboratories Inc., Doylestown, PA);

  • Michael P. Sherman, MD (University of California, Davis, CA);

  • Billy Lou Short, MD (Children's National Medical Center, Washington DC);

  • Catherine Y. Spong, MD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Siva Subramanian, MD (Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC);

  • Marta Valcarcel, MD (University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico);

  • Linda Van Marter, MD, MPH (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA);

  • Dharmapuri Vidyasagar, MD (University of Illinois, Chicago, IL);

  • Kishena C. Wadhwani, PhD (NICHD, Bethesda, MD);

  • Robert M. Ward, MD (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT);

  • Scott Weiner, MD (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT);

  • Leonard Weisman, MD (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX);

  • John Widness, MD (University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA);

  • Shu Wu, MD (University of Miami, Miami, FL);

  • Deni Zodda, PhD (Discovery Laboratories Inc., Doylestown, PA).