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NHLBI Intramural/Extramural Workshop
Critical Research Issues in Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Friday April 30, 1999
Rockledge II Conference Rooms 9112-9116

Agenda



Each speaker is asked to briefly address the following questions: 1. What do we know? 2.What don’t we know but need to know? 3. Are there areas of reasonable doubt that require study?


Scientific Organizing Committee

Chair, Charles Peterson, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Barbara Alving, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Elaine Sloand, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Neal Young, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH

9:00 AM Welcome from Intramural: N. Young
9:30 AM Diagnosis/Classification
Chair: C. Peterson, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH

Presenter: R. Larson (20 min)
Discussant: J. Barrett (20 min)
Open Discussion
Chair’s Recommendations:

10:45 -11:00 AM   Break
11:00 AM Molecular Mechanisms
Chair: E. Sloand, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH


Presenter: J. Barrett (20 min)
Discussant: N. Young (20 min)
Open Discussion
Chair’s Recommendations
12:00- 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Environmental Factors
Chair: T. Manolio, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, NIH

Presenter: N. Young (20 min)
Discussant: M. Linet (20 min)
Open Discussion
Chair’s Recommendations:
2:15- 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM Population Study Models: The example of Aplastic Anemia
Chair: E. Sloand, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Welcome from Extramural: B. Alving

Presenter: D. Kaufman (20 min)
Discussant: C. Willman (20 min)
Open Discussion
Chair’s Recommendations:
3:30 PM Summary and Comments: J. Bennett
4:00 PM Action Plan/Adjourn: C. Peterson

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