Pediatric Research Conferences are held each Monday from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Wadlington Conference Room 2202 at Children's Hospital.

Watch videos of recent Research Conference presentations.

February 1, 2010
Michael E. Engel, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Departments of Pediatrics and Cancer Biology
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
and
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
"Myeloid translocation genes and the Notch transcription complex:
New partners in hematopoiesis"

February 8, 2010
Rizwan Hamid, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Genetic clues into leukemia pathogenesis"

February 15, 2010
Kent Williams, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
D. Brent Polk Division of Pediatric Gastroentology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and Autism"

February 22, 2010
Michael Aschner, PhD
Gray E.B. Stahlman Chair in Neuroscience
Professor of Pediatrics, and Pharmacology
Sr. Investigator at the Kennedy Center for
Research on Human Development
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
"Manganese transport and neurotoxicity"

Sponsorship:  Sponsored by Vanderbilt School of Medicine; Department of Pediatrics.
Accreditation and Credit Designation:  Vanderbilt School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement: It is the policy of Vanderbilt School of Medicine that participants in CME activities be made aware of any affiliation or financial interest that may affect the planner’s involvement and speaker’s presentation(s).  Each planner and speaker has completed and signed a conflict of interest statement; these relationships will be disclosed to the audience.   
Commercial Support:  This educational activity received no commercial support.
Pediatric Monday Research Conference Course Planner Louis Muglia, MD, PhD, has a research grant with Pfizer; which involves only basic science studies and receives a yearly licensing fee from GSK.  Vanderbilt CME has determined there is no conflict of interest.Course Planner Michael Aschner, MD, has no financial relationships to disclose.Course Planner James F. Crowe, Jr., MD receives a research grant fro Sanofi and Mapp Pharmaceutical.  Vanderbilt CME has determined there is no conflict of interest. 
Speaker Michael E. Engel, MD, PhD, has no financial relationships to disclose.
Speaker Rizwan Hamid, MDhas no financial relationships to disclose.
Speaker Kent Williams, MD has no financial relationships to disclose.
Speaker Michael Aschner, PhD, has no financial relationships to disclose.

Please contact Mette Smith (615.322.8471 or e-mail mette.smith@vanderbilt.edu) if you have any questions.