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Second Annual Symposium
Frontiers in Molecular Medicine

November 4, 2004 - 8 AM to 5 PM - Keefer Auditorium

“Mapping Genes for Complex Diseases”

PROGRAM

8:00 - 8:20	Registration
8:20 - 8:30	Introduction	Lindsay A. Farrer, Ph.D.
8:30 - 8:40	Opening Remarks	David Campbell, Ph.D.
8:40 - 9:40	Keynote Speaker: P. Michael Conneally, Ph.D.	Approaches to Mapping Complex Disorders
SESSION I
Session Chair: Clinton T. Baldwin, Ph.D.
9:40 - 10:10	Thomas B. Friedman, Ph.D.	A Genetic Dissection of Hearing Loss and Hair Cells
10:10 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:00	Edwin K. Silverman, M.D., Ph.D.	Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
11:00 - 11:30	Lindsay A. Farrer, Ph.D.	Genetics of the Vascular Pathway to Alzheimer Disease
11:30 - 12:00	Todd R. Golub, M.D.	Genomic Information and Cancer
12:00 - 1:15 LUNCH
1:25 - 2:25	Keynote Speaker: Kári Stefánsson, M.D., Dr.Med.	Genetics of Common/Complex Disease
SESSION II
Session Chair: Marsha Wilcox, Sc.D., Ed.D.
2:25 - 2:55	Jose M. Ordovas, Ph.D.	Gene Environment Interactions Modulating Cardiovascular Risks
2:55 - 3:15 COFFEE BREAK
3:15 - 3:45	Pamela Sklar, M.D., Ph.D.	Genomics, Consomics and Schizophrenia
3:45 - 4:15	Jerome I. Rotter, M.D.	Mapping Genes in the Interface between Diabetes and Atherosclerosis
4:15 - 4:45	Round Table Discussion (all speakers)
4:45 - 4:50	Closing Remarks: Lindsay A. Farrer Ph.D.