High-Risk, High Reward Awardees in the Northeast Join us for a panel discussion with Giovanni Bosco, April Kloxin, Carlos Vargas-Irwin, and John Zhang, four recent recipients of different types of High-Risk High-Reward awards. Ravi Basavappa, Program Leader of the High-Risk High-Reward Research Program, who will describe the HRHR award mechanisms in a talk earlier in […]
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Ravi Basavappa
HRHR Breakout Session Speaker Ravi Basavappa, PhD National Institutes of Health High Risk, High Rewards Program Leader Office of Strategic Coordination (The Common Fund Office) Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Office of the Director “The NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program” Dr. Basavappa is the Program Leader of the High-Risk […]
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Keynote Speaker #1 Monday August 16th Barney Graham, MD, PhD Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center (VRC) Chief, Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory and Translational Science Core National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) National Institutes of Health Dr. Barney Graham is Deputy Director of the NIAID Vaccine Research Center. He has a BA from Rice University, […]
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Keynote Speaker #2 August 18th Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD CRISPR Lab Lead North Carolina State University Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Professor Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou is a Todd R. Klaenhammer Distinguished Scholar in Probiotics Research at North Carolina State University (NCSU). He received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Rene Descartes University in Paris, France, a M.S. in […]
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Emerging Research on Addiction and Overdose Prior to the COVID pandemic, the overdose epidemic in the United States was the worst public health crisis in a century. Since COVID, the epidemic has gotten much worse in many regions of the country. Addiction and overdose are complex and urgent challenges that demand a robust and timely […]
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Computational Biology, Data Science and Epidemiology Computational, data science and population science methods are critical to tackle current and emerging health emergencies, as well as to answer fundamental biological questions. This session will highlight cutting edge research and resources from COBRE, INBRE and CTR cores and project leaders across the Northeast with topics ranging from […]
Continue reading "Computational Biology, Data Science and Epidemiology"Marine Microplastics Pollution: Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems and Human Health
Marine Microplastics Pollution: Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems and Human Health This session will include updates from researchers across the eastern United States coastline who are investigating the impacts of microplastics pollution on marine organisms and ecosystems, and potentially highlighting links to human health. Here we will also address some ongoing methodological issues in this emerging […]
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Cardiovascular and Brain Health Poor cardiovascular health is common in the United States with close to half of adults affected by cardiovascular disease. Additionally, unhealthy cardiovascular behaviors and poor cardiovascular health can result in structural and/or functional vascular changes, causing target organ impairment and damage. This session will cover topics related to cardiovascular and brain […]
Continue reading "Cardiovascular and Brain Health"Investigations of microbial fitness, virulence, and drug resistance
Investigations of Microbial Fitness, Virulence, and Drug Resistance Infectious and opportunistic pathogens are a major cause of host morbidity and mortality. In this session we explore host immunity and the mechanisms by which microbes adapt to the host environment or exposure to antimicrobial agents. Better understanding host-microbe interactions and how microbes effectively respond to stress […]
Continue reading "Investigations of microbial fitness, virulence, and drug resistance"Cancer: Emerging Hallmarks and Enabling Characteristics
Cancer: Emerging Hallmarks and Enabling Characteristics The hallmarks of cancer – a phrase originally coined by Doug Hanahan and Bob Weinberg – comprise six biological capabilities acquired during cancer development: sustained proliferative signaling, the evasion of growth suppression, resistance to cell death, replicative immortality, angiogenesis, and invasion and metastasis. Over the past decade, two new […]
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