Seminars and Symposia

1:00 – 5:00

Focused Research Sessions
(Pre-Symposium)
Michigan Union - Ballroom
Vendor Booths - Pendleton


1:00	Intro
	Session 1: Regeneration Chairs: P. Krebsbach and D. Kaigler
1:10	Robert Nerem (Georgia Institute of Technology) “Future perspectives in regenerative medicine”
1:30	Songtao Shi (University of Southern California) “Mesenchymal stem cell-mediated therapies”
1:50	Steve Feinberg (University of Michigan) “Soft tissue engineering for oral & maxillofacial surgery applications”
2:10	General Discussion
2:20	Break
	Session 2: Bioinformatics Chairs: L. Johnson and M. Lantz
2:50	Gil Omenn (University of Michigan) “Grand challenges in translational research”
3:10	David States (University of Michigan) “Clinical decision – support in the age of genomics”
3:30	General Discussion
3:40	Break
	Session 3: Oral Systemic/Cancer Chairs: C. Murdoch-Kinch and J. Nör
4:10	James Beck (University of Michigan) “Oral health systemic linkages”
4:30	Walter Loesche (University of Michigan) “Dental infection and cardiovascular events”
4:50	Amid Ismail (University of Michigan) “Reducing oral health disparities: models and challenges”
5:10	General Discussion
5:20	Adjourn
5:20 – 6:30 PM	Poster Sessions and Reception Michigan Union – Pendleton Room


8:00	Registration (Rackham Auditorium)
8:00 – 9:00	Continental Breakfast
Morning chair: George Taylor
9:00 – 9:15	Introductory Remarks Dean Peter Polverini Dr. William Giannobile Delta Dental – John Breza
9:15 – 10:30	Keynote Speaker Dr. Hal Slavkin (Dean USC School of Dentistry) “Future of oral health research”
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Keynote Speaker Dr. David Sackett (Trout Research and Education Center, Ontario) “The tribulations of not doing randomized trials”
12:00 – 1:30	Break
Afternoon chair: Nisha D'Silva
1:30 – 2:30	Dr. William Giannobile (University of Michigan School of Dentistry) “New avenues for tissue engineering of the oral cavity”
2:30 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 4:00	Dr. David Wong (UCLA School of Dentistry) “Saliva diagnostics for oral and systemic disease detection”
4:00 – 5:00	Dr. Bob Kerbel (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) “Strategies for improving antiangiogenic drug-based therapies for advanced metastatic disease”


8:00 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast Rackham Auditorium
Chair: James McNamara
8:30 – 9:30	Dr. Robert Genco (University at Buffalo) “Connection of oral infection, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk”
9:30 – 10:30	Dr. Kenneth Malament (Tufts University) “Integration of esthetic dentistry and simple and complex modern prosthodontics - factors that impact long term ceramic survival”
10:30 – 11:00	Break
11:00 – 12:00	Dr. Vincent Kokich (University of Washington) “Interdisciplinary Esthetics: Do we need to make everybody perfect?”
12:00 – 12:15	Adjournment and Closing Remarks Dean Peter Polverini Dr. William Giannobile

Michigan Clinical Research Symposium,
Inaugural Symposium 2008