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20th Annual Research Symposium
November 21, 2008

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine will hold its twentieth Annual Research Symposium on Friday, November 21, 2008. The event will showcase VMRCVM student and faculty research and will feature keynote speaker Anthony Atala, M.D.

The symposium is sponsored by Pfizer and the Office of Research & Graduate Studies.

Proceedings Booklet

2008 Research Symposium Proceedings (PDF)
 

Schedule of Events

Nov 20   Poster set-up in designated areas in the College Commons
Nov 21 7:30 - 8:00 Registration
  8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Introduction to Symposium
  8:15 - 10:00 1st session of oral presentations by students in their last year (15 minute slots)
  10:00 - 11:00 Break & 1st session of student poster presentations
  11:00 - 12:00 Keynote speaker – Anthony Atala, M.D., Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University
  12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
  1:00 - 2:30 2nd session of oral presentations by students in their last year (15 minute slots)
  2:30 - 3:30 Break & 2nd session of student poster presentations
  3:30 - 5:00 3rd session of oral presentations by students in their last year (15 minute slots)
  6:30 Dinner and Presentation of Awards at Custom Catering

Keynote Speaker - Anthony Atala, M.D.

Anthony Atala, M.D.Anthony Atala, M.D., is the W.H. Boyce Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology and Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University. Dr. Atala is a surgeon in the area of pediatric urology and a researcher in the area of regenerative medicine. His current work focuses on growing new human cells, tissues and organs.

Dr. Atala works with several journals and serves in various roles, such as Editor-in-Chief of Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy and the Scientific World-Urology; as Associate or Section Editor of the Journal of Urology (Investigative Urology), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Journal of Rejuvenation Research, and Current Reviews in Urology; and as Editorial Board member of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Urology, Current Opinion in Urology, BioMed Central-Urology, the Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, Stem Cells and Development, Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, and Biomedical Materials.

Dr. Atala is a recipient of the US Congress funded Christopher Columbus Foundation Award, bestowed on a living American who is currently working on a discovery that will significantly affect society, and the Gold Cystoscope Award for advances in his field. Dr. Atala was named by Scientific American as a Medical Treatments Leader of the Year for his contributions to the fields of cell, tissue and organ regeneration. In 2006, he was named by Fast Company magazine as one of 50 people who “will change how we work and live over the next 10 years, and his work was listed as Discover Magazine`s Number 1 Top Science Story of the Year in the field of medicine in 2007. A Time Magazine poll ranked Dr. Atala as the 56th most influential person of the year in 2007.

Dr. Atala has led or served several national professional and government committees, including the National Institutes of Health working group on Cells and Developmental Biology, and the National Institutes of Health Bioengineering Consortium. He is currently an NIH “Quantum Grant” awardee. Dr. Atala heads a team of over 150 physicians and researchers. Ten applications of technologies developed in Dr. Atala's laboratory have been used clinically. He is the editor of 8 books, including Methods of Tissue Engineering, Principles of Regenerative Medicine, and Minimally Invasive Urology, and has published more than 200 journal articles and has applied for or received over 200 national and international patents.

2007 Research Symposium

2007 Symposium Proceedings (PDF)
2007 Award Winners
 

2006 Research Symposium

2006 Symposium Proceedings (PDF)
2006 Award Winners