Agenda

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

LOCATION: HSEB 1700

OPENING REMARKS: CHUN YUAN, PhD

WELCOME REMARKS: SATOSHI MINOSHIMA, MD, PhD

OPENING ADDRESS: RACHEL HESS, MD, MS

MODERATOR: MARYAM SOLTANOLKOTABI, MD

As the AVP for research at U of U Health, Hess will oversee the Senior Vice President for Health Science Research Unit, which includes health sciences cores, graduate and research fellow programs, and health sciences initiatives. Additional responsibilities include overseeing the research enterprise across U of U Health. Hess is a professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Internal Medicine at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. She holds a H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair in Population Health Sciences. She co-directs the Utah Clinical & Translational Science Institute. Prior to assuming the AVP role, she served as the associate dean for clinical and translational science and founding chief in the Division of Health System Innovation and Research.

KEYNOTE: MITCHELL D. SCHNALL, MD, PhD

The role of research in the path toward precision breast cancer screening

MODERATOR: DOUG ROGERS, MD

Dr. Schnall is the Eugene P Pendergrass Professor of Radiology and the Chair of the Radiology Department at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate degree, medical degree, and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been on the faculty of the radiology department at the University of Pennsylvania since 1991 and full professor since 2002. Dr. Schnall is an international leader in translational biomedical imaging research. Through his career he has worked across the interface between basic imaging science and clinical medicine. His work has led to fundamental changes in the imaging approaches to breast and prostate cancer. In addition, he has had a significant influence on emerging technologies such as optical imaging. Dr. Schnall has played a critical role in efforts to organize cancer clinical and translational imaging research in the US. He has been the principal investigator of numerous team science initiatives. He served ACRIN Deputy Chair from 1999-2007. In 2008 he assumed the role of ACRIN Chair.

2:15 - 3:30

LOCATION: HSEB 1700

PRE-CLINICAL IMAGING SESSION

MODERATOR: DONNA CROSS, PhD

3:30 - 3:45

LOCATION: Alumni Hall

Coffee break

3:45 - 4:45

LOCATION: Alumni Hall

“RESEARCH NEWS from the FUTURE”

MODERATOR: CHUN YUAN, PhD

1. Revealing Cerebral Vasculature Using 3D Multi-contrast MRI
Xiaodong Ma, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

2. MRI-Guided Personalized Medicine Targeting Treatment Resistance Boosts Remission Rates in Patients with Major Depression
Vincent Koppelmans, PhD
Department of Psychiatry

3. Novel MR Imaging Markers of Innate Immune Activation Help Explain Progression in Secondary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Seong-Eun Kim, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

4. Engineered Antibody Fragment Surges as a Rising Star for Cancer Theranostics
Sixiang Shi, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

5. MRE-measured cerebral blood vessel damage reveals brain deformations experienced during traumatic brain injury
Ken Monson, PhD
Department of Mechanical Engineering

6. Automated Vessel Wall Screening Predicts Cardiovascular Risk
Kazem Hashemizadeh, PhD
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

4:45 - 5:45

LOCATION: Alumni Hall

“CLINICAL NEWS from the FUTURE”

MODERATORS: DOUG ROGERS, MD AND MARYAM SOLTANOLKOTABI, MD

1. Elite athletes using ultrasound imaging to prevent tendon injuries
Dan Cushman, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehab

2. Metabolic Imaging of the Heart and Kidneys Give Clinicians New Tools in Managing in Chronic Kidney Disease
Monique Cho, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

3. Personalized Modelling Guided Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias
Ravi Ranjan, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

4. High-Resolution Carotid MRI Identifies Early Vascular Injury after Radiotherapy
Sinead Culleton, MBBCh BAO
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences

5. Demystifying epileptogenesis: White matter microstructural abnormalities in neonates with seizures predict development of future epilepsy
Amanda Sandoval Karamian, MD
Department of Pediatric Neurology

5:45 - 6:00

Take car to Opening Reception

Free parking in the College of Law parking lot and overflow in the Rice-Eccles Stadium lot with underground walkway to the College of Law building

6:00 – 8:00

OPENING RECEPTION

S.J Quinney College of Law, Level 6 Terrace