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Schedule
9:30 a.m. Coffee and Registration
9:45 a.m.

Welcome to Sanford Institute

  • Ken Rogerson, Ph.D., Research Director, DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism, Duke University.
  • Bruce Jentleson, Ph.D., Director, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University.

Program Introduction

  • The Honorable John E. Porter, J.D., Former U.S. Congressman (R-Ill.); Partner, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.; Member, Board of Directors,Research!America.
  • R. Randal Bollinger, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chief, Department of General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; Executive Committee member, N.C. Association for Biomedical Research.
  • R. Sanders Williams, M.D., Dean, Duke University School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Duke University Medical Center.
10 a.m.

The Latest Science
Panel Moderator: Randal Bollinger, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Chief, Department of General Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; Executive Committee member, N.C. Association for Biomedical Research.

  • Research Overview: Stem Cell and Cord Blood Research
    Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D., Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program; Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank; Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine.
  • Adult Tissue-Derived Stem Cells and Therapeutics
    Steven A. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Nathan Cummings Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College.
  • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
    Jeff Rothstein, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience; Co-Director, MDA/ALS Clinic; Director, ALS Research; Vice Chairman for Research, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
11:30 a.m. Keynote: Ethical Considerations
Jeremy Sugarman, M.D., MPH, MA, Director, Center for the Study of Medical Ethics and Humanities; Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine; Professor of Philosophy, Duke University.
Noon Lunch Pickup and Roundtable Discussions
1 p.m.

The Controversy
Panel Moderator: Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

Panelists:

  • Kyle Kinner, J.D., M.P.A., Legislative Assistant, Office of United States Senator John Edwards (D-NC).
  • Rob Wasinger, Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of United States Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS).
  • Tony Mazzaschi, Associate Vice President, Biomedical and Health Sciences Research; and Director, Council of Academic Societies (CAS) Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges.
  • David A. Prentice, Ph.D., Founding Member, Do No Harm: The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics; Professor of Life Sciences, Indiana State University; Adjunct Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine; Ad hoc Science Advisor, United States Senator Sam Brownback
2 p.m.

The Coverage
Panel Moderator: William Raspberry, Columnist, The Washington Post; Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University.

Speakers on this panel to include:

  • Rhonda Rowland, Medical Reporter, CNN.
3 p.m. Wrap-Up
John Burness, Senior Vice President for Public Relations and Government Affairs
3:15 p.m.

Adjourn

Optional lab tours


DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism

Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy

Duke University
Duke University Health System
North Carolina Biotechnology Center