| 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
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