Moderator:
Michael Sesma, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
Concurrent Session:
Better Outcomes & Greater Efficiency:
Evaluation and Assessment in T32 Programs,
Bennett Goldberg,
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Moderator:
John Laffan, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon G&H
11:30A – 12:00P Bethesda North Marriott-Sponsored Beverage Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
11:30A – 1:00P “DMV Dining” – Lunch On Your Own
1:00P – 2:30P Concurrent Panel: Employing Evidence-based Practices for
Training, Mentoring and Disseminating Outcomes, Panelists:
Elizabeth Watkins, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco;
Erin Dolan, Ph.D., University of Georgia; Christine Pfund, Ph.D.,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator: Kenneth Gibbs, Jr., Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
Concurrent Panel: Focusing on Technical, Operational, and
Professional Skills Development, Panelists: Giovanna Guerrero-
Medina, Ph.D., Ciencia Puerto Rico; Sarah Goodwin, Ph.D.,
iBiology, Inc.; Angela DePace, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Mercedes Rubio, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon G&H
2:30P – 3:45P Concurrent Panel: Developing Holistic Approaches to
Admissions, Panelists: Joshua Hall, Ph.D., University of North
Carolina Chapel Hill; Roger Chalkley, D. Phil., Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine; Marenda Wilson-Pham, Ph.D., Rush University
Graduate College
Moderator: Anissa Brown, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
Concurrent Panel: Implementing Curricular Changes, Panelists:
Susan Strome, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz; Melanie
M. Cooper, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Moderator: Desiree Salazar, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon G&H
3:45P – 4:15P Bethesda North Marriott-Sponsored Beverage Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
4:15P – 5:30P Promise and Peril in Higher Education: Building an Equitable,
Creative, Prosperous, and Sustainable Future through Socially-
Directed Science and Technology, Christine Ortiz, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator:
Shiva Singh, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
5:30P – 7:00P
TWD Poster Session B & Networking *
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer & Salon A
7:00P – until “DMV Dining” – Dinner On Your Own
THURSDAY, August 1, 2019
6:00A – 8:00A “DMV Dining” – Breakfast On Your Own
7:30A – 6:30P
TWD2019PDM Management Desk Open
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer – Alcove C
8:00A – 9:30A
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: MARC U-STAR
*
Session Leaders: E. Gavosto, Ph.D., C. Atkins, Ph.D.
Location: Salon F
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: IMSD
*
Session Leaders: B. Komisaruk, Ph.D., R. Chalkley, D. Phil.
Location: Salon B
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: RISE
*
Session Leader: V. Potluri, Ph.D.
Location: Salon C
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: IPERT/MARC T36
*
Session Leader: C. Pribbenow, Ph.D.
Location: Great Falls
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: T32
*
Session Leader: A. Berrebi, Ph.D.
Location: Salon G&H
Concurrent Breakout Session:
TWDPDO: Bridges BS & PhD
*
Session Leader: E. Alexander, Ph.D.
Location: Linden Oak
Concurrent Breakout Session: TWDPDO: PREP
* Session Leaders: J. Hall, Ph.D.; J.L. Lloyd, Ph.D.
Location: Oakley
Concurrent Breakout Session: TWDPDO: IRACDA
* Session Leader. D. Sept, Ph.D.
Location: Timberlawn
9:30A – 9:45A Bethesda North Marriott-Sponsored Beverage Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:45A – 9:50A Welcome – Day 2
Hannah Valantine, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.A.C.C., NIH
Location: Salon D&E
9:50A – 11:00A Panel Session: Emphasizing Diversity and Inclusion as Essential
Aspects of Training Excellence, Panelists: JoAnn Trejo, Ph.D.,
M.B.A., University of California, San Diego; Carlos Crespo, Dr.Ph.H.,
M.S., FACSM, Oregon Health and Science University; Sherilynn
Black, Ph.D., Duke University
Moderator: Hannah Valantine, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.A.C.C., NIH
Location: Salon D&E
11:00A – 12:00P Concurrent Panel: Leading Institutional Change – Becoming
Change Agents, Panelists: Lourdes Echegoyen, Ph.D., University of
Texas at El Paso; Andrew Campbell, Ph.D., Brown University;
Joey Barnett, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Moderator: Luis Cubano, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
Concurrent Panel: Building a Strong Mentoring Environment
Panelists: M. Graça Vicente, Ph.D., Louisiana State University;
Rick McGee, Ph.D., Northwestern University; Tiera S. Coston, J.D.,
Ph.D., Xavier University of Louisiana
Moderator: Sailaja Koduri, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon G&H
12:00P – 1:15P “DMV Dining” – Lunch On Your Own
1:15P – 2:15P Concurrent Panel: Teaching Rigor, Transparency and
Responsible Conduct of Research, Panelists: Rajini Rao, Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Gabriela Chavira,
Ph.D., California State University Northridge; Isabel Lauren Jackson,
Ph.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine
Moderator: Dorit Zuk, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
Concurrent Panel: Sustaining Diversity Enhancement Programs,
Panelists: Dolores Bradley Brennan, Ph.D., Spelman College; Linda
Tunstad, Ph.D., California State University Los Angeles
Moderator: Edgardo Falcón, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon G&H
2:15P – 3:30P Panel Session: Equitable, Inclusive and Safe Environments,
Panelists: Kim McCall, Ph.D., Boston University; Jason Sheltzer,
Ph.D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Carol B. Muller, Ph.D.,
Stanford University
Moderator: Alison Gammie, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
3:30P – 3:45P Bethesda North Marriott-Sponsored Beverage Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
3:45P – 4:45P NIH Policy on Sexual Harassment, Carrie D. Wolinetz, Ph.D., NIH
Moderator: Judith Greenberg, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
4:45P – 5:45P Enhancing Laboratory Safety and the Principles of Safe
Research, Craig Merlic, Ph.D., University of California, Los
Angeles
Moderator: Jon Lorsch, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
5:45P – 7:15P TWD Poster Session C & Networking *
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer & Salon A
7:15P – until “DMV Dining” – Dinner On Your Own
FRIDAY, August 2, 2019
6:00A – 7:30A “DMV Dining” – Breakfast On Your Own
7:00A – 11:30A TWD2019PDM Management Desk Open
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer – Alcove C
7:00A – 1:00P TWD 2019 Attendees' Luggage Storage
Location: Salon A
7:30A – 8:30A TWD Program Directors’ Organization (TWDPDO) Meeting,
Henry Wortis, M.D., Tufts University
Location: Salon D&E
8:30A – 8:45A Welcome – Day 3
Desirée Salazar, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
8:45A – 9:00A Bethesda North Marriott-Sponsored Beverage Break
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer
9:00A – 10:00A Concurrent Panel: Preparing Trainees for a Broad Range of
Careers, Cynthia Fuhrmann, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Medical School; Ann Stock, Ph.D., Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School; Robert Kelly, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Moderator: Patrick Brown, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
Concurrent Session: Encouraging Partnerships to Advance Data
Science Training, King Jordan, Ph.D.,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Moderator: Veerasamy Ravichandran, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon B&C
10:00A – 11:00A Student Wellness and Resilience, Sharon Milgram, Ph.D., NIH
Moderator: Michael Sesma, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
11:00A – 11:30A Current Topics from the Division of Biomedical Research
Workforce, P. Kay Lund, Ph.D., NIH
Moderator: Alison Gammie, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location Salon D&E
11:30A – 12:30P Open Mic: TWD Listens/Feedback Session, NIGMS TWD
Staff Panel: Alison Gammie, Ph.D., Michael Sesma, Ph.D.,
Shiva Singh, Ph.D., Stephanie Constant, Ph.D.
Location: Salon D&E
12:30P – 12:45P Meeting Recap and Adjourn, Alison Gammie, Ph.D., NIH/NIGMS
Location: Salon D&E
12:45P – 1:00P NIGMS Program Staff Available
Location: Salon B&C
Program PDF Documents
NOTE: Please download the PDF version of the program book for the 2019 TWD Program Directors' Meeting. Printed copies of the program book will not be available/distributed onsite at the meeting.
2019 TWD Program Directors' Meeting is managed and organized by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology under a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health.
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by T36GM008637-21S1 and U13GM133156-01 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the NIH; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.