DAY ONE
Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT

TIME

EVENT

3:00 PM

Registration Desk Opens

5:00 PM - 5:55 PM

Welcome Reception/Networking
Cocktails/Buffet Dinner

5:55 PM - 6:00 PM

Transfer to Main Session Room

6:00 PM - 6:10 PM

Opening Remarks
Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD and Margaret V. Ragni, MD, MPH
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee Co-Chairs

6:10 PM - 7:00 PM

Plenary Session 1: “Career Development: Funding Trends and Opportunities”
Moderator: Ragni

“What Grants Does it Take to Keep the Academic Ball Rolling? (Getting Involved as an Early Stage Investigator)”

Andrei Kindzelski, MD
Medical Officer, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

7:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Break - 15 minutes

7:15 PM - 8:00 PM

Ask the Experts Session: “A Foot in the Door: Insights from Recruiters”
Moderator: Bergmeier

Panelists
Basic Science Perspective
James Morrissey, PhD
Professor, University of Michigan

Clinical Science Perspective
Janis Abkowitz, MD
Professor and Hematology Division Head, University of Washington


Translational Science Perspective
Jorge Di Paola, MD
Director, Basic and Translational Research in Pediatric Hemostasis and Thrombosis, University of Colorado, Denver

Industry Perspective
Robert Peters, PhD 
SVP Research, Bioverativ

8:00 PM - 8:05 PM

Closing Remarks - Day One
Ragni

8:05 PM - 9:00 PM

Networking Reception
Cash Bar/Desserts
 
DAY TWO
Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 7:45 AM – 5:00 PM CT
TIME EVENT
7:45 AM - 8:50 AM Breakfast/Networking
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM Transfer to Session Room
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Remarks - Day Two
Introduction of Session 1 Moderator - Bergmeier
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Career Development Session 1: "Overcoming Obstacles: Moving Your Career Forward"

Moderator: Rodney Camire, PhD
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Industry Perspective

Marcus Carr, MD
Head of Clinical Development, Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Clinical Science Perspective
Margaret V. Ragni, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Clinical & Translational Science
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Basic/Translational Science
Veronica H. Flood, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break/Networking - 15 minutes
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Career Development Session 2A: Discussion Tables
Designated tables to discuss career development issues, challenges, and approaches

Moderator: Camire

 Basic Science Tables
 Clinical Science Tables
 Translational Science Tables
 Population Science Tables
11:30 AM - 11:55 AM Career Development Session 2B: Discussion Table Debriefing – Summaries Presented
By All Groups (2 minutes each)

Moderator: Camire
11:55 AM - 12:00 PM

Introduction of Breakout Sessions

 

Joshua Muia, PhD
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee
12:00 PM - 12:05 PM Transfer to Lunch
12:05 PM - 1:25 PM Lunch/Networking
12:15 PM - 1:25 PM

Meet-with-a-Mentor Appointments

Pre-scheduled appointments for Travel Award Recipients with Colloquium faculty
1:25 PM - 1:30 PM Transfer to Breakout Rooms
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Breakout Session - A
“Practical Tools Everyone Needs to Advance Their Career”
  “Speak Up: Giving Effective Presentations”

Discussion Leader:
Alisa Wolberg, PhD
Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  “Managing the K-to-R Transition/ What to Do if You Don’t Get a K-Award?”

Discussion Leader:
Nigel Key, MB ChB FRCP
Chief of Hematology/Oncology, UNC
  “From Good Idea to Submitted Grant”

Discussion Leader:
Gowthamy Arepally, MD
Associate Professor, Duke University
  “Begin Again: Jump Start Your Research Career After a Break”

Discussion Leader:
Menaka Pai, BSc MSc MD FRCPC
Associate Professor, McMaster University
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakout Session - B

“Practical Tools Everyone Needs to Advance Their Career”

(Breakout Session A topics repeat; participants select a different 30-minute session to
attend)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break - 15 minutes
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Breakout Session Debriefing

5-7 minute summary of key lessons from each of the four Breakout Session topics

Moderator: Ming Lim, MD
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Break and Transfer to Session Room
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Plenary Session 2: “Critical Steps for a Successful Career in Academic Medicine”
Introduction: Mary Cushman, MD, MSc
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee


Presentation:
Valentin Fuster, MD
Chief of Cardiology, Mt. Sinai and Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM

Closing Remarks - Invitation to Networking Reception

Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD and Margaret V. Ragni, MD, MPH
2020 Colloquium Planning Committee Co-Chairs
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM

Networking Reception

Cash Bar/Heavy Appetizers
 

Colloquium Adjourns at 5:00 PM