School of Medicine

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Symposium Format

8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, MD: Welcome
Kenneth V. Honn, PhD: Introductions
8:30 to 9:30 am Plenary Session I
Inflammation and Atherothrombosis: From Clinical Applications to Genome Wide Surveys
Paul M Ridker, MD, MPH (Harvard University)
9:30 to 10:30 am Plenary Session II
A New Genus of Endogenous Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-Resolvin Mediators from Essential Fatty Acids
Charles N. Serhan, PhD (Harvard University)
10:30 to 11:30 am Plenary Session III
Inflammatory Signaling and Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Macular Degeneration, Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease
Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)
11:30 to 12:30 pm Lunch and Poster Session
12:30 to 1:30 pm

Plenary Session IV
Resolution of Inflammation in Diabetes and Oral disease
Thomas Van Dyke, DDS, PhD
(Boston University)

1:30 to 2:30 pm Plenary Session V
Effects of Apoptotic Cells on Resolution or Progression of Inflammation
Peter M. Henson, BVM&S, PhD, MD (University of Colorado)
2:30 to 3:30 pm Plenary Session VI
Tumor Educated Macrophages Promote Malignant Progression and Metastasis
Jeffrey W. Pollard, PhD
(Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
3:30 to 4:00 pm Panel Discussion
Moderated by
Kenneth V. Honn, Wayne State University
Charles N. Serhan
, Harvard University
4:00 to 4:15 pm Poster Awards
4:30 to 5:30 pm Reception/Hors d' oeuvres
Scott Hall Cafeteria