Event Details
Agenda
Event Details
Meeting Summary
Background
More than 300 researchers have participated in NMRI workshops in the past decade, and approximately 100 are active members. The success of the NMRI, a network that is “owned” by its members and supported by the NIDDK, begins with the dedication of senior investigators who mentor and serve as role models for junior investigators. The participation of active members and the recruitment of new members is a primary reason for the Network’s success in the past and the reason for confidence that it will continue to grow in the future.
To see if you qualify for NMRI membership, please complete and submit this Criteria Form.
Travel Awards
Limited Travel Awards of up to $500 for eligible members to attend the NMRI South Regional Conference is available. Awards will be given with priority to those that (1) have never participated in a NMRI meeting, (2) are junior faculty up to the Assistant Professor level (3) are presenters of an abstract at the NMRI South Regional poster session and (4) are from the South Regional states identified by NMRI: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Registration Deadline
October 30, 2015
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Tulane University, Center for Continuing Education has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).Tulane University, Center for Continuing Education is authorized by IACET to offer .7 CEUs for this program.
Agenda
November 15, 2015
(Location: Hyatt French Quarter Hotel)
- 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Registration & Poster Set-Up
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Dr. Myra Kleinpeter, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine
- 4:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
- Networking
(Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be served)
- 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Dinner Speaker
Caring for Communities of Color with HIV Infection
Dr. Theo Hodge, Assistant Clinical Professor, George Washington University
- Dinner at Palace Cafe
Separate complimentary registration (PDF, 208.2 KB) is required to attend the Sunday evening dinner event.
November 16, 2015
(Location: Tulane University School of Public Health, Diboll Auditorium. Shuttle service from hotel departs at 7:15 a.m.)
- 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
- Registration & Poster Setup
Continental Breakfast
- 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
- NMRI Overview and Accomplishments
Dr. Myra Kleinpeter, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine
- 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- NIH/NIDDK Overview
Dr. Frank Hamilton, Program Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
- 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
- Launching and Sustaining a Successful Academic Career
Dr. Lee Hamm, Dean, Tulane University School of Medicine
- 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
- Break
- 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
- Keynote Speaker
Dr. P. Darwin Bell, Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
- 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
- Parallel Sessions
Session I – How to start a Research Team/Lab and Collaboration
Dr. Minolfa Prieto, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine
Session II – Grants Management from the NIH and Institutional Viewpoints
Dr. Leonard Egede, Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Frank Hamilton, Program Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- Pick-up box lunch
- 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Lunch Session & Round Table Discussions
- Table 1 - Population Level Research with Large Datasets
Dr. Brandi Franklin, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Table 2 - Transition from Post-Doc to Faculty
Dr. Joseph Larkin, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- Table 3 - Grants Veterans Affairs Perspective
Dr. Leonard Egede, Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
- Table 4 - Nursing Research Opportunity
Dr. Alethea Hill, Associate Professor, University of South Alabama
- Table 5 - Private Foundation Funding and Other Sources
Dr. Myra Kleinpeter, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine
- Table 6 - Promotion and Tenure
Dr. Fern Webb, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Dr. Darren Moore, Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine
- 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
- Poster Session II / Networking
- 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Scientific Presentations
Oxyradical Stress in Macrophages Increases Biosyntheis of the Endocannabinoid 2-Arachidonoylglycerol
Ms. Anberitha Matthews, Graduate Research Assistant, Mississippi State University
Protein Therapy for the Treatment of Vascular Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Chartrisa Simpson, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
NADPH Oxidases Mediate Zinc Deficiency-Induced Oxidative Stress in Kidneys
Dr. Clintoria Williams, Instructor Physiology, Emory University
African American Obese Women's Perspective Regarding Barriers to the Utilization of Baritric Surgery: A Phenomenological Study
Dr. Darren Moore, Assistant Professor, Mercer University School of Medicine
- 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- How to Succeed in Academic Research: Perspective from a Junior Investigator
Dr. Rachel Patzer, Assistant Professor, Emory University
- 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- The Science Itself - Development and Implementation of Research Project(s)
Dr. Akinlolu Ojo, Professor, University of Michigan
- 4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
- Closing Remarks / Adjourn
Dr. Myra Kleinpeter, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Medicine
- 4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Shuttle Service back to hotel
- 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- Dinner Speaker
Meeting the Challenge of Chronic HCV Infection in Advanced Liver Disease
Dr. Natalie Bzowej, Director Transplant Research, Ochsner Medical Center
Dinner at Morton's Steakhouse on Canal Street
Separate complimentary registration (PDF, 205.87 KB) is required to attend the Monday evening dinner event.
CME Credit for both dinners is provided by Simply Speaking.
