Upcoming Research Seminars, Grand Rounds, Clinical Conferences & Other Events

Upcoming Grand Rounds

8:00 am, 10/21/2024 | Virtual (Zoom link below) Bench to Bedside Success: Development of Gene Therapy for Type 1 Glycogen Storage Disease

Presented by Youngmok Lee, PhD
– Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
– Principal Investigator, Glycogen Storage Disease Laboratory, UConn

Dr. Lee's research interests encompass glycogen storage disease (GSD), glycogen and energy metabolism, gene therapy, liver cancer, kidney disease, and immunometabolism. His laboratory at UCONN was created exclusively for GSD research, where his scientific team works towards developing cures through preclinical studies using animal models of GSDs.

Hybrid & Virtual Events Zoom Links

Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, all events are located in Room 300 of the Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, and are hybrid unless listed as virtual. Grand Rounds and Clinical Conferences are held from 8:00 am – 9:00 am, and Seminars, Conversations with Emory Leaders, and Research in Progress sessions take place from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.

DATE	HOST/MENTOR	SPEAKER	AFFLIATION
Seminars
9/16/24	Host: Bing Yao, PhD	Marisa Bartolomei, PhD	University of Pennsylvania
9/30/24	Host: Jian Shou, PhD	Anne West, MD, PhD	Duke School of Medicine
10/14/24	Host: Bing Yao, PhD	Yi Xing, PhD	University of Pennsylvania
10/28/24	Host: Jingjing Yang, PhD	Xin He, PhD	University of Chicago
11/11/24	Host: Jimena Anderson, PhD	Sami Barmada, MD, PhD	University of Michigan
12/9/24	Host: Jian Hu, PhD	Aaron Newman, PhD	Stanford Medicine
Stephen T. Warren Distinguished Lecture
12/5/24 Whitehead Biomedical Research Building Auditorium	Hosts: Peng Jin, PhD, and Jingjing Yang, PhD	Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD	Harvard University
Conversations with Emory Leaders
9/11/24	Host: Jingjing Yang, PhD	Ami Klin, PhD	Professor, Pediatrics, Emory; Director, Marcus Autism Center
10/23/24	Host: Jingjing Yang, PhD	Vikas Sukhatme, MD, ScD	Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory; Director and Co-founder, Morningside Center
Research in Progress
10/9/24	Host: Fikri Birey, PhD	Arvin Sarkissian and Roy Simamora	Birey Lab Trainees
11/20/24	Host: Bing Yao, PhD	Yingzi Hou and Katherine Westover	Yao Lab Trainees
Grand Rounds
9/9/24	Host: Hailey Dennis, MMSc, CGC	Ian Campbell, MD, PhD	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
9/23/24	Host: Rossana Sanchez Russo, MD	Anna Hurst, MD	UAB Medicine
10/7/24	Host: TBD	William Wilcox, MD, PhD	Emory Human Genetics
10/21/24 *VIRTUAL	Host: Juanita Neira, MD	Lee Youngmok, PhD	UConn Health
11/4/24 *VIRTUAL	Host: Lauren Lichten, MS	Amy Turriff, SCM, CGC	National Institute of Health
11/18/24 *VIRTUAL	Host: Jaime Vengoechea, MD	Huma Rana, MD	Dana-Farber, Harvard Cancer Center
12/2/24	Host: Michael Gamello, MD, PhD	Judith Fridovich-Keil	Professor
12/16/24	Host: Rossana Sanchez Russo	Jessica Gold, MD, PhD	Northwell Health
Clinical Conferences
9/10/24	Mentor: Hong Li, MD, PhD	Emalyn Cork & Fabienne Ehivet	Emory
9/24/24	Mentor: Jaime Vengoechea, MD	Erin Kistenberg & Rahma Ali	Emory
10/1/24	Mentor: William Wilcox, MD, PhD	Lily Walson, MD, & Tatum Scholl	TBD
10/8/24	Mentor: Michael Gambello, MD, PhD	Kelsey Krumanocker & Brittany Adams	Emory
10/15/24	Mentor: Juanita Neira, MD	Rana Aljaberis, MD, & Alaena Lim	Emory
10/22/24		DEI Presentation – TBD	Emory
11/12/24	Mentor: Rossana Sanchez Russo, MD	Jenna Mathwig & Emily Peery	Emory
11/19/24	Mentor: Stephanie Wechsler, MD	Brittany Pelayo & Kait Esposito	Emory
12/3/24	Mentor: Rani Singh, MD, RD, LD	Ashley Fisher & Meriah Schoen	Emory
12/10/24	Mentor: Hong Li, MD, PhD	Citlin Flatway & Tom Vanagunas	Emory
12/17/24	Mentor: Kristen Murphey, MD	Levi Thompson & Lauren Wilson	Emory