Sixth Annual Research Day
April 20, 2007
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, MSU East Lansing campus
Sponsored by: Abbott Laboratories Astra Zeneca Baxter Life Sciences Pfizer Inc.
Ninety participants and presenters gathered on April 20, 2007, for Pediatric Research Day at the Kellogg Center on MSU’s East Lansing campus. José F. Cordero, MD, MPH, Dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health, presented the keynote address on “The Future of Public Health Research.” Afternoon speakers included Randolph Matthews, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine who discussed “Using Zebrafish to Help Understand Biliary Development and Disease.” Mark Kadrofske, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department on Pediatrics and Human Development at MSU presented “Development and Regulation of Repair Mechanisms in the Intestinal Mucosa.”
Thirty-five posters were presented. Winners of the Poster Presentations were Resident Gaurav Kapur, MD, and Fellow Andrew Dettore, DO. The department was particularly delighted to welcome faculty, staff, and students from the Wayne State University Department of Pediatrics to participation in Research Day for the first time.
Speakers
JOSÉ CORDERO, MD, MPH. Dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health (KEYNOTE) Dr. José F. Cordero is an Assistant Surgeon General of the Public Health Service and the former Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCMDDD), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. He recently accepted the position of Dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Public Health. He is the first director since CDC was established by Congress in 2001. Dr. Cordero has served in the U.S. Public Health Service for 26 years and has contributed greatly to the fields of birth defects, developmental disabilities, child health, and immunization. Dr. Cordero’s work has been published in many national and international journals, and he is regularly requested to speak on birth defects and developmental disabilities at national and international meetings.
RANDOLPH MATTHEWS, MD, PhD. Dr. Randolph Matthews is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Washington. In 2005, Dr. Matthews received the NASPGHAN Young Faculty Investigator Award.
MARK KADROFSKE, MD, PhD. Dr. Mark Kadrofske is an Assistant Professor in the Department on Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University and is an attending neonatologist at Sparrow Hospital. He received his M.D and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from MSU and recently completed a fellowship in neonatology from Case Western Reserve University at Metro Health Center.
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