Just symposium to be held Feb. 22: 2/15

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Just symposium to be held Feb. 22

The annual Ernest E. Just Symposium will begin at 8 a.m., Friday, Feb. 22 in the James E. Clyburn Research Center Auditorium. The symposium celebrates the life and scientific achievements of Ernest E. Just, Ph.D., a prominent black marine biologist and Charleston native.

The format includes a morning session with invited speaker, William McDade, M.D., Ph.D., deputy provost for research and minority issues, Office of the Provost, University of Chicago, who will introduce the life of Just. McDade's talk is titled, "The Creativity of Ernest Everett Just."

Part two of the symposium will include Samantha Kaplan, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, assistant dean for diversity and multicultural affairs, director, Early Medical School Selection Program, Boston University School of Medicine. Her talk is titled, "Finding it in All Academic Medicine."

The keynote speaker, Griffin P. Rogers, M.D., director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, will present following Kaplan's session. Rodgers' talk is titled, "Science: A Powerful Tool for Justice."

Graduate presenter, Denise Kimbrough, Ph.D. candidate, will discuss "What's Wrong With My Heart? Improving Left Ventricular Function Following Myocardial Infarction." Kimbrough is in the Department of Cardiology.

Visiting undergraduate students will then tour the campus and meet with MUSC college admissions officers.
During the afternoon session, talks will be given by Carl Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Vascular Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College; Jennifer Elisseeff, Ph.D., professor, Wilmer Eye Institute and Department of Biomedical Engineering, departments of Materials Science and Engineering Chemical and Biological Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery, director of Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins Universisty; and Kapil Mehta, Ph.D., professor of cancer medicine, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Anderson Medical Center.

The full program can be found at http://www.musc.edu/grad/just/index.html.

For additional information, email Perry Halushka, M.D., Ph.D., at halushpv@musc.edu, Titus Reaves, Ph.D., at reaves@musc.edu or call 792-1282.

Friday, Feb. 15, 2013

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