The Indiana CTSI’s annual retreat at Purdue University will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, February 16, at the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, located at 1201 W. State St. in West Lafayette, Indiana. This year’s event will feature sessions focused on new guidelines for nutrition clinical trials, the Indiana CTSI Postdoc Challenge, and analytical sciences in Indiana, as well as valuable networking opportunities with fellow researchers from across the state.
Please register by February 9. We hope to see you there!
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- Questions? Email Indiana CTSI Purdue Navigator Tommy Sors at tsors@purdue.edu.
Indiana CTSI Purdue Retreat
Friday, February 16
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship (MRGN)
1201 W. State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907
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8:30 – 9 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
MRGN Café |
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9 – 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Update of CTSI opportunities Connie Weaver, Deputy Director, Indiana CTSI; Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University Indiana CTSI 3.0 Anantha Shekhar, Director, Indiana CTSI; Associate Vice President of Research for University Clinical Affairs, Indiana University |
MRGN 121 |
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9:30 – 10:10 a.m. |
Addressing New Guidelines in Nutrition Clinical Trials Alice Lichtenstein, Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University Connie Weaver, Deputy Director, Indiana CTSI; Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition Science, Purdue University |
MRGN 121 |
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10:10 – 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
MRGN Café |
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10:30 a.m. – Noon |
Indiana Analytical Sciences Paul Bohn, Director, Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Arthur J. Schmitt Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame Chris Welch, Chief Scientific Officer, Welch Innovation, LLC |
MRGN 121 |
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Noon – 1 p.m. |
Lunch – Special talk: Peter Embi, president and CEO, Regenstrief Institute |
MRGN Café |
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Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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| 1 – 3 p.m. | Clinical Trial Planning Hosted by Alice Lichtenstein (Tufts), Connie Weaver (Purdue), Tammy Tomandl (Hoosier Cancer Research Network), Anita Borek (Hoosier Cancer Research Network) |
MRGN 121 |
| 1 – 3 p.m. | Postdoc Challenge Highlights Hosted by Tommy Sors, Purdue Navigator, Indiana CTSI; Assistant Director, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease |
MRGN 112 |
| 1 – 3 p.m. | Showalter Awardees “Speed Dating” (by invitation only) Hosted by Becky Fulk (Purdue) |
MRGN 129 |
