Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Research Symposium

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Educate local and regional investigators and specialty providers about IBD-related research being undertaken at Penn State College of Medicine and facilitate scientific collaborations relating to IBD among basic, translational and clinical researchers.

The overall goal of our conference is to improve the care and management of patients with IBD through the promotion and enhancement of IBD-associated research work at our institution and throughout Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic region. This will improve the care of patients with IBD by increasing health care providers’ knowledge of the emerging strategies for the treatment of IBD.

U.S.-based physicians and researchers in the field of gastroenterology, as well as pharmacists and other interested health care professionals, may all benefit from attendance.

1. Describe IBD-related research resources, active projects and current opportunities for scientific collaboration at the Penn State College of Medicine.
2. Discuss cutting edge research related to function and role of the intestinal epithelial barrier in IBD.
3. Review current studies utilizing bioinformatics and artificial intelligence and their potential application to better understanding IBD.
4. Discuss recent clinical and translational research related to IBD and its application to patient care.

• 7:30 a.m. | Check-in / Continental Breakfast / Visit Exhibitors
• 8 a.m. | Opening Remarks And Biobank / GI Registry Introduction
  Matthew Coates, MD, PhD
  Greg Yochum, PhD
• 8:15 a.m. | Session 1: Epithelium / Fibroblasts; Moderator: Prashant Nighot, MVSc, PhD
  8:15 a.m.: Prashant Nighot, MVSc, PhD, and Priya Arumugam, PhD
  8:40 a.m.: Raz Abdulqadir, MSc
  9:05 a.m.: Iryna Pinchuk, PhD, and Marina Chulkina, PhD
• 9:30 a.m. | Break / Visit Exhibitors
• 9:45 a.m. | Session 2: Mucin / Microbiome; Moderator: Greg Yochum, PhD
  9:45 a.m.: Greg Yochum, PhD
  10:10 a.m.: Guy Townsend, PhD
  10:35 a.m.: Emily Davenport, PhD
• 11 a.m. | Break / Visit Exhibitors
• 11:10 a.m. | Keynote: Dajiang Liu, PhD, MA
• Noon | Lunch / Visit Exhibitors
• 1 p.m. | Distinguished speaker: Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD
  Moderator: Iryna Pinchuk, PhD
• 2 p.m. | Break / Visit Exhibitors
• 2:10 p.m. | Session 3: Patient Care/ Management; Moderator: Matthew Coates, MD, PhD
  2:10 p.m.: Anne Bobb, BSN, RN
  2:30 p.m.: Olivia Ziegler, MD
• 2:50 p.m. | Afternoon Break
• 3 p.m. | TBD
  3 p.m.: Wesley Raup-Konsavage, PhD
  3:20 p.m.: Kofi Clarke, MD, FACP, FRCP
  3:30 p.m.: Swapnil Patel, DO
• 3:40 p.m.| Closing Remarks
• 4 p.m.| Adjourn

Kofi Clarke, MD, FACP, FRCP
Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Walter Koltun, MD
Peter and Marshia Carlino Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Penn State Cancer Institute
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Matthew Coates, MD, PhD
Associate Professor and Margot E. Walrath Career Development Professor in Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Director of Research, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Prashant Nighot, MVSc, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Gregory Yochum, PhD
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Surgery Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis
Penn State Cancer Institute
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Dajiang Liu, PhD, MA
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Institute for Personalized Medicine
Penn State Cancer Institute
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Fabio Cominelli, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals
Division Chief, Gastroenterology
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Funded in partnership with the William E. Schiller Memorial Lectureship, in memory of William E. Schiller, former chairman of Hershey Foods

Raz Abdulqadir, MSc
Graduate Assistant (Research)
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Priya Arumugam, PhD
Scholar-Postdoctoral
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Anne Bobb, BSN, RN
Clinical Program Coordinator
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

Marina Chulkina, PhD
Scholar-Postdoctoral
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Emily Davenport, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Swapnil Patel, DO
Internal Medicine Resident
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Iryna Pinchuk, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Wesley Raup-Konsavage, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Guy Townsend, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
Penn State Cancer Institute
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Olivia Ziegler, MD
General Surgery Resident
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

AMA

Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses Using AMA Credit

Nurses will receive a certificate from Penn State College of Medicine verifying their participation in up to 6.5 hours of approved continuing medical education. Continuing education activities which are approved by accredited institutions of higher education and that are relevant to patient care or professional nursing meet the requirements of mandatory continuing education for registered nurses in Pennsylvania, as required by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. The Board of Nursing recommends that nurses retain their certificates for a period of at least five years. Additional information is available through the State Board of Nursing.

There is no fee, but registration is required.

Includes the online handout materials and all listed meals.

Accommodations are the responsibility of the program participant. A list of Hershey area lodging is available upon request or online at ce.med.psu.edu/lodging.

Join us in Hershey

Hershey is conveniently located in central Pennsylvania, just 90 minutes from Baltimore and Philadelphia, two hours from Washington, D.C., and three hours from New York City.

• Harrisburg-Area Attractions
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• Tanger Outlets in Hershey
• Historic Gettysburg
• Pennsylvania Dutch and Amish Country

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