Research Symposium on Pulmonary Injury and Repair of the Endothelium

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February 11-14, 2025

The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa

One Grand Boulevard, Point Clear, Alabama

Event Contact: Jennifer Collins

251-460-7086 | jfcollins@southalabama.edu


ReSPIRE PROGRAM

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 

Arrive in Mobile and transport to conference venue 

The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa | One Grand Boulevard, Point Clear, AL | 877-829-2429 

6:00 – 8:00 PM: Welcome Reception

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 

Scientific Session I: Bioenergetics and Metabolism 

8:00-8:15 AM: Chair, Wolfgang Kuebler (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) 

8:20-9:00 AM: Rebecca Hough (Columbia) 

9:05-9:45 AM: Karthik Suresh (Johns Hopkins) 

9:45-10:00 AM: Refreshment break 

10:00-10:15 AM: Trainee 

10:20-10:35 AM: Trainee 

10:40-11:20 AM: Ji Young Lee (USA)

11:30 AM – 2:30 PM: Lunch and free time 

Suggested activities: Golf, tennis, pool, kayak/canoe, fish, lawn games, cycle, run/walk

Scientific Session II: Functional Anatomy of the Alveolar-Capillary Niche

2:30-2:45 PM: Chair, Jahar Bhattacharya (Columbia)

2:50-3:30 PM: Lisandra Vila Ellis (Northwestern)

3:35-4:30 PM: Refreshment break

*3:45 PM: Optional activity – Grandeur, Grit & Glory Since 1847: A Tribute to the Grand Hotel (Main Lobby Fireplace and Cannon Park)

4:30-4:45 PM: Trainee

4:50-5:05 PM: Trainee

5:10-5:50 PM: Terren Niethamer (NCI)

6:00 – 9:00 PM: Poster Reception and Dinner 

Thursday, February 13, 2025 

Scientific Session III: Endothelial-Inflammatory Cell Interactions 

8:00-8:15 AM: Chair, Dolly Mehta (UIC) 

8:20-9:00 AM: Yoshi Tsukasaki (UIC) 

9:05-9:45 AM: Ana Sarkar (OSU) 

9:45-10:00 AM: Refreshment break 

10:00-10:15 AM: Trainee 

10:20-10:35 AM: Trainee 

10:40-11:20 AM: Dolly Mehta (UIC) 

11:30 AM – 2:30 PM: Lunch and free time 

Suggested activities: Golf, tennis, pool, kayak/canoe, fish, lawn games, cycle, run/walk

Scientific Session IV: Lung Vascular Cell Fate 

2:30-2:45 PM: Chair, Sharon Rounds (Brown) 

2:50-3:30 PM: Cristina Alvira (UCSF) 

3:35-4:15 PM: Jonas Schupp (Hannover) 

4:15-4:30 PM: Refreshment break 

4:30-4:45 PM: Trainee 

4:50-5:05 PM: Trainee 

5:10-5:50 PM: Mahendra Damarla (Johns Hopkins) 

6:00 – 9:00 PM: Poster Reception and Dinner 

Friday, February 14, 2025 

Scientific Session V: End-Organ Crosstalk 

8:00-8:15 AM: Chair, Michael Matthay (UCSF) 

8:20-9:00 AM: Eric Schmidt (Mass General) 

9:05-9:45 AM: Mark Hepokoski (UCSD) 

9:45-10:00 AM: Refreshment break 

10:00-10:15 AM: Trainee 

10:20-10:35 AM Trainee 

10:40-11:20 AM: Michael Matthay (UCSF) 

Before 12:00 PM: Hotel checkout

12:00 PM: Box lunch and transport to the airport