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Therapeutic Manipulation of Immune Function

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April 12, 2023

UK College of Pharmacy - Lee T. Todd Jr. Building

8:00 am-5:00 pm

Registration deadline: April 5

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Poster awards: 1st place $300, 2nd place $200, 3rd place $100

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College of Pharmacy to Host Symposium on Therapeutic Manipulation of Immune Function Save the Date - April 12, 2023

Each year, the UK College of Pharmacy invites scientists from across campus and the nation to discuss the latest scientific advances in pharmaceutical sciences.

The Therapeutics, Outcomes, Discovery & Delivery (TODD) Symposium brings together scientists from various disciplines for a day of seminars, poster sessions, and conversation.

Agenda

Time Location Activity
8:00-8:25 am TODD Atrium Refreshments
8:25-8:30 am TODD 234 Welcome - Dean R. Kip Guy
8:30-9:30 am   Invited Speaker - James Moon, PhD, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
    Talk title: Engineering strategies to modulate the gut microbiome and immune system
9:30-10:15 am   Rapid Research Talks
10:15-10:30 am   BREAK
10:30-11:30 am   Invited Speaker - Elizabeth Wayne, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
    Talk title: Macrophages and Drug Pharmacokinetics: Opportunities to Improve Dosing and Delivery 
11:30 am-1:00 pm TODD Atrium Lunch and Poster Session
1:00-1:30 pm TODD 234 Internal Speaker - Jonghyuck Park, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky
    Talk title: Neuroimmunomodulatory strategies for spinal cord injury 
1:30-2:00 pm   Internal Speaker - Fanny Chapelin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky
    Talk title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging toolbox to track cell fate
2:00-2:15 pm   BREAK
2:15-2:45 pm   Internal Speaker - Vincent Venditto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky 
    Talk title: Antibiotics to heal a broken heart
2:45-3:45 pm   Keynote Speaker - Lynn Hedrick, PhD, Professor, Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University  
    Talk title: Monocyte heterogeneity and cancer immunotherapies 
3:45-5:00 pm TODD Atrium Awards and Reception

Symposium Committee

The TODD Symposium Committee comes together from across campus to bring cutting-edge science to the University of Kentucky. Members and chairs change on an annual basis.

2023 Committee

Chair: Tom Prisinzano, College of Pharmacy

Members:

2020 Committee

Chair: Tom Prisinzano, College of Pharmacy

Members:

  • Kristie Colón, College of Pharmacy
  • Chris Delcher, College of Pharmacy
  • Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, College of Pharmacy
  • Catina Rossoll, College of Pharmacy
  • Alexander Williams, College of Pharmacy
  • Vince Venditto, College of Pharmacy
  • Jill Turner, College of Pharmacy

2019 Committee

Chair: Jill Turner, College of Pharmacy

Members:

  • Michael Bardo, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Robert Cole, Neurology, College of Medicine
  • Kristie Colón, College of Pharmacy
  • Chris Delcher, College of Pharmacy
  • Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, College of Pharmacy
  • Lindsey Hammerslag, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jourdan Lakes, Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Christina Lowe, College of Pharmacy
  • Catina Rossoll, College of Pharmacy
  • Jessica Santollo, Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
  • William Stoops, Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine 
  • Jeff Talbert, College of Pharmacy
  • Alexander Williams, College of Pharmacy
  • Chang-Guo-Zhan, College of Pharmacy

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.