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Thank you and Congratulations

to our 2025 Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jennifer Van Eyk

from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Congratulations to our Finalists for the Assistant Professor Competition:

Dr. Chen Gao (University of Cincinnati) - 1st Place

Dr. Robyn Rebbeck (University of Minnesota) - 2nd Place

Dr. Brett Kroncke (Vanderbilt University) - 3rd Place




Congratulations to our Finalists for the Trainee Competition:

Dr. Keita Uchida (University of Pennsylvania) - 1st Place

Dr. Adrian Arrieta (UCLA) - 2nd Place

Dr. Taejeong Song (University of Arizona) - 3rd Place




Past Events

2023 San Diego

Speaker: Jolanda Van der Velden, PhD

Amsterdam University Medical Center



2021 Virtual

Speaker: Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD

UT Southwestern Medical Center


2020 San Diego

Speaker:          Joan Heller Brown, PhD

                        University of California San Diego

2019 Baltimore

Speaker:          Walter J. Koch, PhD

                        Temple University


2018 San Francisco

Speaker:          Leslie Anne Leinwand, PhD

University of Colorado


2017 New Orleans

Speaker:          Filip van Petegem, PhD

University of British Columbia

2016 Los Angeles

Speaker:          James N. Weiss, MD

University of California Los Angeles

2015 Baltimore

Speaker:          Natalia Trayanova, PhD

Johns Hopkins

2014 San Francisco

Speaker:          Dr. (Daria) Mochly-Rosen, PhD

Stanford University

2013 Philadelphia

Speaker:          Mark E. Anderson, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins

2012 San Diego

Speaker:          Rolf Bodmer, PhD

Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute

2011 Baltimore

Speaker:          David A. Kass, MD

Johns Hopkins

2010 San Francisco

Speaker:          Mark Sussman, PhD

San Diego State University

2009 Boston

Speaker:          Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School

2008 Baltimore

Speaker:          Brian O’Rourke, PhD

Johns Hopkins

2007 Long Beach

Speaker:          Joseph M. Metzger, PhD

University of Minnesota

2006 Salt Lake City

Speaker:          Baldomero M. Olivera, PhD

University of Utah

2005 Long Beach

Speaker:          Carlos Montemagno, PhD

Ingenuity Lab

2004 Baltimore

Speaker:          Peipei Ping, PhD

University of California Los Angeles

2003 San Antonio

Speaker:          Eduardo Marban, MD, PhD

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

2002 San Francisco

Speaker:          Helen M. Blau, PhD

Stanford University

2001 Boston

Speaker:          Christine E. Seidman, MD

Harvard Medical School

2000 New Orleans

Speaker:          David E. Clapham, MD, PhD

Howard Hughes Medical Institute



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