JBL Symposium XXII – 2019
Friday October 18th, 2019
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
10am- 6pm
Snyder Auditorium (Kresge G1)
655 Huntington Ave., Boston
Theme: “Early Life Impacts of Genes and Environment.”
The Symposium will feature talks by leading investigators focused
on the biology and life-long impact of vulnerabilities in early life.
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Program:
10:00-10:15AM
Welcome: John B. Little, M.D.
James Stevens Simmons Professor of Radiobiology, Emeritus
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Opening Remarks: Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D.
Dean of the Faculty
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
10:15 AM-12:30PM: Session 1: Moderator: Zac Nagel, PhD
10:15-11:00AM
Marc Weisskopf, PhD, ScD
Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
“Association of diethylstilbestrol and smoking exposures with multigenerational neurodevelopmental deficits in humans”
11:00-11:45AM
Carla Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Principal Faculty, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
“Organoid modeling of lung disease and lung cancer”
11:45AM -12:30PM
Amy Berrington de González, Ph.D.
Radiation Epidemiology Branch Chief and Senior Investigator
Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics
National Cancer Institute
“Risks from early life exposure to medical radiation”
12:30-1:30PM: Lunch
1:30-5:00PM: Session 2: Moderator: Kris Sarosiek, PhD
1:30-2:15PM
Torunn Yock, M.D.
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
“The Cost of the Cure in Pediatric Brain Tumors”
2:15-3:00PM
Laurie Boyer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology and Biological Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Cross-talk between the cellular environment and gene programs during heart development”
3:00-3:30PM: Break
3:30-4:15PM
Takao Hensch, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
“How critical periods of brain development arise”
4:15PM -5:00PM
Kimberly Stegmaier, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician, Pediatric Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Ted Williams Chair, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
“Path to New Pediatric Oncology Therapies”
5:00-6:00PM Reception – Kresge Cafe
Please register to attend by visiting JBL Symposium Registration
