CTSS Series History
Click individual photos for more on the history of the CRND's Clinical-Translational Seminar Series (CTSS) & the course in Developing Health Networks in Rare & Neglected Diseases.
Course VIII & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Fall 2012
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September 7 , 2012 Patrick E. Duffy, Chief, Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, NIAID/NIH. Seminar: |
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September 21, 2012 Jose A. Bufill, M.D., F.A.C.P. Director, Cancer Genetics Program, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend. Clinical Investigator, Northern Indiana Cancer Research Consortium. Private practice in Hematology-Oncology, Elkhart & South Bend, In. Seminar: Preliminary Observations using N-acetylcysteine for refractory TTP: |
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October 5 , 2012 Carole Long, Ph.D. Chief, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research - Malaria Immunology Section, NIAID/NIH and Director, PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative Growth Inhibition Assay-Reference Center. Seminar: |
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October 12 , 2012 Dara Frank, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin and Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research. Seminar: Molecular and Cellular Analyses of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxin, ExoU |
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October 26, 2012 George Dimopoulos, Ph.D., M.B.A. Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Director of the Parasitology Core Facility, and Deputy Director of the Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Seminar: Basic science and translational aspects of human pathogen elimination in mosquito vectors |
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November 2 , 2012 Timothy A. Grese, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer, Lead Generation and External Innovation Discovery Chemistry Research and Technology, Eli Lilly & Company. Seminar: Open Innovation Drug Discovery (OIDD): A New Platform for Academic-Industrial Collaboration |
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November 16, 2012 Vern B. Carruthers, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School. Seminar: Infection strategies of the highly successful neurotrophic parasite Toxoplasma gondii |
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November 30, 2012 Padmini Salgame, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Graduate Medical Research Program, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. Seminar: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Regulating Host Anti-tuberculosis Defense |
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Course VII & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Spring 2012
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March 2, 2012 Marc Patterson, M.D. Chair - Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Director - Child Neurology Training Program Mayo Clinic. Dr. Patterson is board certified in psychiatry and neurology (with special qualification in child neurology and in neurodevelopmentaql disabilities. Seminar: |
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March 9, 2012 Mary Dunkle. Ms. Dunckle is the Vice-President for Communications for the National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD) Seminar: |
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April 13, 2012 Heiko Runz, M.D. Principal Investigator, Faculty of the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) at the University of Heidelberg and EMBL, Junior Group Leader Molecular Metabolic Disease Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg Seminar: |
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April 20, 2012 Jacqueline Imrie, MSc, Clinical Nurse Specialist (Paediatrics). Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. First Nurse for Families with NPC and Founder of the Database, UK. Seminar: Care and support for children and young adults with NPC in the UK
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April 27, 2012 Robert Erickson, MD. Holsclaw Endowed Professor in Genetics and Inherited Diseases (with tenure), Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona COM, Tucson, Arizona. Board certifications in Pediatrics, Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics, and Molecular Genetics. Seminar: Niemann-Pick C1 disease: an introduction and the problem of lung involvement |
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Course VI & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Fall 2011
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September 30, 2011 Mrs. Eva Luise Koehler, former First Lady of the Federal Republic of Germany, Patroness of the German Alliance for Rare Diseases (ACHSE), and Teacher. Dr. Horst Koehler, former President of the Federa Republic of Germany, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. Seminar: Q&A on International Rare Disease Collaborations with CRND students and faculty |
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October 7, 2011 Karen Quandt, R.N., M.N. Chair of the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation Board (NNPDF). Mrs. Quandt and her son Ty have first hand knowledge of living with NP-C and the vital work of the NNPDF with families, patients, researchers, educators and the public. Seminar: Niemann-Pick type C disease - Ty's story - told by Karen and Ty Quandt |
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October 28, 2011 David Rhodes, Ph.D. Director of the Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology (CFPESP) and Professor, Department of Horticulture, Purdue University; Chief Scientific Advisor and Board Member of PSC Partners Seeking A Cure Class Lecture: |
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November 18, 2011 Michael Pfrender, Ph.D.. Faculty Director of the Genomics Core Facility and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, and Faculty of the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame Class Lecture: |
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December 2, 2011 Mr. Michael McLaughlin. Senior Director - Regional Development at the University of Notre Dame. Class Lecture: |
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Course V & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Spring 2011
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March 4, 2011 Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D. Director, Rose F. Kennedy Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. Head, Sidney Weisner Laboratory of Genetic Neurological Disease – Professor, Departments of Neuroscience, Pathology and Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Seminar:The Art of the Soluable: Cyclodextrin and Niemann-Pick C Disease |
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March 11, 2011 Nicole Yanjanin, M.S.N. Nurse Practitioner and Investigator with the National Institute of Child Health Development (NICDH) . Ms. Yanjanin is a colleague of Dr. F.D. Porter with whom she collaborates on the NICDH's Longitudinal Observational Study of Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) patients. Class Lecture: |
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March 25, 2011 Forbes Dennison Porter, M.D. Ph. D. Senior Investigator, Chief: Section on Molecular Dysmorphology Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health Development (NIHCD), National Institutes of Health. Dr. Porter is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation. Seminar: Development of Biomarkers for Niemann-Pick Disease, type C |
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Daniel S. Ory, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. Seminar: Niemann-Pick C Disease: Strategies & Challenges for Discovery of New Therapies |
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April 15, 2011 Marc C. Patterson, M.D. Chair - Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Director - Child Neurology Training Program Mayo Clinic. Seminar: Niemann-Pick disease, type C - challenges and opportunities in a rare disease.
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Course IV & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Fall 2010 |
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September 3, 2010 Robert Murphy, M.D. John Phillip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases, Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Medical School; Director, Global Health Center Seminar: Impact of scaling up HIV therapies in resource-limited settings: morbidity, mortality and cost |
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September 10, 2010 RADM Sandy Kweder, M.D. United States Food and Drug Administration, Deputy Director, CDER Office of New Drugs (OND); Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Seminar: Drugs and FDA: Demystifying the interface of science and public policy |
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October 1, 2010 Olaf Schneewind, M.D., Ph.D. Louis Block Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology University of Chicago; Director, Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) Seminar: On the pathogenesis and prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections |
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October 8, 2010 Philip E. Coyne Jr., M.D., M.S.P.H. CAPT, US Public Health Service, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics; Assistant Professor of Tropical Public Health, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Seminar: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative and Product Development Partnerships |
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October 29, 2010 Anne Rowley, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Seminar: |
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November 12, 2010 Michael Gottlieb, Ph. D. Associate Director for Science, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH); Deputy Director for Grand Challenges in Global Health (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation). Seminar: |
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December 3, 2010 Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph. D. Distinguished Research Professor, George Washington University; Walter G. Ross Professor & Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, & Tropical Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center; President, Sabin Vaccine Institute; Editor-in-Chief, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Seminar: Innovation in the control of the neglected tropical diseases |
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Course III & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Spring 2010 |
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January 22, 2010
Patrick Lammie, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist with the Division of Parasitic Diseases at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Seminar: Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti: Where do we go from here? |
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February 5, 2010 Dr. Marie-Denise Milord, M.D. Postdoctoral Researcher in The University of Notre Dame Haiti Program Class Lecture: |
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February 26, 2010 Terrie Taylor, D. O. University Distinguished Professor of internal medicine in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University. Director, Pediatric Malaria Research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre Malawi Class Lecture: Severe Malaria in African Children: Clinical Features and Pathogenesis |
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March 26, 2010 Nicole Yanjanin , R.N., M.S.N. - Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, NICHD, NIH. N. Yanjanin, Nurse & Investigator Class Lecture: |
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April 9, 2010 Forbes Dennison Porter, M.D. Ph. D. Senior Investigator, Chief: Section on Molecular Dysmorphology Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health Development (NIHCD), National Institutes of Health. Seminar: Biomarker development and clinical aspects of Niemann-Pick Disease, type |
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April 16, 2010 Cate Walsh Vockley, M.S., C.G.C. Genetic Counselor, Coordinator of Education, Referral and Advocacy for the National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation (NNPDF). Class Lecture: |
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Course II & The Clinical-Translational Seminar Series Fall 2009
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Cindy Parseghian, MBA, Ph. D. President, Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation. Seminar: |
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September 11, 2009 Kasturi Haldar, Ph.D. Julius Nieuwland Chair in Biological Sciences and Director, Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases at the University of Notre Dame. BIOS Course creator. Class Lecture: |
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Sept 25, 2009 Forbes Dennison Porter, M.D. Ph. D. Senior Investigator, Chief: Section on Molecular Dysmorphology Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, National Institute of Child Health Development (NIHCD), National Institutes of Health. Seminar: Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome and Niemann-Pick Disease type C: Bench to Bedside and Bedside to Bench. |
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October 2, 2009 Nicole Yanjanin , R.N., M.S.N. Program in Developmental Endocrinology and Genetics, NICHD, NIH. N. Yanjanin, Nurse & Investigator Class Lecture: Linear clinical progression, independent of age of onset in Niemann- Pick Disease type C |
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October 9, 2009 Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, Ph. D. Walther Cancer Institute Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases, The University of Notre Dame Seminar: Understanding the cellular basis of Niemann Pick Type C pathogenesis. |
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October 16, 2009 Thomas Quinn, M.D., M.S. Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Associate Director for International Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Seminar: |
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October 30, 2009 Herman Vandenburg, Ph. D. Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research), Brown University, Founder and Scientific Advisor, Myomics, Inc. Seminar: Bioengineering Contractile Tissues for High Content Drug Screening Applications. |
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November 6, 2009 Christopher P. Austin, M.D. Director, NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health. Seminar: |
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November 13, 2009 Terrie Taylor, D. O. University Distinguished Professor of internal medicine in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University. Director, Pediatric Malaria Research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre Malawi Karl Seydel , M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor at Michigan State University 's Department of Internal Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine. Joint Seminar: |
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The Inaugural Course January, 2009 |
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