51st Annual Meeting & ToxExpo - Society of Toxicology

Society of Toxicology 2012
Special Events
Special Events
High School Research Poster
Presentations
Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14
Chairperson(s): Daniel E. Arrieta, Chevron
Phillips Chemical Company LP, The
Woodlands, TX.
Sponsors:
Education Committee
K–12 Subcommittee
High school students are invited to submit
research posters for consideration for presentation
in a special area in the SOT Pavilion.
Deadline to submit is January 15. This display
recognizes student effort and provides the
high school students who have engaged in
research with scientific meeting experience.
Meeting attendees are invited to drop by to
visit with these outstanding potential future
toxicologists. More information is available
on the SOT Annual Meeting website.
Undergraduate
Education Program
Saturday, March 10–Monday, March 12
Chairperson(s): Jennifer L. Rayner, SRI, Inc,
Arlington, VA.
Sponsor:
Committee for Diversity Initiatives (CDI)
Saturday, March 10
Grand Hyatt
• 5:15 PM–5:45 PM—Orientation for SOT
Hosts, Peer Mentors, and Advisors
Organizers: Sudheer Reddy Beedanagari,
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, East
Brunswick, NJ, Natalie M. Johnson, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
Baltimore, MD, and Ofelia A. Olvero, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
• 5:15 PM–5:45 PM—Registration for
Undergraduate Students
• 5:45 PM–6:15 PM—Opening Event
Convener: Jennifer L. Rayner, CDI Chair, SRI,
Inc, Arlington, VA.
• 6:15 PM–7:00 PM—Dinner
• 7:00 PM–7:45 PM—Introduction to
Toxicology—Antonio T. Baines, North
Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
• 8:00 PM–9:00 PM—CDI Reunion
(Dessert and Networking)—Open to all
previously involved with CDI programs
Recognition of the 2012 Perry J. Gehring
Diversity Student Travel Award Recipient
Sunday, March 11
Marriott Marquis
Introductions and Special Toxicology
Lectures—Open to undergraduates in the travel
award program and those who register through
the Annual Meeting registration
Chairperson(s): Jennifer L. Rayner, SRI, Inc,
Arlington, VA, and Nathan J. Cherrington,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
• 8:00 AM–8:15 AM—Welcome
Jon C. Cook, SOT President, Pfizer,
Groton, CT.
• 8:15 AM–8:55 AM—Toxicology of the Blood-
Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier—
A Comparative Approach,
Alice R. Villalobos, Texas A&M University,
College Park, TX.
• 9:00 AM–9:45 AM—Exposure to Cigarette
Smoke In Utero: Fetal Injury and Life Long
Consequences
Judith Zelikoff, New York University School of
Medicine, Tuxedo Park, NY.
• 10:00 AM–10:40 AM—Optical
Nanotechnologies for Imaging of Cellular
Processes and Neurosurgery
Martin A. Philbert, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI.
• 10:45 AM–11:30 AM—Interactive
Presentation: Identifying the Poison:
Case Study in Toxicology
Lauren M. Aleksunes, Rutgers University,
Piscataway, NJ.
Breakout Sessions for Undergraduate Students
• 12:45 PM–1:45 PM—What Is Graduate
School and What Can I Expect?
How to Get into Graduate School:
An Academic Advisor’s Perspective
Breakout Session for Undergraduate Advisors
• 12:45 PM–1:45 PM—Tips for Advising
Prospective Graduate Students or How to Get
Your Students Accepted to Graduate School!!
All Participants
• 2:00 PM–2:50 PM—Career Opportunities in
Toxicology—Panel Discussion
• 3:00 PM–3:30 PM—Host Mentors and Peer
Mentors Feedback Session
Chairperson(s): Sudheer Beedanagari, Bristol-
Myers Squibb Company, East Brunswick,
NJ, and Natalie M. Johnson, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,
MD.
• 3:00 PM–5:00 PM—Open time with
Academic Toxicology Program Directors
and Internship Sponsors
Monday, March 12
Convention Center
• 7:30 AM–8:00 AM—Meeting for Students,
Advisors, Peer Mentors, and SOT Hosts
Chairperson(s): Jennifer L. Rayner, SRI, Inc,
Arlington, VA.
• 8:00 AM–9:00 AM—Plenary Lecture:
Systems Medicine, Systems Toxicology,
Transformational Technologies, and the
Revolution from Reactive to Proactive (P4)
Medicine
Lecturer: Leroy Hood, Institute of Systems
Biology, Seattle, WA.
• 9:00 AM–10:50 AM—Poster Session for
Visiting Students—ToxExpo
Marriott Marquis
• 11:00 AM–12:00 Noon—Program Wrap Up
Chairperson(s): Jennifer L. Rayner, SRI, Inc,
Arlington, VA.
• 12:00 Noon–1:20 PM—In Vitro Lecture and
Luncheon for Students
Can In Silico and/or In Vitro Testing Be Used
for Toxicity Assessment Instead of In Vivo
Approaches?
Speaker: Timothy J. Shafer, US EPA, Research
Triangle Park, NC.
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