11th Annual Centers Directors' Meeting, Morris K. Udall Centers of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research

Monday, September 21 through Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Boar's Head Inn
200 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Host: James P. Bennett, M.D, Ph.D., Director, University of Virginia

WELCOME

Udall Center Directors, investigators and invited guests are welcome to attend the 11th Annual Meeting of the Morris K. Udall Centers of Excellence for Parkinson's Disease Research.

The Udall Centers program was established in 1997 immediately following the passage of the Morris K. Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Act into law. There are currently 13 Udall Centers of Excellence across the United States, as well as the associated Parkinson's Disease Data and Organizing Center (PD-DOC) at the University of Rochester. These Centers represent a key component of the NINDS research portfolio in Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders.

Since 2007, the site of the annual Centers Director meetings has alternated among existing Udall Centers. This year's meeting will be hosted by Dr. James Bennett, Director of the Udall Center at the University of Virginia. The meeting is designed to provide an optimal environment in which participants can discuss emergent issues in the research and treatment of Parkinson's disease. The Agenda will include updates on recent advances in the Centers and a focused scientific session related to timely issues in Parkinson's disease research and treatment, as well-discussion sessions on cross-cutting topics and poster presentations designed to maximize interactions among participants. By providing a focused and interactive Agenda, the annual meeting fosters the initiation and maintenance of collaborative efforts among the Centers.

NINDS contact: Beth-Anne Sieber, PhD sieberb@ninds.nih.gov

Meeting Logistics

Meeting logistics are being organized by the University of Rochester. For meeting registration, hotel reservations or any other questions concerning logistics please contact either Ms. Donna LaDonna at (585) 275-7937, donna_ladonna@urmc.rochester.edu or Ms. Sandy Plumb at (585) 275-1034, sandy_plumb@urmc.rochester.edu.

AGENDA
All general sessions will be held in Pavilion 2 & 3
Monday, September 21, 2009
8:00 – 8:30am	Registration: Center Directors, NINDS, NGOs	Prefunction
8:30 – 9:00am	Breakfast: Center Directors, NINDS, NGOs	Ednam Hall
9:00 – 11:00am	Udall Center Coordinating Committee Meeting	Ednam Hall
11:00am – 12:00pm	NINDS and Nongovernmental Organizations Meeting	Albemarle Room
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch: Center Directors, NINDS, NGOs	Commonwealth

Open Session:
11:00am – 1:00pm	Registration: Center Investigators, Invited Guests	Prefunction
1:00pm	Opening Remarks/Meeting Goals Story Landis, PhD Director, NINDS	Pavilion 2&3
1:10pm	Welcome to Charlottesville James P. Bennett, Jr, MD, PhD Host and Director, UVA Udall Center
1:15pm	Introduction: New Udall Centers Moderator: Beth-Anne Sieber, PhD, NINDS
1:15 – 1:45pm	University of Washington Thomas J. Montine, MD
1:45 – 2:15pm	University of Cincinnati Timothy Collier, PhD
2:15 – 2:30pm	Break
2:30pm – 5:30pm	Udall Centers Advances: “Data Blitz” Format Moderators: Walter Koroshetz, MD, Deputy Director, NINDS Beth-Anne Sieber, PhD, NINDS	Pavilion 2&3
	Presenter: Center Director Length: maximum 2 slides Goals: (1) Capture the most significant advance(s) from the past year; (2) Introduction to further discussion throughout the meeting Format: 5 minute presentation + 5 min discussion
Data Blitz: Order of Presentation:
2:30 – 2:40pm	Robert E. Burke, MD, Columbia University
2:40 – 2:50pm	James P. Bennett, Jr, MD, PhD, UVA/VCU
2:50 – 3:00pm	Anne B. Young, MD, PhD, MGH/MIT
3:00 – 3:10pm	Ted M Dawson, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
3:10 – 3:20pm	Peter Lansbury, PhD, Brigham and Women’s/HMS
3:20 – 3:30pm	D. James Surmeier, PhD, Northwestern University
3:30 – 3:50pm	Break
3:50 – 4:00pm	Ole Isacson, MD, McLean Hospital/HMS
4:00 – 4:10pm	Greg A. Gerhardt, PhD, University of Kentucky
4:10 – 4:20pm	Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD, PhD, UCLA
4:20 – 4:30pm	John Q. Trojanowski, MD, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 – 4:40pm	Dennis W. Dickson, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
4:40 – 4:50pm	Jeffery M. Vance, MD, PhD, University of Miami
4:50 – 5:30pm	Discussion
6:15pm	Buses depart for UVA Alumni Hall
6:30 – 7:15pm	Reception (cash bar)
7:15 – 8:45pm	Dinner: UVA Alumni Hall 211 Emmett Street, Charlottesville Biomedical Research: A Congressional Update Guest Speaker: Amy Comstock Rick, Esq. Chief Executive Officer, Parkinson’s Action Network
8:45 – 9:00pm	Buses depart for The Boar’s Head Inn

Tuesday, September 22, 2009
8:00am	Display Posters	Prefunction
8:00 – 8:30am	Breakfast
8:30 – 12:00pm	Scientific Symposium: Therapeutic Discovery Research in Parkinson’s Disease Moderator: James P. Bennett, Jr, MD, PhD	Pavilion 2&3
8:30 – 9:00am	The Translational Valley of Death: Any Water in the Therapeutic Pipeline? James P. Bennett, Jr, MD, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University
9:00 – 9:30am	Application of Low Energy Light Therapy for Complex Neurological Disorders Juanita Anders, PhD Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
9:30 – 10:00am	Mitochondrial Genetic and Respiratory Alterations in Parkinson’s Disease Nigral Neurons Professor Doug Turnbull Newcastle University
10:00 – 10:15am	Break
10:15 – 10:45am	Exploring Mitochondrial Dynamics and Networking Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD Boston University
10:45 – 11:15am	Altering the Trajectory of Parkinson’s disease: The FDA perspective William Dunn, MD and Gerald Podskalny, DO, FDA
11:15 – 12:00pm	Discussion
12:00 – 1:00pm	Lunch	Pavilion 1
1:00 – 3:00pm	Poster Session	Prefunction
3:00 – 6:00pm	Cross-Cutting Issues: Discussion and Planning	Pavilion 2&3
3:00 – 4:00pm	Development and Standardization of Animal Models/Model Systems to Advance Parkinson’s Disease Research Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University Beth-Anne Sieber, PhD, NINDS
4:00 – 4:50pm	Integration of Genetic Information into Parkinson’s Disease Research Jeffery M. Vance, MD, PhD, University of Miami Margaret L. Sutherland, PhD, NINDS
4:50 – 5:00pm	Mini-Break
5:00 – 6:00pm	Identification and Characterization of Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease Research John Q. Trojanowski, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Walter J. Koroshetz, MD, NINDS
6:00 – 6:30pm	NINDS Update Story Landis, PhD Director, NINDS
6:30pm	Next Steps: Looking Forward to 2010 Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD, Chair, Udall Center Coordinating Committee Beth-Anne Sieber, PhD, NINDS
7:00 – 7:30pm	Refreshments (cash bar)
7:30 – 8:30pm	Dinner, Boar’s Head Inn	Pavilion 1
8:30 – 9:00pm	Parkinson's Disease: The Clinician's Dilemma Guest Speaker: G. Frederick Wooten Jr., MD
9:00pm	Adjournment

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