February 6 – 9, 2002
Pacific Repertory Theater
Carmel, California

Abstract Deadline: 
October 2, 2001

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2002 Program Information

Plenary Talks

• A Critical Appraisal of HRT vs. SERMs in Menopause. 

• Fetal Predictors of Adult Genetic Disease

• Leptin Signaling in the Brain: New Implications for Obesity

• Genes in Human Development

• Genomics of Diabetes and Obesity

• Clinical Research in the 21^st Century: Linking Discovery to Healing

• Innate Immunity and Atherosclerosis

State of the Art Talks

• Cytokine Receptor-mediated Regulation of Pituitary Function

• Estrogen Replacement Causes Weight Gain After Menopause: Fact or Fiction?

• Molecular and Functional Taxonomy of Human Cancer

• A Bug’s Life: New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Salmonella Infections

• Normal and Abnormal Liver Growth: Role of Methonine Adenosyl Transferase

• From Nukes to Nucleus: Environmental, Immunologic and Genetic Mechanisms in Beryllium Disease

• The Endothelium: Translating Biology to Clinical Practice • Effect of More Frequent Dialysis on Solute Kinetics

• Update in Parathyroid Surgery

• Ethnic Differences in Glucose Homeostasis

• Addressing Ethnic Health Disparaties: Where do we Stand?

• T Cell Responses During Trypanosoma Cruzi Infection: At the Confluence of Protection, Chronic Inflammation, and Autoimmunity

• Folic Acid in the Prevention of Birth Defects

• New Insights into Rett Syndrome

• Adiposity and Insulin Resistance

Breakfast with the Investigators (Friday and Saturday Morning)

• Career Development in Academic Medicine

• Opportunities for Clinical Research

• Finding a Mentor

• Women in Academic Medicine