About the Event
From the Ivory Tower to Main Street Medicine:
Discovery through Strategy and Application
There is a consensus among many in the medical field that genomics alone has failed to deliver on the promise of a "new revolution in medicine," and that thus far it has had only a minor impact. Understanding that the field is best served by avoiding a repeat of the same disappointing influence; several internationally recognized researchers have collaboratively designed an interactive forum to discuss a "Systems Biology" approach.
The "Systems Biology" approach represents the future of biomedical research and relevant diagnostic tools and treatments. It heralds the interface between physiology, biochemistry/biophysics, engineering, computer sciences, clinical chemistry, informatics and clinical practice leading us to new realms of medical discovery and practical clinical applications.
In association with the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park, the Virginia Biosciences Development Center will host the first annual Summit on Systems Biology. The intent of the Summit is to provide a highly interactive, interdisciplinary conference that contains strategic and visionary presentations aimed at attendees who are leaders in their fields. The goal is to influence research and develop plans of the future, which will allow investigators, department chairs, and others in Universities and Industry to forge the new relationships needed to capitalize on this rapidly advancing science.
Program participants will include policy persons from the FDA and NHLBI, members of congress with health care responsibility, and the industry's executive leaders. Key panel discussions will include topics such as "Implications of the growing restrictions on NIH funding."
Attendees should be those who can change the course of research and funding. The conference will target academic chiefs, government and NIH leadership as a priority.
The Summit on Systems Biology Co-Chairs
- Robert L. Jesse MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Cardiology
Director, Acute Cardiac Care Program
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
National Program Director for Cardiology
Veterans Health Administration - Richard L. Summers MD, Ph.D.
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine
Director of Emergency Medicine Research
University of Mississippi Medical Center - Donna J. Edmonds, Conference Coordinator
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
Vital Sensors, Inc.
Board of Directors Member
Richmond Biotechnology Research Park and
Virginia Biosciences Development Center - Gregory A. Buck, Ph.D..
Director, the Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Nucleic Acids Research Facilities
Virginia Commonwealth University
Steering Committee
- Jennifer Van Eyck, Ph.D.
Director, Center Investigator
The Johns Hopkins NHLBI Proteomics Center
Associate Professor Medicine
Division of Cardiology Biological Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University - Robert Christenson, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology
Medical and Research Tech and Director
Rapid Response Labs
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Chair, NACB Guidelines committee. - Rakesh Kukreja, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Biochemistry and Physiology
Virginia Commonwealth University - Robert Mattauch, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University - Michael Peters, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering
Senior Fellow
Center for the study of Biological Complexity
Virginia Commonwealth University
