2021 UMCGR Annual Retreat • Virtual
Friday, April 16, 2021 • 3:00–4:00 pm • Zoom
Academic Career Development Talk
Lessons that I have learned during my journey as a physician-scientist
Gary D. Wu, MD
Yamada Lectureship Honorary Speaker
Saturday, April 17, 2021 • 8:25–11:15 am • Zoom
8:25-8:30 am
Opening Remarks
Chung Owyang, MD
H. Marvin Pollard Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Director, Pollard Institute for Medical Research
8:30-8:50 am
Engineering strategies for modulating the gut microbiome
James Moon, PhD
John Gideon Searle Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
9:00-9:20
Diet and microbial contributions to spontaneous inflammation in interleukin-10 deficient mice
Eric Martens, PhD
Associate Professor
Graduate Studies Director
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
9:30-9:50
Gases and the gut microbiome
Thomas M. Schmidt, PhD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Yamada Lectureship • 10:00-11:15 am
The Michigan Center for Gastrointestinal Research introduced the Yamada Lectureship Series in 2013, in honor of Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, past Chief of Gastroenterology and Chair of Internal Medicine.
10:00-10:05 am
Introduction: Chung Owyang, MD
10:00-11:00 am
Yamada Lectureship Honorary Speaker
Gary D. Wu, MD
Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
Director, Penn Center for Nutritional Science & Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Viewing diet, gut microbiome, and metabolic interactions through a personal lens
11:00-11:15 am
Questions and Discussion
