2021 UMCGR Annual Retreat • Virtual
Friday, April 16, 2021 • 3:00–4:00 pm
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
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.
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
