Research Conferences

We host a variety of speakers throughout the academic year to share information about rare disease research and industry. Seminars are free and open to the public. No advance RSVP is required.

Thursdays from 11.15am-12.30pm
All Seminars will be held virtually on Zoom

Date Speaker Department Title
9/16/2021 Lisa Coles ECP Post-Traumatic Epilepsy: Biomarkers of Epileptogenesis
9/23/2021 Sarah Jane Brown and Caitlin Bakker UM Libraries NIH Requirements for Sharing Data and Articles
9/30/2021 Wei Liang FDA CBER Introduction to FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
10/7/2021 NO SEMINAR N/A N/A
10/14/2021 NO SEMINAR N/A N/A
10/21/2021 Siddhee Sahasrabudhe ECP Simulation Studies for Population Extrapolation
10/28/2021 Chenxu Li ECP Sodium Selenate: a Potential Therapy for Epilepsy
11/4/2021 Ahmar U. Zaidi, MD Agios Pharmaceuticals The Sickle Caste: from a single mutation to victimization and the road back
11/11/2021 Karuyna Kandimalla Pharmaceutics Nasal Drug Delivery: Absorption into Blood Versus Brain
11/18/2021 Breanne Byiers Ed Psych Preliminary validation of two potential biomarkers for Rett syndrome
11/25/2021 NO SEMINAR N/A N/A
12/2/2021 Bradley Miller Masonic Children's Hospital Growth of children with rare diseases: a potential outcome measure for new therapies
12/9/2021 Erica Barnes RDAC Rare Disease Patient Population Support: Improving the Diagnostic Odyssey through increased utilization of ICD-10

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