The Center for Human Immunobiology Annual Scientific Retreat

Thursday, July 17

4:30 - 7:30 PM                  

Pre-retreat Dinner
Gino's East - Mag Mile

Friday, July 18th

8:30 – 9:00 AM           

Check-In & Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 AM          

Welcome,
Weiguo Cui, PhD, Retreat Chair and Professor Pathology

Center Updates,
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD; Chief of Allergy & Immunology; Director of the CHI

9:15 – 9:45 AM           

2024 CHI Pilot Grant Winners Update

Jason Miska, PhD
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery
&
Peng Zhang
Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery

9:45 – 10:45 AM           

Northwestern Faculty Talk #1
Mohamed Abdel Mohsen, PhD
Margaret Gray Morton Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor, Medicine (Infectious Diseases) “Targeting Siglec Glyco-Immune Checkpoints to Overcome Immune Evasion in Cancer and Infectious Disease”

Northwestern Faculty Talk #2
Johanna Melo-Cardenas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology
“Immune cell-derived inflammation and myeloid disease progression”

10:45 - 11:00 AM       

Coffee Break 

11:00 - 11:30 AM             

Northwestern Faculty Talks # 3
Adam J Williams, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Allergy and Immunology) “Regulating allergen absorption from the gut”

11:30 - 12:00 PM         

Trainee lightning talks (6 students)

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 PM                

Keynote Speaker,
Virginia Pascual, MD
Gale and Ira Drukier Director of Children's Health Research, Administration , Weill Cornell Medical College

2:30 – 4:00 PM                

Science Communication Panel
Heather Barnes
Kellogg, Adjunct Lecturer in Leadership Development and Communications

4:00 - 5:30 PM        

Poster Session
Group A from 4:00 – 4:45 pm
Group B from 4:45 – 5:30 pm
with Reception Bar and Food

5:30 - 5:45 PM                

Poster Session Awards + Final Remarks
Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, PhD