From Discovery to Translation: Celebrating the Scientific Legacy of Dr Jacob I Sznajder

Michael Matthay, MD
Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia
Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco

Zaher S Azzam, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
Rambam Health Care, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

Ankit Bharat, MD
Harold and Margaret Method Research Professor of Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Arturo Briva, MD
Professor of Critical Care
Dean, School of Medicine
University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

GR Scott Budinger, MD
Ernest S Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases
Director, Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Aaron Ciechanover, MD, DsC
The David and Janet Polak Chair in Life Sciences
Distinguished University Professor
Laureate, the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Rappaport Family Technion Integrated Cancer Center (R-TICC)
The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Laura Dada, PhD
Research Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Serpil Erzurum, MD
Professor of Medicine
Executive Vice President, Chief Research and Academic Officer Chief, Cleveland Clinic Research The Alfred Lerner Memorial Chair in Innovative Biomedical Research

Cara Gottardi, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Jing Liu, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago 

Gokhan Mutlu, MD
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director, NIH T32 Research Training in Respiratory Biology, Director, NIEHS P30 CACHET, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

Susan E Quaggin, MD
Irving S Cutter Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Karen M Ridge, PhD
Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Pulmonary Diseases
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Cell and Developmental Biology 

Paul Schumacker, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Benjamin Singer, MD
Lawrence Hicks Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine 

István Vadász, MD, PhD (Tentative)
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Internal Medicine Universities of Giessen & Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC) The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI)
Justus Liebig University Giessen German Center for Lung Research (DZL) 

Richard Wunderink, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 

1:00 PM

Welcome Remarks

Susan E Quaggin, MD
Irving S Cutter Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

GR Scott Budinger, MD
Ernest S Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases
Director, Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Serpil Erzurum, MD
Professor of Medicine
Executive Vice President, Chief Research and Academic Officer Chief, Cleveland Clinic Research The Alfred Lerner Memorial Chair in Innovative

A Translational Path to Discovery in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases 

István Vadász, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Universities of Giessen & Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC)
The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI)
Justus Liebig University Giessen
German Center for Lung Research (DZL)

Richard Wunderink, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Accurate diagnosis underpins understanding of pneumonia pathobiology/endotypes

Zaher S Azzam, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chair, Department of Medicine
Rambam Health Care, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology

Alveolar Fluid Clearance in Heart Failure: The Cellular Engine of Alveolar Resolution

Ankit Bharat, MD
Harold and Margaret Method Research Professor of Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

From ARDS to Transplantation: Redefining the Limits of Lung Recovery

Arturo Briva, MD
Professor of Critical Care
Dean, School of Medicine
University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay

From the Alveolus to the ICU: Lessons from the Sznajder Laboratory

Coffee Break

The Judd A and Marjorie Weinberg Gallery
Simpson Querrey Auditorium

Laura Dada, PhD
Research Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Sznajder Lab: From the Pump to Spatial Transcriptomics

Paul Schumacker, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Mitochondria:  More than just a powerhouse

Gokhan Mutlu, MD
Professor of Medicine, Chief, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Director, NIH T32 Research Training in Respiratory Biology, Director, NIEHS P30 CACHET, Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

The power of mentorship: How Dr. Iasha Sznajder shaped my career

Jing Liu, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago

Dual Role of Miz1 in Lung Cancer: Nurturing Growth and Curtailing Immune Surveillance

Cara Gottardi, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

On "finding a lung project": Wnt signaling as targetable pathway in fibrosis

Ben Singer, MD
Lawrence Hicks Professor of Pulmonary Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine

Promoting lung recovery: epigenetic and metabolic control of regulatory T cell function

Michael Matthay, MD
Professor of Medicine and Anesthesia
Senior Associate at the Cardiovascular Research Institute
University of California, San Francisco

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Past, Present and Future

Closing Remarks

GR Scott Budinger, MD
Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases
Director, Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science
Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Karen M Ridge, PhD
Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Pulmonary Diseases
Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Cell and Developmental Biology

Wine and Cheese Reception

Potocsnak Family Atrium