BMT 2012 Speaker Series Programs

BioMedTech: STEM – Health and Wellness Research, From the Bench to the Bedside

Great Lakes Science Center, in partnership with the Cleveland Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC), presents the BioMedTech: Students Translating and Exploring Medicine (BMT: STEM) 2012 Speaker Series. This four-part series engages school groups (grades 7-12) and Science Center visitors in exploring how diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease (DOC) discoveries go from the bench (otherwise known as the laboratory) to the bedside (patient care at the doctor’s office or hospital). Meet local medical researchers and experts from top medical institutions (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Metrohealth Medical Center and University Hospitals at Case Medical Center) who will discuss the full spectrum of research and share their DOC studies. Learn how medical experts use laboratory, clinical, population and community research to advance prevention strategies and treatments for DOC patients.

A Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides funding for this program.

Reservations

BMT speaker series programs take place in the Science Center’s BioMedTech gallery. All BMT speaker programs are free with paid general admission to Great Lakes Science Center. Space is limited. Please note that due to the nature of the health care industry, dates and speakers are subject to change.

• School groups – Advance reservations are required for school groups attending Friday programs. Please call 216-621-2400 (Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm) and ask your reservationist for times and details.
• General public – No advance reservations required for Saturday BMT speaker programs.

2012 Schedule of Programs

Biomedical Research: From the Bench to the Bedside
Friday, January 27 at 11:00 am (school groups session)
Saturday, January 28 at 1:00 pm (public session)

Meet local researchers studying diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, and discover how they use biomedical research to understand, prevent and treat these diseases.

Friday Program
Presented by Paul McGuigan, BSN, RN, CDE
The Center for Childhood Diabetes, Activity and Nutrition, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University

Mr. McGuigan speaks about his extensive experience as both a clinical trials participant and a clinical trials researcher in landmark diabetes research studies.

Saturday Program

Dr. Narasimhan

Presented by Sumana Narasimhan, MD
Assistant Professor
The Center for Childhood Diabetes, Activity and Nutrition, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University

Dr. Narasimhan discusses how medical researchers use various approaches to help diagnose, treat and prevent diabetes and obesity in children.

Research in the Community
Friday, February 24 at 11:00 am (school groups session – time TBD)

Mary Ellen Lawless

Saturday, February 25 at 1:00 pm (public session)

Take a look into the process, the people, and insights involved in a study centered on high blood pressure.

Friday Program
Presented by Mary Ellen Lawless MA, RN
Research Nurse
Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University

Saturday Program

Meia Jones

Presented by Mary Ellen Lawless, MA, RN
Research Nurse
Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University

Presented by Meia F. Jones
Research Coordinator
Center for Reducing Health Disparities, Case Western Reserve University

Population Research
Friday, March 9 (school groups session – time TBD)
Saturday, March 10 at 1:00 pm (public session)

Learn how local researchers investigate populations of individuals, using the tools of genetics and epidemiology, to identify linkages between diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Friday Program
Presented by Michaela Koontz, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital

Saturday Program
Presented by Michiko Watanabe, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Genetics, Anatomy
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Laboratory Research
Friday, April 20 (school groups session – time TBD)
Saturday, April 21 at 1:00 pm (public session)

Understand how clinical research and trials involving patients lead to new treatments for diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.

Friday Program
Presented by Aaron Proweller, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, UH Harrington-McLaughlin Heart and Vascular Institute and The Case Cardiovascular Institute

Saturday Program
Presented by Priya Shetty, M.S.
Ph.D. candidate
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University