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Annual Meeting

2015

2015 SAWC & WHS Annual Meeting

Dates

April 29 – May 3, 2015

Location

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX

Conference Program

WHS Foundation-Hunt Lecture:

Details

Dr. Leroy Hood
Institute for Systems Biology
Plenary Sessions:
New Concepts in Inflammation
Speakers:
  • Benjamin Alman (Duke Univ.)
  • Marjana Tomic-Canic (Univ. of Miami)
  • Sashwati Roy (Ohio State Univ.)
Models of Tissue Regeneration
Speakers:
  • Mayumi Ito (New York Univ.)
  • Panagiotis Tsonis (Univ. of Dayton)
  • Kenneth Liechty (Children’s Colorado)
Mechanobiology and Fibrosis
Speakers:
  • Geoffrey Gurtner (Stanford Univ.)
  • Susan Volk (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
  • Ardeshir Bayat (Univ. of Manchester)
Emerging Technologies and Innovative Approaches in Wound Healing
Speakers:
  • Layton Smith (Sanford Burnham Inst.)
  • Sanbum Park (Yale Univ.)
  • Ulrich Auf dem Keller (ETH-Zurich)
  • Andrew Baird (UC San Diego)
WHS Membership Social

Cap off the opening day of the meeting at the Alamo for dinner and live entertainment

SAWC Opening Ceremony

Details

Plenary Sessions:
Stem Cells in Tissue Repair and Regeneration Featuring the Japanese Society for Wound Healing
Speakers:
  • Rica Tanaka (Juntendo Univ.)
  • Yoshie Kadota (Keio Univ.)
Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
(Talks will be selected from submitted abstracts)
Plenary Sessions:

Details

Microbial-Host Interactions
Speakers:
  • Matthew Hardman (Univ. of Manchester)
  • Chandan Sen (Ohio State Univ.)
  • Manuela Martins-Green (UC Riverside)
Local Scientific Program: Stem Cells, Burns and Military Wounds
Speakers:
  • Robert Christy (US Army Inst. of Surg. Res.)
  • Rodney Chan (US Army Inst. of Surg. Res.)
  • Xiao-Dong Chen (UT San Antonio)
WHS-AAWC Meet-the-Mentors Session & Job Fair
Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions (Talks will be selected from submitted abstracts)
WHS Keynote Lecture:

Dr. Mina Bissell​

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

WHS Foundation-3M Award Lecture
Speakers:
  • Peter Abadir (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
  • 2014 Award Winner
WHS Business Meeting
Rapid-Fire Poster Talks *New for 2015!
SAWC & WHS Poster Gala *New day/time

SAWC & WHS Poster Gala *New day/time

WHS Keynote Session:

Details

  • Dr. Thomas Mustoe
  • Northwestern University
  • Dr. Alan Wells
  • University of Pittsburgh
Concurrent Oral Abstract Sessions
(Talks will be selected from submitted abstracts)
WHS Meeting Ends - 11:45 AM

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