RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities
November 12-15, 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Program

General and Plenary Sessions

• Registration 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

• Opening Session 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

  Moderator
  Osvaldo Rosario, Ph.D.
  Director
  RCMI Program
  University of Puerto Rico
  Río Piedras Campus

  • Opening Remarks
    
    Judith L. Vaitukaitis, M.D.
    Director
    National Center for Research Resources
    National Institutes of Health
    
    Norman Maldonado, M.D.
    President
    University of Puerto Rico
    
    Nilda Candelario, M.D.
    President
    Universidad Central del Caribe
    
    Manuel Martínez-Maldonado, M.D.
    President and Dean
    Ponce School of Medicine
    

  • Keynote Speaker
    Antonia Novello, M.D.
    Commissioner of Health
    State of New York

  • Reception

Monday, November 13, 2000

• Registration 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Morning Session 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
  • Keynote Speaker
    Robert C. Gallo, M.D.
    Director
    Institute of Human Virology
    University of Maryland

  • Scientific Presentations:
    Cardiovascular Diseases
    Research Informatics

• Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
  • Speaker
    Yvonne Maddox, Ph.D.
    Acting Deputy Director
    National Institutes of Health

• Afternoon session 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  • Keynote Speaker
    Keith Black, M.D.
    Director of Neurosurgery
    and the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • Scientific Presentations:
    Neurosciences
    Lupus and Skin Diseases
    HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases

• Posters and Exhibits 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

• Registration 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

• Morning Session 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
  • Keynote Speaker
    Kary Mullis, Ph.D.
    Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

  • Scientific Presentations:
    Diabetes
    Cancer

• Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
  • Speaker
    Sidney A. McNairy, Ph.D.
    Director
    Research Infrastructure Area
    National Center for Research Resources
    National Institutes of Health

• Afternoon session 1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
  • Keynote Speaker
    Benjamin Carson, M.D.
    Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery
    Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • Scientific Presentations:
    HIV/AIDS and Other Infectious Diseases

• Posters and Exhibits 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 15, 2000

• Registration 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

• Morning Session 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

  • Keynote Speaker
    Ronald King, Ph.D.
    Assistant Scientific Director
    Human Genome Project
    National Institutes of Health

  • Scientific Presentations:
    Molecular Genetics
    Cancer

• Posters and Exhibits 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

• Puerto Rican Night 7:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight

Workshop Sessions

Monday, November 13, 2000

• Ciphergen ProteinChip® Technology
  9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Research Informatics
  1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Emerging Technologies: Multiplexing Microsphere Arrays
  1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 14, 2000

• HIV Drug Resistance Genotype Testing
  9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

• Research Informatics
  1:30 - 4:00 p.m.

• DNA Based Diagnosis and Monitoring of Diseases
  1:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Workshops may be added and/or changed.