May 9th-11th, 2008

Presentations will be given by: (speakers in alphabetical order)

Kameswara Badri, Ph.D., Wayne State University
Thomas Bauer, Ph.D., NCI, NIH, DHHS
Jaime Brozowski, B.S., Oakland University
Asamoah Bosomtwi, M.S., Oakland University

Michael Chancellor, M.D., Beaumont Hospitals
C.C. Chang, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Chong Chen, B.S., University of Michigan
Michael Chopp, Ph.D., Henry Ford Hospital/OU
Mick Perez-Cruet, M.D., M.S. Providence Hospital

Luis Villa Diaz, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Kimberly Drenser, M.D., Beaumont Hospitals
Gregory Dressler, Ph.D., University of Michigan

William Fairbrother, Ph.D., Brown University
Christopher Fecek, B.S., Oakland University
Shannon McKinney-Freeman, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School & Children’s Hospital
Mark Furth, Ph.D., Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Christine Gorka, Ph.D., Providence Hospital
Theresa Gratsch, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Deborah Gumucio, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Vilma Yuzbasiyan-Gurkan, Ph.D., Michigan State University


Gary Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ales Hampl, D.V.M , Ph.D., Institute of Experimental Medicine & Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Ibrahim Ibrahim, M.D., M.P.H, Ph.D., Beaumont Hospitals

Omar Khan, M.D., Wayne State University Medical School

Senator Carl Levin, D-Michigan
Tenneille Ludwig, Ph.D., University of Madison-Wisconsin
Domenico Luongo, M.S., C.H.M.M., Oakland University


Ivan Maillard, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Representative Andy Meisner, D-Ferndale, Michigan
Jack Mosher, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Andras Nagy, PhD., Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Jack Parent, M.D., University of Michigan
Graham Parker, Ph.D., Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Bruno Peault, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh & Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
José Garcia Perez, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Pamela G. Robey, Ph.D., NIDCR, NIH

Peter Sartipy, Ph.D., Cellartis AB, Sweden
Jill Slater, B.S, Wayne State University
David Svinarich, Ph.D., Providence Hospital


Shuichi Takayama, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dean Tantin, Ph.D., University of Utah
Barbara Tigges, Ph.D., BioE, Inc. Research and Development

Donggang Yao, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Sichang Zhou, B.S., Wayne State University