You'Re Invited - From Basic Science To Public Policy: A Tribute To The Scientific And Academic Leadership Of Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D.

Hosted by Eric Kandel, M.D., 2000 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, and Timothy A. Pedley, M.D., Chair of Neurology at Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Fischbach is the former executive vice president for health and biomedical sci¬ences and dean of the faculty of medicine at Columbia University. He is also the former director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health. A neuroscientist by training, Dr. Fischbach pioneered the use of nerve cell cultures to study the electrophysiology, morphology, and biochemistry of developing nerve-muscle and inter-neuronal synapses.

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET

WHERE: Alumni Auditorium 650 West 168th Street, 1st Floor

Program

WELCOME Lee Goldman, M.D. Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, Columbia University Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

MODERATORS Eric Kandel, M.D. University Professor Fred Kavli Professor and Director, Kavli Institute for Brain Sciences Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Columbia University and Timothy A. Pedley, M.D. Chairman, Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center

SYMPOSIUM Early Career and Mentoring: “Circuit Assembly in the Developing Spinal Cord” Thomas M. Jessell, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Columbia University Medical Center

Leadership in Neural Science at Washington University: “Actions of Neurosteroids on GABA-A Receptors” Charles F. Zorumski, M.D. Samuel B. Guze Professor and Head of Psychiatry Professor of Neurobiology Washington University School of Medicine

Leadership in Neural Science at Harvard: “Molecular Components of the Nerve Impulse” Roderick MacKinnon Rockefeller University, HHMI

National Leadership in Science: “Gerry’s Ongoing Neuroscience Legacy” Story Landis, Ph.D. Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Leadership in Healthcare Policy Issues: “The Challenges of Stem Cell Research” Zach W. Hall, Ph.D. President, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine

CLOSING Leader of Academic Medicine at Columbia University David Hirsh, Ph.D. Executive Vice President for Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Columbia University

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Columbia University, Eric Kandel, Executive Vice President, Health Sciences, Kavli Institute, National Institute