9:00am to 9:10am

Lecture Hall 301,XianzhiBuilding,

Wutai Campus

Welcome address delivered by Dr. Shen Hongbing, Vice President, NMU

9:10am to 9:35am

Topic: Surgical Education and Simulation

Speaker: Dr. John Denstedt, Special Advisor forInternationalization and Simulation; Chair/Chief of the Departmentof Surgery, WU

9:35am to 10:00am

Topic: Macrophage Polarization in Obesity-Associated Vascular Diseases

Speaker: Dr. Chen Qi, President, NMU

10:00am to 10:25am

Topic: Embryonic Heart Development and Cardiac Physiology

Speaker: Dr. Feng Qingping, Professor in Department of Physiologyand Pharmacology, WU

10:25am to 10:45am

Tea Break

10:45am to 11:10am

Lecture Hall 301,XianzhiBuilding,

Wutai Campus

Topic: GWAS of Lung Cancer in Chinese: Current Findings and FutureStrategies

Speaker: Dr. Shen Hongbing, Vice President, NMU

11:10am to 11:35am

Topic: Of Mice & Men: Targets and Tools for Atrial Fibrillation

Speaker: Dr. Douglas Jones, Vice Dean, Basic Medical Sciences, WU

11:35am to 12:00pm

Topic: CPVI Plus Electrophysiological Substrate Modification duringSinus Rhythm for the Treatment of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Speaker: Dr. Chen Minglong, Vice Director of the Division ofCardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital, NMU

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Faculty Canteen,

Wutai Campus

Lunch

1:00pm to 1:25pm

Lecture Hall 301,XianzhiBuilding,

Wutai Campus

Topic: MicroRNA Metabolism in Motor Neuron Disease

Speaker: Dr. Michael Strong, Dean of the Schulich School ofMedicine & Dentistry, WU

1:25pm to 1:50pm

Topic: MiR-7 Enhances Subventricular Zone Neurogenesis byInhibiting TLR4/NLRP3/IL-1β Signaling in Adult Mice

Speaker: Dr. Lu Ming, Assistant Professor, Department ofPharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NMU

1:50pm to 2:15pm

Topic: An Overview of Neuroscience-related Research andNeurodegeneration

Speaker: Dr. Jane Rylett, Chair, Department of Physiology andPharmacology, WU

2:15pm to 2:35pm

Tea Break

2:35pm to 3:00pm

Lecture Hall 301,XianzhiBuilding,

Wutai Campus

Topic: Identification of Drug Resistance Biomarkers using LiquidChromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry-based Targeted Proteomics

Speaker: Dr. Chen Yun, Vice Dean, School of Pharmacy, NMU

3:00pm to 3:25pm

Topic: Pharmacogenomics and Drug Safety

Speaker: Dr. Michael Rieder, Associate Dean, Learner Equity andWellness, WU

3:25pm to 3:35pm

Concluding address delivered by Dr. Michael Strong, Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, WU