HESI Annual Meetings

HESI Annual Meeting

June 11-12, 2019

HESI AT THIRTY:
THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF COLLABORATIVE SCIENCE

The Westin - Alexandria, VA

Tuesday 11 June 2019


9:00 AM	Welcome & Meeting Goals
9:15 AM	Why HESI Matters: A Perspective on 30 Years of Collaborative Science and Its Role Today
	Dr. Lois Lehman-McKeeman, HESI Chair of Board
9:45 AM	HESI CITE Lectures – HESI CITE: Combining Interdisciplinary and Translational Expertise. HESI’s CITE initiative is an ongoing outreach series that promotes discussion and progress on opportunities for, and challenges in, the application of interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and translational sciences to improve human and environmental health outcomes.
	The Exposome: Measuring Exposures on a Global Scale
	Dr. Gary Miller, Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation, Columbia University
	Acceptable Failure, Innovation & Multidisciplinary Research
	Dr. Martin Philbert, Provost, University of Michigan
11:15 AM	Break
11:30 AM	What will collaborative, multidisciplinary science look like in 2030? How will it adapt and respond to changing scientific, economic, and societal opportunities and pressures?
	Moderator: Dr. Martin Philbert; Panelists: Dr. Gary Miller and Dr. Maya Leventer-Roberts
12:00 PM	Lunch
12:15 PM	HESI Scientific Committee Leadership Working Session
1:15 PM	The Present and Future of HESI Science – Featured Programs. This session will highlight selected HESI scientific programs that have reached recent milestones and/or are actively pursuing new research questions.
	An Update on the HESI Project: Environmental Risk Assessment of Multiconstituent Substances
	TBD
	Improving Health Outcomes for High Risk Neonates via Safer Therapeutic Intervention
	TBD
	Innovating Genomic Research via Error-Corrected Sequencing Methodologies
	Bob Young, MilliporeSigma, BioReliance Testing Services, on behalf of the Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee
	Challenging the Status Quo: Mechanistic and Human-Relevant Screening for CV Liabilities
	Dr. Brian Berridge, National Toxicology Program, on behalf of the Cardiac Safety Committee
3:00 PM	Break
3:20 PM	Emerging Science at HESI
5:00 PM	RNAi, Cancer, and Non-Coding RNA: From Discovery into Application for Health
	Keynote Speaker – Dr. Gregory Hannon, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute
	30th Anniversary Dinner Reception – Hummingbird Restaurant, Alexandria, Virginia

Wednesday 12 June 2019


8:30 AM	Welcome
8:40 AM	Can cancer risk assessment keep pace with evolving science and modalities? This session will explore the evolving landscape of tools, frameworks, and weight of evidence necessary to assess safety for evolving scientific modalities and methodologies from a carcinogenicity perspective.
	HESI’s Foundational Efforts in Cancer Risk Assessment & Transitions to Today
	Dr. Samuel Cohen, University of Nebraska Medical Center
	Carcinogenomic Approaches to Cancer Risk Assessment: Ready for Prime Time?
	Dr. Jan Willem van der Laan, Medicines Evaluation Board
	Cancer Risk Assessment of Immunomodulatory Therapies
	Dr. Hervé Lebrec, Amgen
10:25 AM	Break
10:45 AM	A Problem Formulation-Based Approach to the Risk Assessment of Crop Protection Products Acting via RNA Interference
	Dr. Kevin Leiner, Syngenta
	Legal and Regulatory Considerations in Safety Assessment of New Technologies
	Dr. Gary Marchant, Arizona State University
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	Perspectives on Modern Approaches for Risk Assessment Under Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan: Building Confidence in Collaboration
	Keynote Address – Dr. Tara Barton-Maclaren, Research Manager, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada
1:50 PM	Panel discussion on opportunities, limitations, and cautions for collaborations to support or drive progress in integrating computational approaches for risk/safety assessment
	Moderator: Dr. Lois Lehman-McKeeman; Panelists: Dr. Tara Barton-Maclaren and Dr. Brian Berridge
2:30 PM	Awards and Adjourn

Hotel Information

The Westin Alexandria
400 Courthouse Square
Alexandria, VA 22314

Room rate: $254 per night for single or double occupancy
Deadline to book room: Thursday, May 16, 2019
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