MEETINGS

229th Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
November 7, 2025

Agenda

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8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

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8:30 am

Welcome and Introduction

Marni Falk, MD. Philadelphia Councilor, Professor, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, CHOP/ University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

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8:40 am

Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Infectious Disease

“Targeting the evolution of antibiotic resistance”

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9:05 am

Matthew Kayser, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

“A cross-species approach to understand disorders of excessive sleepiness”

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9:30 am

Jorge Henao- Mejia, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory

“Mitochondrial regulation of Tumor Associated Macrophages”

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9:55 AM

Coffee Break

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10:10 am

Audrey John, MD, PhD

 Chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

“Out of the mouths of babes: Breath volatile organic compounds as biomarkers of health and disease”

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10:35 am

Atheen Venkataramani, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy

“Economic opportunity and health in the United States: Theory and evidence”

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11:00 am

Walk to Penn Museum

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11:15 am

Tour Penn Museum

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12:15 pm

Walk back to Colket for lunch

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1:10 pm

Zolt Arany, MD, PhD – Introduction to the Jonathan Epstein Scholars Program

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1:15 pm

Yentli Soto Albrecht

MD/PhD student, Penn

“Mitochondrial function regulates SARS- CoV-2 replication and pathogenesis”

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1:30 pm

Henry Cohen

MD/PhD student, Temple

“Discovery of an integrated signaling system regulating calcium-dependent mitochondrial Mmtabolons”

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1:45 pm

Lara Cheslow

MD/PhD student, Jefferson

“cGMP signaling protects dopaminergic neurons from cell death and is upregulated by oxidative stress”

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2:00 pm

Benjamin Kahn

MD/PhD student, Penn

“Intrinsic properties of the lymph node render it immunologically susceptible to metastasis”

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2:15 pm

Claudia Lovell

MD/PhD student, Penn

“Defining X chromosomal contributions to female sex bias in systemic lupus erythematosus”

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2:30 pm

Jonathan Epstein, MD

Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine and Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System

“Aequanimitas: Academic medicine in turbulent times”

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3:05 pm

Jonathan Epstein Scholars Program Awards

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3:15 pm

Coffee Break

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3:30 pm

Sir William Osler Young Investigator Award:
Rebecca Ahrens Nicklas, MD PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Human Genetics

“Developing and deploying personalized gene-editing therapies”

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4:10 pm

Business Meeting (ICC Members Only)

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6:00 pm

Cocktail Reception

Penn Museum
3260 South St.
Pennsylvania, PA 19104

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7:45 pm

Dinner

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8:30 pm

Dinner speaker: Theodore Schurr, PhD

“What Mitochondrial DNA Diversity Tells Us about Human Ancestry, Adaptation and Disease”

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10:00 pm

Adjourn

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