VA Research Week is May 13th - 17th

Please join us for Research Week 2019

Monday May 13th through Friday May 17th

* ALL ARE INVITED * REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED * SEATING IS LIMITED *

Monday, May 13, 2019 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm – Prescription Room, 2nd Floor – Damen

VETERANS FORUM – PRESENTATIONS FOR PATIENTS Welcome at 12:15pm o Mark Rasenick, PhD “Ketamine & Depression: New Treatment and Mechanism of Action”
o Howard Gordon, MD “How to Talk to Your Doctor”
o Subhash Pandey, PhD “Novel Biomolecules in the Brain Driving Alcohol Use Disorder”

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 – 1:00pm to 3:30pm – Journey Room, 2nd Floor – Damen

POSTER SESSION
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Subhash Pandey, PhD Welcome at 1:00pm
- PRESENTATIONS: o David Gavin, MD “Early-Life Ethanol Exposure and Alcohol Use Disorder Later in Life”
- o Douglas Feinstein, PhD “Alzheimer’s Patho-physiology and Alcohol Addiction”
- o Rajiv Sharma, MD “Psychosis: Current Biomarkers and Treatment”

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – 12:00pm to 2:00pm – Journey Room, 2nd Floor – Damen

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE SHOWCASE Welcome at 12:15pm
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Cheryl Irmiter, PhD, Executive Director, Institute on Medicine-Chicago
- CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY AND RECREATION THERAPY EXHIBITORS INVITED: o Animal
- o Art
- o Fibrous Arts
- o Dance/Movement
- o Horticulture
- o Poetry
- o Tennis
- o And More!

Thursday, May 16, 2019 – 12:00pm to 3:30pm – Prescription Room, 2nd Floor – Damen

POSTER SESSION Welcome at 12:15pm
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Terri Gleason, PhD, Director, Clinical Science R&D, Washington DC
- PRESENTATIONS: o Vinay Aakalu, MD, PhD “Development of Ocular Surface Therapies for the Military”
- o Joanna Martin, MD “Coleman Foundation Supportive Oncology Program-Cycle 3 Funding”
- o Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD “From Bench to Bedside: Improving the Precision of