95th Session & Exhibition of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) - MIMIT

95th Session & Exhibition of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR)

The GSDM UoM Collaborative will be taking part in a symposium at 95th Session & Exhibition of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), March 22-25 2017, San Francisco, California, USA.

Further details on the session can be found below:

Session Title: Emerging Opportunities for Head & Neck Cancer Therapy

Organizer: Maria Kukuruzinska, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Associate Dean for Research
Boston University
Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Chair: Belinda Borrelli, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research
Director, Behavioral Science Research
Boston University
Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Visiting Professor, The University of Manchester, UK

Speakers:

Targeting the beta-catenin/CBP-Protein N-glycosylation axis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Maria Kukuruzinska, PhD
Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology
Associate Dean for Research
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Leveraging translational research infrastructure to identify precision medicine strategies

Ann Marie Egloff, PhD, MPH
Research Associate Professor
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Department of Otolaryngology
Boston University School of Medicine

The function of E-cadherin in nuclear receptor expression, localisation and gene regulation

Christopher M. Ward, PhD
Reader in Stem Cell Biology
Manchester Dental School
University of Manchester

The function of E-cadherin in cellular metabolism

Aseel Sharaireh, PhD
Manchester Dental School
University of Manchester

MIMIT is a unique organisation that is ideally placed to seamlessly interface the clinical, academic and commercial sectors into the pursuit of better outcomes for patients.

Paul Abeles
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Seeing the process when academics and clinicians come together to find a practical and often elegant solution is always a fascinating process.

Angella Bryan
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
MIMIT facilitates the discussions which often turn down unique and unexpected pathways potentially leading to novel solutions.

Peter Alexander
Consultant in Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care Medicine
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
MIMIT brings together different expertise to innovate and resolve practical problems and improve patient care.

Ananya Choudhury
Reader and Honorary Consultant, Clinical Oncology
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
MIMIT is great for connecting with key clinical, industry and academic leads, that frequently lead into long lasting collaborations.

Richard Deed
Technology Director
TRUSTECH
MIMIT is the go-to initiative aimed at providing innovative solutions for your unmet healthcare needs.

Yvonne Kuma
Healthcare Innovation Officer
TRUSTECH
The whole idea behind MIMIT is fantastic - what better way to transfer technology into medicine and to help solve unmet clinical needs.

Mark Dickinson
Reader, School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Manchester
The support and wide-ranging expertise associated with MIMIT enables the rapid development of healthcare solutions.

Emma Stanmore
Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences
University of Manchester
MIMIT gives a unique balance between technology push and clinical pull for getting new technologies into the hands of patients and clinicians.

Alex Casson
Senior Lecturer in Sensing, Imaging and Signal Processing
University of Manchester
MIMIT have helped to fund some of my preliminary research in diabetic foot ulceration enabling valueable pilot work to be conducted.

Glen Cooper
Lecturer in Bioengineering
University of Manchester
Working with MIMIT is a fantastic opportunity to identify unmet healthcare challenges which I can apply my expertise as part of a team to solve.

Andy Weightman
Senior Lecturer in Medical Mechatronics
University of Manchester
MIMIT and its Ambassadors, connect ideas and innovators together to create solutions for patients, services and the society as a whole

Sandip Mitra
Consultant Nephrologist
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
MIMIT was selected as CIMIT’s first international affiliate due to the impact it could have on improving patient care and rapidly stimulate more innovation – and they have proven us correct!

John Collins
Chief Operating Officer
CIMIT Boston, US