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Programme at a Glance
March 7, 2009 (Saturday) |
08:35 – 08:50 |
Registration |
08:50 – 09:00 |
Opening Remarks |
09:00 – 10:00
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Young Investigator Award Forum I |
10:00 – 11.00
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Wong Chak Chui Stem Cell Research Fund Symposium in Regenerative Medicine I
MicroRNA and Combinatorial Chemistry for hESC/iPSC-based Regenerative Medicine
Ronald Li, UC Davis, USA..
Microfabrication and Microfluidic Platforms for Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells
Michelle Khine, UCSF, USA..
Application and Commercialization of hESC/iPSC Technologies for Pancreatic, Liver and Heart diseases
Ralph Snodgrass, VistaGen Therapeutics Inc. San Francisco, USA. |
11:00 – 13:30 |
Poster Viewing and Booth Visit (with coffee & tea sponsored by St Jude Medical (Hong Kong) Limited) |
11.30 – 12:50 |
Wong Chak Chui Stem Cell Research Fund Symposium in Regenerative Medicine II
Transcription Factors and Epigenetics of Pluripotent Stem Cell Reprogramming
Kenneth Boheler, National Institute of Ageing, and National Institute of Health, USA.
Novel Approaches for Bioimaging and Reprogramming Patient-specific Stem Cells
Joseph Wu, Stanford, USA.. |
13:00 – 14:30
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Lunch Symposium
Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Diabetes: Controversies
Glycaemic Target: The Lower the Better?
Annette Tso, HKU, HK.
Aspirin Prophylaxis For All?
Wing-Sun Chow, QMH, HK.
Case Presentation
Liza Ong, QMH, HK.
Panel Discussion
John Ma, Kathryn Tan, Victor Yan, Shou-Pang Wong, HK. |
14:30 – 14:45 |
Opening Ceremony (Guest of Honor: Dean of LKS Faculty of Medicine) |
14:45 – 15:30 |
New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease Management
Nutritional Supplements: What’s the Evidence?
Hung-Fat Tse, HKU, HK.
Use of Cardiac Biomarkers in Primary Care
Chung-Wah Siu, HKU, HK. |
15:30 – 16:00 |
Poster Viewing and Booth Visit (with coffee & tea sponsored by St Jude Medical (Hong Kong) Limited) |
16:00 – 16:45 |
Novel Therapies in Diabetes (sponsored by Eli Lily):
Transformation of the Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Algorithm-The Incretin Effect
Elizabeth Paz-Pacheco, U Philippines, Philippines |
March 8, 2009 (Sunday) |
08:45 – 09:00 |
Registration |
09:00 – 09:45 |
Updates on Alzheimer’s Disease I
Cognitive Assessment for the Elderly in Hong Kong
Jenny Chung, HK Polytechnic U, HK.
Behavioral Management in Dementia
Mike Wong, KCH, HK. |
09:45 – 10:40
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Young Investigator Award Forum II |
10:40 – 11:10 |
Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing and Booth Visit |
11:10 – 12:40
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Updates on Alzheimer’s Disease II
Testosterone and Alzheimer’s Disease
Emily Rosario, Davis School of Gerontology, U South California, USA.
Current and Emerging Clinical Treatments of Alzheimer’s Disease
Gordon Wilcock, U Oxford, UK. |
12:50 – 14:20
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Lunch Symposium (sponsored by MSD and Schering Plough):
The Growing Challenges in Cholesterol Management – Treating to New, Lower Target
Kathryn Tan, HKU, HK
Understanding the Needs for Different Approaches to Lipid Management from Cholesterol Metabolism Perspectives
Theodore Feldman, U Miami, USA |
14:20 – 15:30 |
New Perspectives in Diagnosis and Management of Stroke
New Imaging Methods for Cerebrovascular Diseases
Henry Mak, HKU, HK.
Acute Stroke Management: Recent Advances and Controversies
Windsor Mak, QMH, HK.
Acute Interventions in Brain Attack
Raymand Lee, QMH, HK. |
15:30 – 16:00 |
Coffee & Tea Break, Poster Viewing and Booth Visit |
16:00 – 16:45 |
Symposium on the Aging Eyes
What Can We Do to Your Aging Eyelids?
Carol Yu, HKU, HK.
Refractive Therapies for the Aging Eyes
Victor C.P. Woo, HKU, HK. |
16:45 – 17:00 |
Young Investigator Award Presentation Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
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