2024 Regional Symposia - Midwest
The 2024 SFB Midwest Symposia will be hosted by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, September 19-20, 2024.
Symposia programs will include shared plenary speakers from the above locations with content accessible remotely across the country. Participants will include faculty and student populations of the respective host institutions, while also featuring regional presentations, speakers, and posters.
The sample program provided below is a tentative draft and subject to significant changes:
September 19, 2024 (All Times Eastern)
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Welcome from Site Chairs |
| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Concurrent Session I: BioInterfaces |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session II: Biomaterial-Tissue Interaction |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary Session 1: Dr. Shana Kelley and Dr. Joel Collier |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session III: Biomaterials and Medical Products Commercialization |
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Session IV: Cardiovascular Biomaterials |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Plenary Session II: Dr. Sarah Stabenfeldt and Dr. Danielle Benoit |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Poster Session |
September 20, 2024 (All Times Eastern)
| 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM | Registration |
| 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Concurrent Session V: Drug Delivery |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM | Concurrent Session VI: Engineering Cells and Their Microenvironments |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | Plenary Session III: Dr. Elazer Edelman and Dr. Cynthia Reinhart-King |
| 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session VII: Nanomaterials |
| 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM | Concurrent Session VIII: Tissue Engineering |
| 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent/Single Track Session(s) IX |
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Regional Symposia Co-Chairs:
Steven Eppell, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Program Committee:
Abhinav Acharya, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
Adam Feinberg, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Daniel Gallego Perez, PhD, Ohio State University
Brittany E. Givens Rassoolkhani, PhD, University of Kentucky
Brendan Harley, PhD, University of Illinois
John Martin, PhD, University of Cincinnati
Ariella Shikanov, PhD, University of Michigan
Katelyn Swindle Reilly, PhD, Ohio State University
Yang Yun, PhD, University of Akron