Evolutionary Medicine Conference Tue May 8 at Stanford

New Opportunities at the Intersection of Evolution and Medicine
A gathering of scientists and entrepreneurs

Admission is free for university affiliated students and faculty but preregistration is required

May 8, 2012, 8:30 – 5:30
Location: Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge at Stanford University School of Medicine
Cocktail reception to follow, 5:30-6:30

Sponsored by Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Co-presented by the Palo Alto Institute, the Evolution Institute and the Foundation for Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health

Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 Coffee and Registration

8:30 – 8:50 Welcome
Charles Cho, MD, Associate Professor Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University
Introductory Remarks by Joon Yun, MD, Palo Alto Investors and David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University

8:50 – 9:30 Keynote Address
Evolutionary Medicine: Envisioning the Opportunities
Keynote Address by Randolph M. Nesse, MD, University of Michigan

9:30 – 10:10 Session One: Infectious Disease
Evolution Proof Pharmaceuticals?
Andrew F. Read, Penn State

Panel discussion to follow moderated by David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University
Panelists include James Holland Jones, Stanford University, and Nina Kjellson, Interwest

10:10 – 10:40 Break

10:40 – 11:45 Session Two: Cancer
Why Evolution Holds the Key to Curing and Preventing Cancer
Carlo C Maley, University of California at San Francisco

The Evolution and Ecology of Metastasis: Can we Control Cancer by Targeting Dispersal Evolution?
Athena Aktipis, Arizona State University, UCSF Center for Evolution and Cancer

Panel discussion to follow moderated by Randolph M. Nesse
Panelists include Daniel S. Fisher, Stanford University

11:45 – 12:30 Session Three: Application of a Specific Theory
Using Drugs to Induce Adaptation
Introduced and moderated by Joon Yun, MD, Palo Alto Investors

Panelists include Ray Onders, Synapse; Lorenzo DiCarlo, Proteus Biomedical; Richard A. Bond, University of Houston; Kari Nadeau, Stanford University

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:15 Session Four: Behavior
Improving Health by Changing Behavior: Evolution Science Shows How
Steven C. Hayes, University of Nevada

Panel discussion to follow moderated by David Sloan Wilson
Panelists include William H. Durham, Stanford University, and Camille Samuels, Versant Ventures

2:15 – 3:00 Session Five: Genetics and Mental Disorders
Where Darwin meets Freud: Psychiatric Conditions and Therapies at the Dawn of Evolutionary Genomics.
Bernie Crespi, Simon Fraser University

Panel discussion to follow moderated by Randolph M. Nesse
Panelists include Charles Cho, MD, Associate Professor Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University

3:00 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:15 Session Six: Diet
What did Humans Evolve to Eat? Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Nutritional Health
William R. Leonard, Northwestern University

Panel discussion to follow moderated by David Sloan Wilson
Panelists include Dr. John Morton, Stanford University, and Scott Wolf, Aerin Medical

4:15 – 5:00 Session Seven: Aging
Can we Have it All? What Evolutionary Biology Says about Medically Slowing Aging.
Steven Austad, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Panel discussion to follow moderated by Joon Yun, MD, Palo Alto Investors
Panelists include Jim Glasheen, Technology Partner

5:00 – 5:15 Wrap

5:30 – 6:30 Cocktails & Networking

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