MVM-CoRE

Military and Veteran Microbiome:
Consortium for Research and Education

MVM DoD Microbiome Symposium - Schedule

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DoD Microbiome Symposium Exploring current and future research directions in the human and built environment microbiomes to benefit the DoD, Veterans, and their Families.

Thursday April 6, 2017

Welcome
Col John Christ - Senior USAFA Leader

8AM

 

Welcome
Paula Olsiewski - Alfred P. Sloan Program Manger

8:15AM

 

Plenary Speaker
Jack Gilbert – Professor at University of Chicago

8:30AM

 

Plenary Speaker
Andrew Hoisington – Assistant Professor at USAFA

9:30AM

 

Lightning Talk
Robyn Barbato, US Army ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

10AM

 

Lightning Talk
Linda Chrisey, Office of Naval Research Program Manager

10:15AM

 

Lightning Talk
Blair Dancy, U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research

10:30AM

 

Plenary Speaker
Lisa Brenner – Professor at University of Colorado Denver

12:30PM

 

Plenary Speaker
Erica Hartmann, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University

1PM

 

Lightning Talk
Philip Karl – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

1:30PM

 

Lightning Talk
Camilla Mauzy – Air Force Research Laboratory

1:45PM

 

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Friday April 7, 2017

Welcome
Jim Solti - USAFA Chief Scientist

8AM

 

Plenary Speaker
Christopher Lowry – Associate Professor at University of Colorado Boulder

8:15AM

 

Plenary Speaker
Kerry Kinney – Professor at University of Texas Austin

9AM

 

Lighting Talk
Noah Fierer – Associate Professor at University of Colorado Boulder

9:30AM

 

Lighting Talk
David Butler – National Academy of Sciences

10AM

 

Lighting Talk
Scott Merrell – Uniformed Services University

10:15AM

 

Lighting Talk
Wendy Goodson – Air Force Research Laboratory

10:30AM

 

Breakout session 1 – Wrap Up Mental Health

12:30PM

 

Breakout session 2 – Wrap Up Physical Health

12:45PM

 

Breakout session 3 – Wrap Up Built Environment

1PM

 

Breakout session 4 – Wrap Up Methods, Tools, and Analysis

1:15PM

 

Breakout session 5 – Wrap Up Unique Military Applications

1:30PM

 

Wrap up speaker
Andrew Hoisington – Assistant Professor at USAFA

2PM

 

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Featured Speakers include:

Lisa Brenner

Lisa A. Brenner. Ph.D. is a Board Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist, and a Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Colorado, Anschutz School of Medicine, and the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). She is the Research Director for the Department of PM&R.

 

@LisaABrenner

 

 

 

Jack Gilbert

Jack Gilbert, Ph.D., is the is the Faculty Director of the Microbiome Center, a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, Senior Scientist (Adjunct) at Marine Biological Laboratory, and Group Leader in Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory.

 

@gilbertjacka

 

 

 

Erica Hartmann, Ph.D.

Erica Hartmann, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering.

 

@ericamhartmann

 

 

 

LtCol Andrew Hoisington, Ph.D., P.E.

LtCol Andrew Hoisington, Ph.D., P.E., is an Assistant Professor and Environmental Engineering Division Chief at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 

@andyhois

 

 

Kerry Kinney

Kerry Kinney, Ph.D., is a Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin, TX.

 

@KerryKinney14

 

 

 

Christopher Lowry

Christopher Lowry, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology and member of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, with secondary appointments in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Colorado and the Center for Neuroscience, Anschutz Medical Campus, and the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC).

 

@CALowryPhD

 

 

For questions or more information please contact Kelly Stearns-Yoder at Kelly.Stearns@va.gov

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