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We are delighted to invite you to participate in the Symposium on Biological and Health Sciences. The meeting is hosted by The Colombian Colloquium and will be held in Harvard University.

This year’s meeting is composed of simple and accessible presentations of clinical and basic science projects that are conducted by Colombian Physicians and Scientists at Harvard/MIT.

Date:  Friday March 26, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Place: Belfer Case Study Room Room S020,
Center for Government and International Studies, South Building
Address: 1730 Cambridge Street, Concourse level
City: Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

6:00-6:10 PM “Neurobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”
Maria Emma Castro, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VA Boston Healthcare System

6:10-6:20 PM “Use of Informal services for Mental Health problems in ethnic/racial minorities”
Angela Camacho-Duran, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance

6:20-6:30 PM “Tractography and Diffusion Values in Perinatal Severe Hypoxic Brain Injury"
Maddy C. Artunduaga, M.D.
Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Boston

6:40-6:50 PM "Apolipoprotein C-III and cardiovascular diseases"
Carlos Olimpo Mendivil, M.D., Ph.D student
Department of Nutritional Biochemistry, Harvard School of Public Health

BREAK

7:00-7:10 PM "RNA expression profile of Simian-Immunodificiency Virus (SIV) specific CD8+ T cells in rhesus monkeys"
Ana Maria Gonzalez, M.D. Ph.D.
Division of Viral Pathogenesis, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

7:10-7:20 PM “Understanding the genetic causes of microtia using DNA microarrays and next-generation sequencing”
Maria Alexandra Artunduaga, M.D.
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

7:20-7:30 PM “Using synthetic biology and applied math to study individuality, altruism and genetic circuits”
Juan Manuel Pedraza, Ph.D.
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

7:30-7:40 PM “Searching for the “magic bullet” against chemotherapy: Development of targeted polymeric nanovehicles”
Pedro M. Valencia, M.S.,  Ph.D Student.
Department of Chemical Engineering and David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

7:40-7:50 PM“The American Science model: Lessons for Colombian research"
Silvia Lopez-Guzman, M.D.
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

8:00-9:30PM RECEPTION