Undergraduate Diversity Program
Recipients of the Undergraduate Diversity Program Student Travel Awards and Advisor Travel Awards participate in a three-day program to learn more about toxicology and careers in biomedical research.
Saturday, 5:15 PM to 7:30 PM
Undergraduate Diversity Program: Opening Event
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Chairs: Tynisha Glover, PhD, Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA; Checo Rorie, PhD, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NC.
Saturday, 6:45 PM to 7:30 PM
What is Toxicology? Protecting Human Health In The Modern World
Christa Wright, PhD
Chemical Insights/Underwriter's Laboratories.Saturday, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Undergraduate Diversity Program Reunion
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Sunday, 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
Check In for Registered Undergraduates
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Sunday, 8:00 AM to 8:20 AM
Welcome
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Speaker(s): Tynisha Glover, PhD, Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA; Laurie Haws, PhD, DABT, ATS, ToxStrategies, Austin, TX.
Chairs: Tynisha Glover, PhD, Janssen R&D, Spring House, PA; Checo Rorie, PhD, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NC.
Sunday, 8:20 AM to 9:05 AM
ToXXicologY: The Importance of Incorporating the Sex Variable in Research Studies
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Patricia Silveyra, PhD
Indiana University BloomingtonSunday, 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM
When Toxicological Research Informs Policy: Immunotoxicological Findings of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Jamie DeWitt, PhD, DABT
Oregon State University.Sunday, 10:10 AM to 11:25 AM
Case Study: Time for Tea! Indigenous Extracts as Potential Antioxidants
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Jennifer Newell-Caito, PhD
University of Maine.Sunday, 11:25 AM to 12:10 PM
Colliding Forces of Climate Change and Pollution: Uncovering Environmental Exposures Underlying Increasing Prevalence of Kidney Disease in Tropical Farming Communities
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Nishad Jayasundara, PhD
Duke University.Sunday, 12:10 PM to 1:15 PM
Lunch and Networking
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Sunday, 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM
Breakout Session for Students—Graduate School: How to Get In and What to Expect? Graduate Student and Academic Advisor Perspectives
Chair(s):
Lauren Poole, PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Student Breakout A: Salon 18
- Student Breakout B: Salon 17
- Student Breakout C: Salon 16
- Student Breakout D: Salon 15
- Student Breakout E: Salon 14
Sunday, 1:15 PM to 2:00 PM
Breakout Session for Advisors—Empowering Advisors of Future Toxicologists
Facilitator(s): José Manautou, PhD, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Karilyn Sant, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Sunday, 2:10 PM to 3:10 PM
Career Roundtables: Opportunities in Toxicology
Chair(s):
Dahea You, PharmD, PhD, DABT, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA.
- Student Breakout A: Salon 18
- Student Breakout B: Salon 17
- Student Breakout C: Salon 16
- Student Breakout D: Salon 15
- Student Breakout E: Salon 14
Sunday, 3:15 PM to 5:00 PM
Open Time with Academic Toxicology Program Directors and Internship Sponsors
Room: Executive Ballroom H, Rosen Centre Hotel
Sunday, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
SOT Welcome Reception
Room: W Hall A4‚ Convention Center
Sunday, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Student/Postdoctoral Scholar Mixer
Room: Room W311A‚ Convention Center
Monday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
SOT Opening Plenary Session: Climate Risks to Human Health
Room: W Hall A4, Convention Center
Kimberley Miner, PhD
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab.Monday, 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Mentors and Groups Attend Annual Meeting Sessions and Posters
Monday, 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
In Vitro Toxicology Lecture and Luncheon: Leveraging In Vitro Methods to Advance Consumer Product Safety
Room: W311A‚ Convention Center
Kathryn Page, PhD, DABT
Clorox Company.Monday, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Undergraduate Diversity Program Student Activity
Room: W109A, Convention Center
Monday, 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Mentors and Groups Attend Annual Meeting Sessions and Posters
Monday, 3:30 PM to 4:25 PM
Host Mentor and Peer Mentor Meeting
Room: W102B‚ Convention Center
Monday, 3:30 PM to 4:25 PM
Closing Presentation
Room: W109A, Convention Center
Kimberly Hodge-Bell,PhD, DABT
Bayer CropScience.Monday, 4:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Closing Celebration
Room: W109A, Convention Center
