The Second Annual Yale Parkinson's Disease Research and Clinical Care Symposium will take place on Monday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at 100 College St., 11th floor, Room 1116. A cocktail hour and poster session will follow the symposium, from 5 to 6 p.m.
The event will feature an introduction to the Adams Center, the Parkinson and Movement Disorders Clinical Care Center, and the achievements of Yale's ASAP and Marcus Foundation grantees. The agenda for the day is as follows:
8-8:30 a.m. -- Breakfast for Attendees
8:30-8:45 a.m. -- Welcome and Opening Remarks by Dean Nancy J. Brown, MD
8:45-9:45 a.m. -- How Can Genetics Lead to Cures? Moderator: Clemens Scherzer, MD, MBA
9:45-10:45 a.m. -- Is Parkinson's an Endo-Lysosomal Disease? Moderator: Pietro De Camilli, PhD
10:45-11 a.m. -- Break
11 a.m.-12 p.m. -- Why Are Synapses and Neuronal Circuits Important for Treating Parkinson's? Moderator: Thomas Biederer, PhD
12-1:30 p.m. -- Lunch, Posters, and Networking
1:30-2:30 p.m. -- Can We Modulate the Immune System to Treat PD? Moderator: David Hafler, MD
2:30-3:30 p.m. -- Integrating Research and Patient Care, Moderator: Veronica Santini, MD
3:30-4 p.m. -- Break
4-5 p.m. -- Vision for the Future, Moderator: David Hafler, MD
5-6 p.m. -- Cocktail Hour/Hors D'oeuvres, More Posters, and Networking
See the full list of speakers for each of the panels.