2:00-4:00 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXCHANGE: STUDENT POSTER SESSION

J. Reid Jones* and Charles Alexander, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733, and University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
 
 
 
 

5:00 DODGEN LECTURE: GENETICS EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND FOR THE PUBLIC

Paula Elizabeth Gregory, Director, Cancer Genetics Education Center, Ohio State University
 
 

8:45 SYMPOSIUM: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN MISSISSIPPI

Introduction

8:50 OBESITY AND HYPERTENSION

Dr. John E. Hall, Chairman and Guyton Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center

9:25 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

Dr. Charles K. Moore, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplant Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center

10:10 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES

Dr. Donald McClain, Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Endocrinology, University of Mississippi Medical Center

10:45 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND STROKE

Dr. David L. Gordon, Associate Professor of Neurology and Director, Acute Stroke Unit, University of Mississippi Medical Center

11:20 THE JACKSON HEART STUDY

Dr. Daniel W. Jones, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Hypertension, University of Mississippi Medical Center

9:00-11:30 WORKSHOP: ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC RESEARCH

Darrel G. Degraw* and R.W. Rockhold*, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733, and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505