Save the Date for UMDF Mitochondrial Medicine 2025 - June 18-21 in St. Louis, MO.
Next Webcast will be February 10, 2025
Moderator: Peter McGuire, MD
Topic: The Role of Rehabilitation Medicine in the Care of Children with Mitochondrial Disease
- Dr. Afua Asante-Otoo, MD, FAAPMR, National Institutes of Health, Staff Clinician / Pediatric Physiatrist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
- Hanna Hildenbrand, MS, OTR/L, National Institutes of Health, Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
- Dr. Minal Jain, PT, DSc, FAPTA, National Institutes of Health, Acting Chief Physical Therapy Section, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
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Beth Solomon, MS, CCC-SLP, National Institutes of Health, Senior Lead Speech-Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Medicine Department
Time: 12:00pm ET/11:00am CT/9:00a PT
Looking Ahead...
March 10 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register
Topic: Clinical Trial Readiness and UMDF Mito Med Clinical Research Pavilion Update
- UMDF Mito Medicine Conference Clinical Research Pavilion (CRP) 2024 readouts and preview of what to expect in the CRP in St. Louis in June 2025
- Dr. Zuela Zolkipli Cunningham and the CHOP team to provide results from 2023-2024
- New in 2025 - Gentle Jogger - treatment (Dr. Tony Adams tentative)
- Dr. Damiano Zanotto - insoles update
- Dr. Peter McGuire - NIH Study update
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Nicole Wilson, UMDF Program Manager - mitoSHARE
April 14 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register
Topic: Mitochondrial Genetics and Use of Biomarkers for Mitochondrial Disease
Speakers/Panelists:
- Jing Wang, MD, FACMG, ASCP (MB), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
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Devin Oglesbee, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
May 12 - 12pm ET - Click Here to Register
Topic: Chair Highlights for Upcoming UMDF Mito Med 2025
Speakers/Panelists:
- Jonathan R. Brestoff, MD, PhD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Michio Hirano, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
- Natalie M. Niemi, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- David J. Pagliarini, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Fernando Scaglia, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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Philip E. Yeske, PhD, UMDF Science & Alliance Officer, Pittsburgh, PA
Watch Past UMDF Bench-to-Bedside Seminars
Monday, January 13, 2025
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD
Ingrid Tein, BSc, MD, FRCP(C) - Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, CA
Fernando Scaglia, MD - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Jan Smeitink, MD, PhD - Khondrion
Chad Glasser, PharmD, MPH - Tisento Therapeutics
Magnus Hansson, MD, PhD - Abliva
Monday, December 9, 2024
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Philip Yeske, PhD
Watch Clinical Trial Updates - Part 1
Natalie Yivgi Ohana, PhD - Minovia Therapeutics
Robert Fischer, MD, PhD - OMEICOS
Patrice Rioux, MD, PhD - Thiogenesis Therapeutics
Vijay Modur, MD, PhD - BPGbio Inc.
Sharon Hamm, Pharm D - Saol Therapeutics
Susan VanMeter, MD - UCB
Katie Landes, Executive Director - Stealth BioTherapeutics
Monday, November 11, 2024
Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD
Mariana Loos, MD, Hospital de Pediatría "Juan P. Garrahan," Argentina
Soledad Kleppe, MD, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monday, October 14, 2024
Moderator: Fernando Scaglia, MD
Watch Novel Approaches for Achieving a Molecular Diagnosis in Mitochondrial Disease Patients
Yue Wang, PhD, FACMG, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Marisa Friederich, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
Monday, September 9, 2024
Moderator: Peter McGuire, MS, MD
Watch Neuropsychological Testing and Mitochondrial Disease
Audrey Thurm, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH
Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
Monday, April 8, 2024
Moderators: Amel Karaa, MD and Nicole Wilson
Zuela Zolkipli-Cunningham, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Peter J. McGuire, MS, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); and Amber Sapp, PT, DPT, Emmes
Monday, March 11, 2024
Moderators: Philip Yeske, PhD, and Marni Falk, MD
MSeqDR: the Mitochondrial Disease Sequence Data Resource Consortium - Accelerating Genomic Discovery
Elizabeth McCormick, MS, LCGC, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Emily Bogush, MS, CGC, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Lishuang Shen, PhD, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles; Daniel McGinn, GC, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; and Nicole Wilson, UMDF Program Manager
We are excited to announce the launch of the MitoU Seminar Network. Beginning in January of 2023, the UMDF along with MitoTalks and the Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine will continue to share information about upcoming seminars right here - all in one location.
Visit umdf.org/seminars to view all meetings.