Ernest E. Just Symposium 2025 Schedule of Events

Date: February 20 and 21, 2025

Location: Baruch Auditorium
284 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401

February 20, 2025

Time	Event
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Science E.E. Just Lecturer	Title: "Deciphering Transcription Factor Regulation in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease" Eleanor Valenzi, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

February 21, 2025

Time	Event
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Registration and breakfast – Entrance to Barouch Auditorium
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Introduction	Opening: Titus A. Reaves, PhD Associate Professor and Symposium Director
8:45 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Guest Lecturer	Title: TBA Delisa Brown, Ph.D. Assistance Professor, Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
9:15 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Impact Lecturer	Title: TBA Titus A. Reaves, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology Director of the E.E. Just Program, Medical University of South Carolina
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Graduate Student	Title: "The Impact of Aging on the Inner Ear's Biobattery Tyreek Jenkins, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
10:20 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. Undergraduate Presenter	TBA
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Undergraduate Presenter	TBA
10:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.	Break
11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. E.E. Just Keynote	Emery Brown, M.D., Ph.D. Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
11:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Panel discussion (morning speakers)
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Educational sessions and lunch Campus advisors for visiting students, Undergraduate advisors meet with MUSC College Admissions Officers
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Table Discussions	Facilitator will be at each table to allow the students to talk as they discuss among themselves on the subjects below: How to choose a mentor in science and medicine careers Personal statement (what not to include) Public health issues Professional ethics
4:30 p.m.	Symposium ends