Ernest E. Just Symposium 2025

Hosted by the College of Graduate Studies each February, this event celebrates the life of the noted African-American biologist with a day devoted to providing information to undergraduate students about opportunities in all of the colleges at MUSC. Morning keynote talks focus on the life and history of Ernest E Just and have student speakers who talk about their research projects. In the afternoon, visiting students meet with admissions professionals and current students to learn more about their college of interest and have campus tours.

Symposium Details

Date: February 20 and 21, 2025

Location: Baruch Auditorium
284 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29401

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Registration

The registration fee for the symposium is $35 per student. Credit card and check payments are accepted.

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Checks can be mailed to:

MUSC-CGS
Attention: E E Just Symposium
68 President Street MSC 501
Charleston, SC 29425

Featured Speakers

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Eleanor Valenzi, M.D. – "Deciphering Transcription Factor Regulation in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease"

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Friday, February 21, 2025

Emery Brown, M.D., Ph.D. – "My Journey from Ocala to Cambridge"

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

Delisa Brown, Ph.D. – Title to be announced (TBA)

Assistant Professor
Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina

Titus A. Reaves, Ph.D. – Title TBA

Associate Professor
Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology

Director of the E.E. Just Program
Medical University of South Carolina

Tyreek Jenkins – "The Impact of Aging on the Inner Ear's Biobattery"

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina

Undergraduate Speakers – TBA

"Funding for this conference was made possible (or in part) by SC EPSCoR/IDeA Program under award number (NSF Award # OIA-1655740 and SC EPSCoR/IDeA Program number 19-SA08). The views and perspectives expressed in conference materials, publications, speakers, or moderators do not necessarily reflect those of the SC EPSCoR/IDeA Program or infer endorsement by the SC EPSCoR/IDeA Program."