Plenary Sessions:

I. Brain Injury and the Neuroendocrine Response
II. Vascular Biology: Discovery of Novel Signaling Molecules and Pathways
III. A Systems Approach to the Biology of Stress
IV. Pharmacogenomics
V. Network Updates

Invited International Panelists:
Andrew Bersten, MD
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Trinad Chakraborty, PhD
University Teaching Hospital of Giessen, Germany

Featured Speakers:
Luis Amaral, PhD
McCormick School, Northwestern University

Keith Baggerly, PhD
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Augustine Choi, MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

John Cidlowski, PhD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS

Bruce Freeman, PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Mark Gladwin, MD
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, DHHS

Brahm Goldstein, MD, FCCM
Novo Nordisk Inc

David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS

Marti Jett, PhD
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Teri Manolio, MD, PhD
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, DHHS

John Marshall, MD
St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Christian Meisel, MD
Charité University Berlin

Sidney Morris, Jr. , PhD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Avery B. Nathens, MD, PhD, MPH
University of Washington, School of Medicine

Carol Nicholson, MD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, DHHS

Frank Sharp , MD, FAAN
M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California at Davis

Alan Shuldiner, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Robert Vandre, COL
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

Richard Weinshilboum, MD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine