Direction to Salk Pavilion is shown in campusmap0607 (UPITT campus) Salk Pavillion

Monday, August 14, 2017
CVS Room, Salk Pavillion, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
335 Sutherland Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15213

CDAR EAB Meeting2017 Agenda(word version)

CDAR EAB Meeting2017 Agenda(pdf version)

12:45 – 1:00 pm Video conference setup (CVS Room)

(Light refreshments will be served.)
 1:00 – 1:15 pm Welcome by CDAR Center Director Dr. Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie

Randall Smith, PhD, Professor and Senior Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh

 Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, PhD, Director of CDAR Center & Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Discovery Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
1:15 – 3:30 pm CDAR Core Research Reports by Core PIs (all team members invited)
1:15 – 1:45 pm AdminCore Report: Training, Dissemination and Administration by Dr. Terence F. McGuire
1:45 – 2:20 pm Core A Report:  “Computational Chemogenomics & Systems Pharmacology for Drug Abuse and Neurodisorder Research”
by Xiang-Qun (Sean) Xie, MD, PhD, EMBA (Core A), Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Drug Discovery Institute, Director of CDAR Center (25 + 10 min Q/A)
 2:20 – 2:55 pm Core B Report:  “Computational Molecular & Systems Pharmacology for Neurobiological and Drug Abuse Research”

by Ivet Bahar, PhD (Core B), Distinguished Professor & JK Vries Chair, Department of Computational & Systems Biology, Associate Director of University of Pittsburgh Drug Discovery Institute (25 + 10 min Q/A)
 2:55 – 3:30 pm Core C Report:  “Understanding Drug Abuse Using Deep Machine Learning Approaches”

by Eric Xing, PhD (Core C), Professor, Machine Learning Department & Language Technology Institute & Computer Science Department, Associate Department Head of the Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University (25 + 10 min Q/A)
3:30 – 5:00 pm Break (10 min) and Skype Meeting of EAB Members Only (Chaired by Dr.  Nurulain Zaveri)
5:00 – 6:00 pm Meeting of EAB members with the CDAR Leadership
5:45 – 6:30 pm Pizza (available for Core PIs, their assistants, and EAB members present)