Immunology of Autoimmunity and Antigen Presentation

Symposium to Honor Dr. Betsy Mellins

Please join us at this special event to celebrate Dr. Mellin’s work on
Thursday, May 1, 2025.

This one-day research symposium will highlight the work of Dr. Betsy Mellins and her colleagues and focus on the immunology of autoimmunity and antigen presentation.

The Symposium is hybrid, with the in-person symposium to be held at the Center for Academic Medicine (CAM), and the virtual audience joining on Zoom. All presenters will speak in-person at CAM.

Contact Organizers at mneta@stanford.edu.

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Thursday, May 1, 2025
8 AM - 3 PM

In Person: Grand Rounds Room, Center for Academic Medicine

Online via Zoom

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Agenda

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8:00AM - 8:30AM: Registration and Breakfast

8:30AM - 8:35AM: Opening Remarks

  • Lisa Mendelman, PhD, Associate Professor, Menlo College
     

8:35AM - 9:30AM: Keynote Presentation
Moderator: To be announced.

  • Peter Cresswell, PhD, FRS, Professor, Immunology and Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine
     

9:30AM - 10:00AM: Break

10:00AM - 11:45AM: Session 1 - Autoimmunity
Moderators: Anne Stevens, MD, PhD and PJ Utz, MD

  • Calvin Kuo, MD, Professor, Medicine (Hematology), Stanford School of Medicine
  • Lisa Rider, MD, Head, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
  • Grant Schulert, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  • Virginia Pascual, MD, Director, Drukier Institute for Children's Health; Professor, Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine
     

11:45AM - 1:00PM: Lunch

1:00PM - 2:45PM: Session 2 - Antigen Presentation
Moderators: Lisa Denzin, PhD and TBD

  • Lawrence Stern, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, UMass Chan Medical School
  • Robert Busch, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton
  • Michael Ombrello, MD, Head, Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • Jill Hollenbach, PhD, MPH, Professor, Neurology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 
     

2:45PM - 3:00PM: Closing Remarks

3:00PM - 5:00PM: Reception - Open to All
Great Room, 3rd Floor, Stanford CAM

Speakers and Moderators

Keynote

Peter Cresswell, PhD, FRS

Professor, Immunology and Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine

Session 1 Speakers

Calvin Kuo, MD

Professor, Medicine (Hematology), Stanford School of Medicine

Session 2

Lawrence Stern, PhD

Assistant Professor, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, UMass Chan Medical School

Lisa Rider, MD

Head, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Robert Busch, PhD

Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton

Grant Schulert, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Rheumatology), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Michael Ombrello, MD

Head, Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health

Virginia Pascual, MD

Director, Drukier Institute for Children's Health; Professor, Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine

Jill Hollenbach, PhD, MPH

Professor, Neurology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco

Session 1 Moderators

Anne Stevens, MD, PhD

Executive Medical Director, Century Therapeutics, Inc

PJ Utz, MD

Professor, Medicine (Immunology & Rheumatology), Stanford School of Medicine

Session 2 Moderators

Lisa Denzin, PhD

Professor, Pediatrics (Immunobiology), Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University

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Location

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Stanford Center for Academic Medicine - Grand Rounds Room

453 Quarry Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
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This is a Hybrid Event - Zoom Details Provided Upon Registration.

If you have questions about accommodation, please contact us at mneta@stanford.edu by April 1, 2025.

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Planning Committee

Mark Davis, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine

Jennifer Frankovich, MD, Clinical Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology), Stanford School of Medicine

Mark Kay, MD, PhD, Professor, Pediatrics (Human Gene Therapy) and Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine

Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Arline and Pete Harman Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Adalyn Jay Physician-In-Chief, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health; Director, Stanford MCHRI

David Lewis, MD, Naddisy Foundation Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology), Stanford School of Medicine

Paul Mendelman, MD

Jeffrey Mendelman, JD, CEO, Case Law Ltd.

Christy Sandborg, MD, Professor, Pediatrics (Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology), Stanford School of Medicine

PJ Utz, MD, Professor, Medicine (Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology), Stanford School of Medicine