Immunology of Autoimmunity and Antigen Presentation
Symposium to Honor Dr. Betsy Mellins
Please join us at this special event to celebrate Dr. Mellins' 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 machen@stanford.edu.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
8 AM - 3 PM
In Person: Grand Rounds Room, Center for Academic Medicine
Online via Zoom
Agenda
8:00AM - 8:30AM: Registration and Breakfast
8:30AM - 8:35AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE, Chair of Pediatrics, Physician-In-Chief, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health; Director, Stanford MCHRI
8:35AM - 9:30AM: Keynote Presentation
- Peter Cresswell, PhD, FRS, Professor, Immunology and Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine
9:30AM - 10:00AM: Break
10:00AM - 11:50AM: Session 1 - Autoimmunity
Moderator: PJ Utz, MD
- Calvin Kuo, MD, Professor, Medicine (Hematology), Stanford School of Medicine
- 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
- Anne Stevens, MD, PhD, Executive Medical Director, Century Therapeutics, Inc.
- Lisa Rider, MD, Head, Environmental Autoimmunity Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
11:50AM - 1:00PM: Lunch
Trainee posters will be available for viewing
1:00PM - 2:45PM: Session 2 - Antigen Presentation
Moderators: Lisa Denzin, PhD and David Lewis, MD
- Michael Ombrello, MD, Head Translational Genetics and Genomics Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health
- Lawrence Stern, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, UMass Chan Medical School
- Robert Busch, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton
- Jill Hollenbach, PhD, MPH, Professor, Neurology, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco
2:45PM - 3:00PM: Closing Remarks
- Lisa Mendelman, PhD, Associate Professor, Menlo College
3:00PM - 5:00PM: Reception - Open to All
Lawn, Stanford CAM Grand Rounds
- Formal Trainee Poster Presentation from Dr. Mellin’s Trainees
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
David Lewis, MD
Naddisy Foundation Professor of Pediatric Food Allergy, Immunology, and Asthma, Stanford School of Medicine
Location
Stanford Center for Academic Medicine - Grand Rounds Room
453 Quarry RdPalo Alto, CA 94304
This is a Hybrid Event - Zoom Details Provided Upon Registration.
If you have questions about accommodation, please contact us at machen@stanford.edu by April 1, 2025.
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