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2005 Winter Meeting
Gamboa Rainforest Resort
Panama
February 3 - 6, 2005

AGENDA

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2005 

6:30 - 11:00 am           AMSPC Desk Open - Lobby
7:00 – 11:00 pm          AMSPC Desk Open - Lobby

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2005

6:30 -10:30 am           Buffet Breakfast - Corotú Restaurant

8:00 am – 5:00 pm        On Site Registration – AMSPC Desk - Lobby

8:30 am - 12:00 noon   Monkey Island and Aerial Tramway Tours

2:00 – 4:00 pm               Spouse Activity - Panamanian Costumes-Camino de
                                 Cruces

 AMSPC Business – Los Guayacanes Room

1:00 – 1:15 pm        Gary Rankin, President
                                     Welcome and Introduction of New Chairs and                 
                                      Emeritus Chairs

1:15 – 1: 45 p.m      Kent Vrana, Penn State College of Medicine
                                     New Chair Seminar

1:45 – 2:30 pm      Tony Mazzaschi, Director of CAS Affairs and Senior
                                    Assoc. Vice-President for Biomedical & Health Sciences
                                    Research, Association of American Medical Colleges              
                                   “Budget, Policy and Political Issues Facing the Research Enterprise”

2:30 – 2:45 pm      Joey Barnett, Vanderbilt University
                                    “National Pharmacology Director of Graduate Programs Meeting”

2:45 – 3:10 pm      Coffee Break

3:10 – 4:10 pm       Break-out into small discussion groups:

1.    Effect of the Integrated Curricula on Pharmacology

2.    Strategies for Recruiting Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

3.    Mentoring New Faculty – From Hiring to Tenure

4.    Academia/Industry/Government/Alternatives – What careers are we training our students for?

4:10 – 4:20 pm      Preparation of small group reports

4:20 – 4:45 pm      Presentation of small group reports

4:45 – 5:00 pm      Election of Nominating Committee – Bob Theobald, Secretary

5:00 pm                 Adjourn

7:30 – 8:30 pm     Welcome Reception – Gamboa Upper Pool Area

8:30 – 10:30 pm   Buffet Dinner – Gamboa Lower Pool Area

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2005

6:30 -10:30 am        Buffet Breakfast - Corotú Restaurant

7:00 – 8:00 am         Council Meeting -- Chagres River Room

7:30 am -1:00 pm     AMSPC Desk Open - Lobby

8:30 am -12:30 pm  Spouse Program Optional Shopping Trip 
 

AMSPC Business – Los Guayacanes Room

8:15 – 8:30 am     Announcements – Gary Rankin

8:30 – 8:45 am     AMSPC Business – Gary Rankin & Adrian Dunn

8:45 – 9:00 am     ASPET Update – Christie Carrico

9:00 – 9:30 am     Jonathan Geiger, Univ. of North Dakota Medical School
                                  New Chair Seminar

9:30 – 10:00 am   Coffee Break

10:00 – 10:30 am  Dr. Adan Rios, Ambassador for Health Programs, Panama
                                  “The Impact of Health in the Economic Development of a Region”

10:30 – 11:30 am   Perspectives on the Merger of Pharmacology Departments
Four 15 min presentations

1.    Perspectives from a Long Term Merger – Tom Westfall

2.    Perspectives from a Recent Merger – Richard Eisenberg

3.    Perspectives from when the New Chair is not a Pharmacologist – David
       Dawson

4.    Perspective from the Faculty – William Tank

11:30 am               Adjourn

11:30 am               Departure for Barro Colorado Tour

12:00 noon – 5:30 pm   Optional Tours: City Tour/Panama Canal VIP Tour

7:30 – 8:30 pm      President’s Reception – Los Logartos (Bus or Walk)

8:30 – 10:30 pm    Dinner, Awards, Entertainment - Los Logartos

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2005

6:30 - 10:30 am       Buffet Breakfast - Corotú Restaurant

7:00 - 8:15 am          New Chairs’ Breakfast - Chagres River Room

7:30 am - 1:00 pm    AMSPC Desk Open - Lobby

AMSPC Business – Los Guayacanes Room

8:30 – 8:40 am        Announcements – Gary Rankin

8:40 – 8:55 am        Trends in Pharmacology Education in the United Kingdom –         
                                     Michael Neal

8:55 – 9:10 am       Report from the National Caucus of Basic Biomedical Sciences
                                     Meeting – Gary Rankin

9:10 – 9:25 am       Task Force on Function and Goals:   Update -  Bonnie Sloane

9:25 – 9:45 am      Task Force for Learning Objectives for Graduate Education – J.R.
                                     Haywood

9:45 – 10:15 am  Tony Mazzaschi, Director of CAS Affairs and Senior Assoc. Vice-                                   President for Biomedical & Health Sciences Research, AAMC
                                  “Update on AAMC Initiatives and Meetings”

10:15 – 10:30 am    Coffee Break

10:30 – 10:45 am    Canadian Pharmacologist’s Report – Denis Grant

10:45 – 11:05 am    Current Educational Endeavors – Richard Eisenberg

11:05 – 11:25 am    Pharmacology Survey of Medical Schools – Bill Cooke

11:25 – 11:40 am     Treasurer’s Report – Adrian Dunn, Treasurer

11:40 – 11:45 am    Nominating Committee Report – Bob Theobald

11:45 am                  Additional Business - Adjournment

12:30 pm                   Optional Tours  City Tour/Panama Canal VIP Tour

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005

6:30 - 13:00 am       Buffet Breakfast - Corotú Restaurant

6:00 - 9:00 am         Optional Tour:  Birdwatching on the Pipline

8:30 am - 12:00 noon  Optional Tours:  Embera Indians, Portobelo

Departure

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