Introduction
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Vice President for Research, New York Medical College
Provost for Biomedical Research and Chief Biomedical Research Officer, Touro College and University System

President's Welcoming
9:10 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Alan Kadish, M.D.
President, Touro College and University System and New York Medical College

Chancellor's Address
9:15 a.m - 9:20 a.m.

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, New York Medical College

Dean's Address
9:20 a.m - 9:25 a.m.

Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., MACP, FAHA, FACE
Dean of the School of Medicine, New York Medical College 

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

The Power of Poop: How Fecal Microbiota Transplantation is Transforming Medicine
Ari Grinspan, M.D.
Director of GI Microbial Therapeutics and Assistant Professor of Medicine
The Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

Q&A

10:05 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

Bacterial Metacolony Causes Chronic Tonsillar Hypertrophy by Inducing Antigen-Specific Lymphoid Hyperplasia
Zhiheng Pei, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine, New York University Langone Health

10:35 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Q&A 

10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Challenges and Opportunities in Meta Genomic and Metatranscriptomic Profiling of Mouse Gut Microbiota
Mark D. Adams, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Microbial Genomic Services, The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

11:10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Q&A 

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Break 

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Targeting Intestinal Microbiome in Sickle Cell Disease
Seah H. Lim: M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College

12:00 p.m. – 12:05 p.m.

Q&A

12:05 p.m. – 12:35 p.m.

A Robust Metatranscriptomic Platform for Population-scale Studies of Gut Microbiome, Diet, and Human Health
Guruduth Banavar, Ph.D. 
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Viome Inc.

12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

General Discussion: Future Direction
Salomon Amar, D.D.S., Ph.D.

1:00 p.m.

Tour of BioInc@NYMC

1:30 p.m.

Adjourn