Program CommitteeDavid Ost, MD - ChairMarie-Claude Hofmann, PhD - Deputy Chair

Jun-ichi Abe, MD, PhD

Boris Blechacz, MD, PhD

Gil Cote, PhD

Farhad Danesh, MD

Robert Dantzer, DVM, PhD

Madeleine Duvic, MD

Beatrice Edwards, MD

Eric Gagneaux

Mouhammed Habra, MD

Ray Hachem, MD

Joanna Manzano, MD

Juan Lopez-Mattei, MD

Xiao Ni, MD, PhD

Judy Overton, BFA

Mala Pande, MD

Cielito Reyes-Gibby, Dr PH

Dimpy Shah, MD, PhD

Michael Tuvim, PhD

Sofia de Achaval Wied, MS

Lori Williams, PhD

Call for AbstractsDivision of Internal Medicine faculty, fellows, students and staff may submit abstracts for presentation involving original research. Abstracts not presented at the 2016 DoIM Research Retreat but previously accepted, presented or published will be accepted.

All abstracts submitted by junior faculty (instructors, assistant professors and associate professors) automatically qualify for the Cyrus Scholar Awards competition. Winners from 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are not eligible to compete for the Cyrus Scholar Awards.

The submission deadline is February 20, 2017. For complete instructions, visit

www.mdanderson.org/conferences

Four poster awards, two first place and two second place, will be given to recognize the top basic science and clinical research efforts. Although all members of the division are encouraged to participate in the poster session, the Poster Awards competition will be limited to clinical residents, clinical fellows, research postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and medical students.

FREE Registration Register Online: www.mdanderson.org/conferences,

then scroll to Division of Internal Medicine 2017 Research Retreat. On-site registration is available on

day of event. Online registration is preferred.

Additional information www.mdanderson.org/conferences, or contact Eric Gagneaux, senior conference coordinator, CME Conference Management, 713-745-0080, Judy Overton, program manager, Internal Medicine, 713-792-8031, or Sofia de Achaval Wied, director, Research Development, 713-563-3830.

Division of Internal Medicine 2017 Research Retreat AgendaDuncan Building (CPB), Floor 8 Conference Center

Thursday, May 113:00-5:00 pm Poster Session

Friday, May 1211:30 am FREE Registration and Lunch On-site registration – Advanced online registration is recommendedNoon David J. Tweardy, MD Division Head, Internal Medicine Dallas/Fort Worth Living Legend Chair for Cancer Research III Professor, Infectious Diseases and Molecular and Cellular Oncology

12:15 pm Mavis P. Kelsey, MD, Lecture Series Welcome Herbert DuPont, MD Executive Vice President, The Kelsey Research Foundation Introduction of 2017 Kelsey Lecturer David J. Tweardy, MD

Mavis P. Kelsey Lecture Andrew Mammen, MD, PhD Investigator and Leader, Muscle Disease Unit, National Institutes of Health

1:30 Spotlight on DoIM Investigators Introduction Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD Deputy Division Head Research Professor, Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health Cobi Heijnen, PhD Cielito Reyes-Gibby, Dr PH

2:00 Refreshment/Break

2:15 Cyrus Scholar Award Presentations Moderators: David Ost, MD, Chair, Research Committee; and Marie-Claude Hofmann, PhD, Deputy Chair, Research Committee

2:20 Cyrus Scholar Award Competition for Outstanding Basic/Translational Research

3:05 James S. and Suzanne Cyrus Scholar Award Competition for Outstanding Clinical Research

4:00 Announcement of Winners Best Poster Awards and Cyrus Scholar Awards

4:15 pm Adjourn