Meet the Researchers:
A Special Reception for the Next Generation of Researchers
Saturday September 13, 2014
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Convene (TIAA-CREF Building)
730 Third Ave., 17th Floor
(between 45th &46th Streets)
New York, NY 10017
You are invited to an interactive student only dialogue with
Ari Green, M.D.
Including research presentations from our inaugural MS summer research interns
Hosted by Jeffery Haines, Ph.D.
Dr. Ari Green is the Debbie and Andy Rachleff Distinguished Professor of Neurology and the Medical Director of both the Neuroinflammation and Multiple Sclerosis and Neurodiagnostics Centers at UCSF. He is also an Associate Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology at the University. Dr. Green runs a translational laboratory dedicated to helping the accelerated development of therapeutics targeting neurodegeneration by helping to identify early, appropriate candidates for treatment and helping to rapidly measure neuroprotection. A major clinical focus of his laboratory is clinically relevant remyelination and together with his colleague Dr. Jonah Chan he developed the Small Molecule Remyelination Program at UCSF in 2013.
During this mentoring and discussion session, MS summer research interns Genesis Lipe, graduate from Marymount College interning at the Cornell Medical School laboratory of Dr. Tim Vartanian, and James Parziale currently of John Jay College interning at the NY Stem Cell Foundation laboratory of Valentina Fossati, will present summaries of their summer research projects. Learn more about our summer research internship program.
Dr. Green will discuss his personal perspective on research as a career, sharing views from his own career and the path that led him to the areas of his scientific and clinical interest.
We anticipate a lively conversation, from and for, all who attend.
RSVP by September 8 to: Andrea Arzt at
You hope you will arrive earlier to join us at our full Research Symposium to hear Dr. Green present on his current research, along with other exciting developments in MS research
2014 Annual Research Symposium:
Advances in MS Treatments and Society Supported Research
September 13 2014
PROGRAM AGENDA
Registration and Boxed Lunch 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction 1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
New Developments in MS Research 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Dr. Jeff Haines, Ph.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Treatment Advances and Environmental Factors
that Modify the Course of Multiple Sclerosis 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Brian R. Apatoff, MD, Ph.D.
Multiple Sclerosis Institute, Center for Neurological Disorders
Keynote Presentation:
Clinical Trials for Brain Repair in MS 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
Ari Green, MD
University of California San Francisco Multiple Sclerosis Center
Come to all of the Research Symposium presentations, or come just to hear Dr. Green’s keynote presentation at 3:45 and join the mentoring session at 5:00pm
For more information regarding the Research Symposium and our presenters, go to:
researchsymposium.msnyc.org
RSVP by September 8 to: Andrea Arzt at
Let us know which portion of the day you will attend.