OpTIMUM Program

SPEAKER SERIES 2009

January 2009
Ms. Patricia Kelly
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Research Experiences for Undergraduate in Biodiversity Conservation

February 2009
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"Beating the Odds: Preparing Minority Students in Science & Engineering"

March 2009
Dr. Jon M. Young, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
“How To Be Successful in College”
Fayetteville State University, University Day 2009

Dr. Charles Anamelechi
"Dual Ligand Protein System to Enhance Neointimal Formation in Synthetic Vascular Grafts"
Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC

Ms. Michaela Angela Davis
Bronco Women’s “Excellence in Leadership Speaker Series”
Cultural Critic – Urbanist – Writer

April 2009
Dr. Qiana Matthews
“Gene Therapy for HIV Vaccine Development”
Professor of Human Gene Therapy
Department of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Dr. Robert F. Murphy
“Active Learning for Automated Analysis and Modeling of Biomedical Systems”
Biology, Biomedical Engineering Department
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Christopher Jones
“Only The DUMB Will Thrive!”
Assistant Dean for Graduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mr. Lamont Booker, Ph.D. Candidate
"The Role of Marijuana and Endocannabinoids in the Treatment of Inflammatory Pain"
Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology