Undergraduate Diversity Program March 9-11, 2019 Undergraduate Education Program March 10, 2019 Acknowledgments The Society of Toxicology (SOT) and many other generous contributors have supported the Undergraduate Diversity Program during the 30-year history of the program The 2019 Undergraduate Diversity Program has received support from: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5R13ES029028 Society of Toxicology Daniel and Patricia Acosta Diversity Student Fund Perry J Gehring Diversity Student Travel Fund Society of Toxicology Endowment Mission Funds Pfizer, Inc Eastman Charitable Foundation NSF International SRC, Inc All text and graphics are © 2019 by the Society of Toxicology All rights reserved No text or graphics may be copied or used without express written permission from the Society of Toxicology For further information, please contact SOT Headquarters The views expressed by presenters are theirs and not necessarily reflect the position of SOT nor an endorsement of those views by SOT The Undergraduate Diversity Program is supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5R13ES029028 Content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health 11190 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300, Reston, Virginia 20191 Tel: 703.438.3115 Fax: 703.438.3113 | Email: sothq@toxicology.org | Website: www.toxicology.org Schedule Undergraduate Diversity Program Saturday, March | Hyatt Regency Baltimore TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) ROOM 4:30 PM Students meet Peer Mentors in the Embassy Suites Baltimore Downtown lobby to be escorted to the Hyatt Regency Baltimore 5:00 PM–5:15 PM Registration for Students with Committee on Diversity Initiatives Travel Awards Hyatt Regency Baltimore Constellation Foyer 5:15 PM–7:30 PM Opening Event Chairs: Irene M Abraham, PhD, DABT, ERT, JT International, Geneva, Switzerland; and James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Hyatt Regency Baltimore Constellation A 5:15 PM–5:25 PM Welcome James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 5:25 PM–5:55 PM The Tox Squad Icebreaker James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and Alexandra Colón-Rodriguez, PhD, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 6:00 PM–6:45 PM Dinner 6:45 PM–7:30 PM What Is Toxicology and Why Should I Care? 7:30 PM–8:30 PM Committee on Diversity Initiatives Reunion Chairs: Irene M Abraham, PhD, DABT, ERT, JT International, Geneva, Switzerland; James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and Jennifer L Rayner, PhD, DABT, SRC, Arlington, VA 7:30 PM–7:35 PM Welcome 7:35 PM–7:40 PM 2019 Perry J Gehring Diversity Student Travel Award Recognition Marquea D King, PhD, USDA Beltsville, MD James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and Jennifer L Rayner, PhD, DABT, SRC, Arlington, VA Recipient: Jessica Alexandra Jiménez, 2016 Program Alumna, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 7:40 PM–8:10 PM Writing Our Six-Word Memoir 8:15 PM–9:00 PM Networking Sharon Milgram, PhD, NIH OITE Director, Bethesda, MD Harborview #2019SOT #toxexpo Schedule Undergraduate Education Program and Undergraduate Diversity Program Sunday, March 10 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) 8:00 AM–12:00 Noon Toxicology Presentations Chairs: Irene M Abraham, PhD, DABT, ERT, JT International, Geneva, Switzerland; and James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 8:00 AM–8:10 AM Welcome James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and Leigh Ann Burns Naas, PhD, DABT, ATS, ERT, SOT President, Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA 8:10 AM–9:00 AM How Do Inhaled Pollutants Exert Toxicity Outside the Lung? Timothy R Nurkiewicz, PhD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV 9:00 AM–9:50 AM Preventing Drug Side Effects While Treating Cancer: Clues from a Patient’s DNA and Urine Lauren M Aleksunes, PharmD, PhD, DABT, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 9:50 AM–10:00 AM Break 10:00 AM–11:10 AM Case Study: Going for Your First Drive in Toxicology—Using the US EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Maureen R Gwinn, PhD, DABT, ATS, US EPA, Washington, DC; and Antony J Williams, PhD, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 11:10 AM–12:00 Noon Investigative Toxicology: An Exciting Journey in Exploratory Science Myrtle A Davis, DVM, PhD, ATS, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ 12:00 Noon–12:40 PM Lunch and Networking 12:40 PM–12:45 PM Preview of Afternoon James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI #2019SOT #toxexpo ROOM Hyatt Regency Baltimore Constellation A Schedule Undergraduate Education Program and Undergraduate Diversity Program Sunday, March 10 (Continued) TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) 12:45 PM–1:55 PM Breakout Sessions for Students Graduate School: How to Get In and What to Expect?—Graduate Student and Academic Advisor Perspectives ROOM hairs: Christopher W Stewart, PhD, DABT, SGI Consulting LLC, Portage, MI; and Hong C Wang, PhD, DABT, Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, CA Breakout Baltimore Academic Advisor Facilitator: James P Luyendyk, PhD, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Graduate Student Facilitator: Catheryne L Chiang, BS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL Breakout Academic Advisor Facilitator: Craig Marcus, PhD, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Annapolis Graduate Student Facilitator: Krisa Camargo, BS, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Breakout Academic Advisor Facilitator: Frederick Judith T Zelikoff, PhD, New York University School of Medicine, Tuxedo Park, NY Graduate Student Facilitator: Eva Vitucci, BS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Breakout Academic Advisor Facilitator: Courtney E W Sulentic, PhD, Wright State University, Dayton, OH Columbia Graduate Student Facilitator: Rosemarie M de la Rosa, MPH, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 12:45 PM–1:55 PM Breakout Session for Advisors Tips for Advising Prospective Graduate Students or How to Get Your Students Accepted to Graduate School 1:55 PM–2:05 PM Break Facilitator: José E Manautou, PhD, ATS, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT #2019SOT #toxexpo Chesapeake Schedule Undergraduate Education Program and Undergraduate Diversity Program Sunday, March 10 (Continued) TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) 2:05 PM–3:00 PM Career Roundtables: Opportunities in Toxicology ROOM hairs: Monicah A Otieno, PhD, DABT, Janssen Research and Development, Springhouse, C PA; and Pedro L Del Valle, PhD, US FDA, Silver Spring, MD Breakout Academia:Meredith Mosedale, PhD, University Baltimore of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, NC Government:Ofelia A Olivero, PhD, ATS, NIH National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD Industry: Eric McDuffie, MBA, PhD, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, San Diego, CA Breakout Academia:Alexandra Noël, PhD, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Annapolis Government:Shaun D McCullough, MS, PhD, US EPA, Chapel Hill, NC Industry:Kristini Miles, Venture Chemical Consulting LLC, Atlanta, GA Breakout Academia:Antonio T Baines, PhD, North Carolina Frederick Central University, Durham, NC Government:Njwen Anyangwe, PhD, US FDA, College Park, MD Industry:Jennifer L Rayner, PhD, DABT, SRC, Arlington, VA Breakout Academia: Darryl B Hood, PhD, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Columbia Government:Angela L Curry, PhD, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX Industry:Colleen E McLoughlin, PhD, Scivera LLC, Charlottesville, VA 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Open Time with Academic Toxicology Program Directors and Internship Sponsors Chair: Pedro L Del Valle, PhD, US FDA, Silver Spring, MD 3:00 PM–4:00 PM Informal Poster Showcase Constellation F Presenter attended 3:00 PM–3:30 PM SOT Annual Meeting Events TIME EVENT 5:15 PM–6:30 PM Awards Ceremony PRESENTER(S) CC Ballroom III 6:30 PM–7:30 PM Welcome Reception CC Hall A 7:30 PM–9:00 PM Student/Postdoctoral Scholar Mixer Hilton Baltimore Holiday #2019SOT #toxexpo ROOM Schedule Undergraduate Diversity Program Monday, March 11 | Convention Center TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) 7:00 AM–7:30 AM Breakfast for Undergraduate Diversity Program Students, Advisors, and Peer Mentors at Embassy Suites Baltimore Downtown 7:30 AM Students, Advisors, and Peer Mentors depart together for the Convention Center 7:50 AM Mentors meet their groups in the Undergraduate Program Reserved Section before the Plenary Lecture 8:00 AM–9:00 AM Plenary Lecture Robust Assembly of Human Tissues for Disease Modeling and Discovery 9:30 AM–11:45 AM Mentor Groups Attend Annual Meeting Sessions and Posters 11:45 AM Mentors escort their groups to the Hilton Baltimore Holiday for the In Vitro Lecture 12:00 PM–1:30 PM In Vitro Lecture and Luncheon Patient-Based Cellular Model Systems to Assess Individual Risk to Neurotoxicants 1:30 PM–3:15 PM Toxicology Poster Groups Attend Afternoon Annual Meeting Sessions 3:15 PM Toxicology Poster Group Leaders escort their groups to CC Room 324 3:30 PM–4:25 PM Science of Leadership, Growth, and Development Postdoc to Provost: Managing Phase Transitions CC Hall A William L Murphy, MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Aaron B Bowman, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Martin A Philbert, PhD, ATS, FRSC University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 3:30 PM–4:25 PM Host Mentor and Peer Mentor Meeting 4:30 PM–5:50 PM Models and Strategies for Building Diversity and Inclusion in Toxicology Chairs: Christine Perdan Curran, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY; and José E Manautou, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT SOT’s Diverse Efforts to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in Toxicology Education and Training José E Manautou, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT NIH’s Scientific Approach to Achieving Inclusive Excellence Hannah Valantine, NIH Scientific Workforce Diversity Office, Bethesda, MD The Meyerhoff Scholars Program: Successful Approaches for Promoting Inclusive Excellence in STEM Michael Summers, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD Reach Back as You Climb: A Personal Journey from Academia to a Career in Drug Development Elise Madison Lewis, Charles River Laboratories, Horsham, PA 6:00 PM–6:30 PM ROOM CC Hilton Baltimore Holiday CC Room 324 CC Room 347 Closing Celebration CC Room 316 CC Room 324 #2019SOT #toxexpo #2019SOT #toxexpo #2019SOT #toxexpo Society of Toxicology Undergraduate Diversity Program An important priority of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) is to promote the recruitment and development of a diverse and creative community of toxicologists One way that is achieved is by introducing promising undergraduate students to the discipline of toxicology, especially students from groups that are underrepresented in the sciences The SOT Undergraduate Diversity Program began with 10 students and two advisors from local institutions at the 1989 SOT Annual Meeting in Atlanta A reflection on the 30th anniversary of the program is provided in this Communiqué blog To date, this hugely successful program has hosted Fun meets facts as the students learn about more than 1,000 students from diverse backgrounds the Poison Squad and the early days of the US and over 160 advisors These participants represent FDA during the program opening ice-breaker more than 340 institutions from around the United States This year, 37 students and three advisors received SOT travel support In addition, all undergraduates registered for the Annual Meeting can register to participate in the Sunday Undergraduate Education Program Successes to date mark outstanding progress towards the goal of encouraging students to pursue advanced degrees in the biomedical sciences, especially toxicology The Committee on Diversity Initiatives (CDI) Reunion on Saturday night is an opportunity for all those who have been involved with the Program through the years to greet each other and meet the current year participants Program participants establish networks to provide input as they develop career plans Members of the CDI organize this program, including special toxicology lectures, mentoring, discussions about applying for and succeeding in graduate school, and poster presentations, among other activities More than 80 volunteers serve during each year as speakers, host and peer mentors, and in other roles Special recognition is also extended to those who have procured NIH funding and corporate sponsorship to supplement the support from the Society of Toxicology We are incredibly grateful to over 300 toxicologists as “Friends of CDI” for their contributions to this program The SOT web feature “Eye on CDI” provides vignettes from Program participants who have pursued careers in science; a recent Communiqué blog provides a person perspective of the program impact Program alumni report that the Undergraduate Diversity Program provides important insight to assist with their career planning Students also make contacts which lead to summer research opportunities Success of the Program also is indicated by the number of Program alumni who have assumed leadership roles in the Society of Toxicology and in the scientific community Many speakers and mentors are past program participants The SOT Undergraduate Diversity Program has been a high impact activity for SOT in to promoting the recruitment and development of a diverse and creative community of toxicologists 10 #2019SOT #toxexpo Committee on Diversity Initiatives 2018–2019 Irene M Abraham CHAIR James P Luyendyk CO-CHAIR Pedro L Del Valle Jason R Richardson Frederic J Moulin Christopher W Stewart Monicah A Otieno Hong Wang Ericka L Reid Samantha J Snow Barbara L F Kaplan POSTDOCTORAL REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL CONTACT Catheryne L Chiang Anne H Chapelle GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL CONTACT Angela Slitt EDUCATION COMMITTEE LIAISON Applications for the Undergraduate Diversity Program, Perry J Gehring Diversity Student Travel Award, and Pfizer SOT Undergraduate Travel Awards for the 2020 Annual Meeting will be due October 18, 2019