Growth Development & Aging
Dear Member of the Growth, Development & Aging Section and interested others:
We thank you for attending the 41st annual DDW® in New Orleans, LA as it was scientifically relevant and exciting! If you have specific feedback regarding speakers sponsored by Growth, Development & Aging (GDA) Section at DDW, please share your thoughts with us. We will do our best to consider your comments and concerns as we plan our program for next year's DDW in Chicago.
One of our section's abstracts, "Characterization of Slowly Cycling Telomerase-Expressing Intestinal Stem Cells" was accepted for presentation at the successful AGA Institute Basic Science Plenary.
The GDA section accepted the majority of the abstracts that were submitted. The accepted abstracts were designated as oral or poster presentations and of distinction based on their ranking by our dedicated abstract reviewers.
| GDA Abstract Selection | 2010 |
| Total Abstracts submitted | 119 |
| Accepted Abstracts | 104 |
| Oral Presentations | 34 |
| Posters | 70 |
| Posters of Distinction | 10 |
GDA sponsored Clinical, Translation, and Research Symposia, and abstract based Research and Topic Fora, as well as two State of the Art Lectures.
| Session Type | Session Title | Speaker(s) | Date | Time |
| Meet-the-Professor | The Adolescent with NAFLD: What Can You Do About It? | Miriam Vos | 5/5/2010 | 12:30pm - 1:45pm |
| Meet-the-Professor | How to Approach the Child with EoE: Are We Reaching Consensus? | Scott Pentiuk, Chris A. Liacouras, Chris A. Liacouras | 5/3/2010 | 12:30pm - 1:45pm |
| Focused Clinical Update | Pediatric Functional and Motility Disorders | Manu R. Sood | 5/2/2010 | 6:45am - 8:00am |
| Focused Clinical Update | Pediatric IBD | Subra Kugathasan | 5/3/2010 | 6:45am - 8:00am |
| GDA Sessions | ||
| Sunday, May 2, 2010 | Attendance | |
| Topic Forum: Pediatric Gastroenterology: IBD and Inflammation | 10:30am-12:00pm | 150 |
| Research Symposium: Novel Culture Systems for Characterization of Intestinal Stem Cells and ENS Progenitors | 2:15pm-3:45pm | 70 |
| Monday, May 3, 2010 | ||
| State of the Art Lecture: Tumor Suppressor Mechanisms in Immune Aging | 2:15pm-3:45pm | 150 |
| State of the Art Lecture: Emerging Role of Cilia in Development and Disease | 4:00pm-5:30pm | 25 |
| Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Pediatric Gastroenterology: Clinical and Translational | 4:00pm-5:30pm | Unknown |
| Tuesday, May 4, 2010 | ||
| Clinical Symposium: Fundoplication in Children | 8:30am-10:00am | 150 |
| Research Forum: Mucosal Growth, Proliferation and Apoptosis | 2:15pm-3:45pm | 150 |
| Cross-Sectional Topic Forum:Pediatric Gastroenterology: Functional and Motility Disorders | 2:15pm-3:45pm | 50 |
| Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Stem Cell Biology | 2:15pm-3:45pm | 130 |
| Clinical Symposium: IBD in the Pediatric Population | 4:00pm-5:30pm | 190 |
| Research Forum: Development and Differentiation In the Gastrointestinal Tract | 4:00pm-5:30pm | 50 |
| Growth, Development & Aging Section Business Meeting | 5:30pm-6:30pm | unknown |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | ||
| Research Forum: Aging: Physiology and Geriatric Gastroenterology | 8:30am-10:00am | 20 |
Each June, GDA section descriptors are reviewed to optimize scientific relevance and minimize overlapping topics with other AGA Institute Sections and to encourage both clinical research and basic science abstract submissions. The current list of abstract descriptors is as follows. (GDA descriptors may change as we go forward to DDW 2011.) We would like to thank our abstract review Committee Chairs and members for generously sharing their expertise and time in order to ensure that the most novel and relevant developments in Growth, Development & Aging were shared at DDW.
| Descriptor Name | Abstracts Received | Abstract Review Chair | Associate Chair | Abstract Reviewers |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Growth and Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract | 22 | David A. Rudnick | Noah Shroyer, Kathleen Loomes | |
| Mucosal Growth Factors and Receptors, Intestinal Proliferation, Cell Cycle Regulation and Apoptosis | 15 | Angela Tyner | Jean-Francois Beaulieu, Tien Ko, Nanda Nanthakumar | |
| Clinical Pediatric Gastroenterology Other | 14 | Joel Rosh | Wallace Crandall, Maria Oliva-Hemker, Claire Wilson | |
| Aging: Effects on GI Function and Physiology | 8 | Karen Hall | John Morley, Deborah Proctor | |
| Geriatrics: Clinical Gastroenterology of the Elderly | 7 | Karen Hall | Suzanne Rose, Deborah Proctor | |
| Pediatric IBD: Clinical and Translational Studies (Cross-section descriptor) | 14 | Francisco Sylvester | Subra Kugathasan, Sandra Kim, Joel Rosh | |
| Pediatric Functional and Motility Disorders (Cross-section descriptor) | 18 | Paul Hyman | Manu Sood, Miguel Saps, Hayat Mousa | |
| Epidemiology (Cross-section descriptor) | 5 | Douglas Robertson | Sapna Syngal, Ron Koretz, Jason Dominitz, John Inadomi | |
| Dysmotility and other Non-Reflux Esophageal Disorders (Cross-section descriptor) | 2 | Daniel Sifrim | Ikuo Hirano | Benson Massey, Chandra Prakash Gyawali |
| Stem Cell Biology (Cross-section descriptor) | 10 | Michael Choi | Steve Cohn, Bart Rountree, Tim Wang, Courtney Houchen | |
| Genetics and Intestinal Disorders (Cross-section descriptor) | 3 | William Grady | Rhonda Souza, Shanthi Sitaraman | |
| Gastric Neoplasms: Precursors, Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy (Cross-section descriptor) | 1 | Juanita Merchant | Sheila Crowe, John Kao |
Section leaders will review committee membership this summer for abstract review committees to confirm the final composition for DDW 2010 committees.
GDA section members interested in serving in this capacity are encouraged to contact us and volunteer to review abstracts.
Please submit your invaluable ideas about the topics and invited speakers that you would like to hear at next year's DDW. The more specific you can be, the better (title, individual talks, speakers, learning objectives). Please forward your suggestions to John Whiton, AGA Institute by July 6, 2010.
Members interested in participating in the various activities of the Section should contact us at the addresses below. We are particularly interested in increasing participation by junior investigators/clinicians and international members at this time.
If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for any of our abstract descriptors, please let us know. Please cite the abstract descriptor for which you would be interested in reviewing. Please recommend any new descriptors for abstracts.
Thank you for your continuing strong support of the Growth, Development & Aging Section.
Sincerely,
Eric Sibley, MD, PhD
Chair, GDA Section, AGA Institute Council
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD
Vice-Chair, GDA Section, AGA Institute Council
View the minutes from the Growth, Development & Aging Section Business Meeting
