Remembering Polio | University of Pittsburgh

A Scientific Symposium Commemorating
the 50th Anniversary of the Development of
the Polio Vaccine

April 11 and 12, 2005
Alumni Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Following is a schedule for the two-day symposium.

*Indicates sponsorship by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences.

7:30 a.m.		Registration and continental breakfast
*9:00 a.m.		Welcoming remarks Mark A. Nordenberg, J.D. Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh Arthur S. Levine, M.D. Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences and Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
*9:30 a.m.		Keynote lecture Julius S. Youngner, Sc.D. Conquering Polio: A View from the Inside
10:30 a.m.		Refreshment break
*11:00 a.m.		Charles R. Rinaldo Jr., Ph.D. Pitt’s First Salvo in the War on Polio: The Hammon Gamma Globulin Field Trials, 1951–53
12:00 p.m.		Lunch and book signing by David M. Oshinsky, Ph.D., author of Polio: An American Story
*1:30 p.m.		Paul A. Offit, M.D. The Cutter Incident: Lessons from the Past
*2:15 p.m.		Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D. Polio as Prologue to Vaccines of the Future: Lessons for an AIDS Vaccine
3:00 p.m.		Refreshment break
*3:30 p.m.		John B. Robbins, M.D. A Legacy of the “Salk Polio Vaccine”: How Vaccines Exert Their Action
*4:15 p.m.		Matthias Gromeier, M.D. Exploiting Poliovirus for the Treatment of Cerebral Malignancy
5:00 p.m.		Reception Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 3rd Floor Special Exhibit: Sebastião Salgado The End of Polio: A Global Effort to End a Disease

8:00 a.m.		Registration and continental breakfast
*9:00 a.m.		Welcoming remarks James V. Maher, Ph.D. Senior Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of Pittsburgh Bernard D. Goldstein, M.D. Dean, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
*9:15 a.m.		Keynote lecture David L. Heymann, M.D. Eradicating Polio—The Politics of a Global Public Health Initiative
*10:00 a.m.		A Moment of Remembrance Re-enactment of the April 12, 1955, announcement that the polio vaccine was ready for widespread use (with John Troan, former reporter and editor for The Pittsburgh Press).
10:30 a.m.		Refreshment break
*10:45 a.m.		Peter L. Salk, M.D. Memoirs of My Father: Personal Reflections on Jonas Salk
*11:30 a.m.		Panel presentation Fighting Polio One Child at a Time Robert A. Keegan The Logistics of Global Polio Eradication Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D. Polio Eradication in an Era of Distrust: Social Dimensions of Vaccination Campaigns Louis Piconi Person-to-Person: The Role of Volunteer Organizations in the Polio Eradication Effort
12:30 p.m.		Lunch
*1:30 p.m.		William Gruber, M.D. The Pharmaceutical Industry's Perspective on Vaccine Development: From Polio to Bioterrorism
*2:15 p.m.		Tara O’Toole, M.D., M.P.H. Disease as a Weapon: A New Challenge for the 21st Century
3:00 p.m.		Refreshment break
3:30 p.m.		Dedication of historical marker honoring the Salk team
5:00 p.m.		Adjournment