The Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology (PCEN) invites you to their annual Scientific Symposium. This meeting will be an opportunity for you to hear about resources you can access from the PCENs, updates on PCEN science, collaborative opportunities with PCEN researchers, mentorship and funding opportunities, and a hands-on workshop on cutting-edge technologies to advance your research.

Agenda:

• Keynote Speakers: Dr. Rulan Parekh and Dr. Samir El-Dahr will join in person for presentations and Q&A. Keynotes will be available for virtual attendees.
• Posters: Share your research at a national event. PCEN is issuing a call for posters that is open to everyone. There are no eligibility requirements. Please see below for submittal instructions.
• Pre-Symposium Trainee Session with NIDDK: Starting at 8am, trainees and early-career investigators are welcome to join our program counterparts at NIDDK to discuss funding frameworks for this career stage.
• Lunchtime Workshops: There will be two workshops during the lunch hour. Introduction and Analysis of Spatial Transcriptomics with Drs. Sanjay Jain, Katalin Susztak, Michael Eadon, Jason Smith, and Silvia Medrano and Modern Methods for Real-World Comparative Effectiveness Research with Drs. Michelle Denburg, Hanieh Razzaghi, and Jarcy Zee. Join one to get some hands-on experience!
• Working Groups: In-person attendees will have the opportunity to split into groups and share their perspectives on gaps and opportunities in research for early career investigators.
• Participate and contribute ideas to identifying and solving gaps in pediatric kidney disease research.

This event will take place in-person and virtually. Some of the activities will be in a hybrid format.

For those attending in person:

Hotel block available at Embassy Suites by Hilton Bethesda, 6711 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817. There will be a shuttle provided by the hotel to take you to and from the NIH Symposium location. Please use the PCEN link to reserve in our block for Symposium pricing. Dates will default to March 5–6, but can be adjusted. Reservations for the PCEN block must be made by Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Poster Submittal Instructions:

A new element for this year’s Symposium is the poster session. In addition to the keynotes and other presentations highlighting Center resources, your research will be featured. Please note that there are opportunities to join the symposium virtually, but the poster session will be available for those joining in-person only.

Information collected for poster submittals through this REDCAP survey includes:

• Name, email, institution, etc.
• Project Abstract (including title, co-authors, background, objectives, design/methods, results, and conclusions)
• A description of your research interests
• Your interest in travel support

All posters and requests for travel support must be submitted by Friday, January 10, 2025, by 5 p.m. (EST). 

For more information, please see the Symposium webpage.

Questions? 

Please email pcen@wustl.edu.

The Pediatric Centers of Excellence in Nephrology are funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) P50DK096373 (UVA), P50DK114786 (CHOP), and P50DK133943 (St. Louis).