- November 14-15, 2018
- Venue: Quorum at the University City Science Center, Philadelphia

Participate
Scientists, clinicians, and patients all are invited to attend and participate. We are accepting scientific abstracts for 5-minute “quick talks”…
Program Schedule
Partial listing below. Visit Program Page for the full schedule.
- 8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
- 8:20 AM
Sarah Millar, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) – Wnt signaling in taste papilla development, stem cells, and regeneration
- 8:50 AM
Alan Cheng, M.D. (Stanford University) – Regeneration of sensory hair cells in the inner ear balance organs
- 9:20 AM
Natalia Vergara, Ph.D. (University of Colorado School of Medicine) – 3D retinal organoids: new frontiers for regenerative therapies in the eye
- 9:50 AM
Linda Barlow, Ph.D. (University of Colorado School of Medicine) – Taste cell renewal and cancer therapies
- 10:40 AM
Peihua Jiang, Ph.D. (Monell Chemical Senses Center) – Stem cells in the taste bud
- 11:10 AM
James Schwob, M.D., Ph.D. (Tufts University) – A potential strategy for fixing a broken nose
- 11:40 AM
Bradley Goldstein, M.D. (University of Miami) – Olfactory stem cells in the clinic
- 2:00 PM
Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D. (Harvard University) – Gene therapy in cochlea
- 2:30 PM
Shannon Boye, Ph.D. (University of Florida) – Gene therapies for GUYC2D-associated retinal disease
- 8:30 AM
Donald Leopold, M.D. (University of Vermont) – Smell disorders
- 9:00 AM
Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D. (University of Florida) – Taste disorders
- 9:30 AM
Richard Doty, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) – Clinical assessment of chemosensory disorders in the U.S.
- 10:20 AM
Thomas Hummel, M.D. (Dresden University) – Clinical assessment of chemosensory disorders in Germany
- 10:50 AM
Jay Pinto, M.D. (University of Chicago)– Epidemiological studies of chemosensory disorders
- 1:30 PM
Casey Trimmer, Ph.D. (Firmenich) – Summary of Day 1 for patients
- 2:00 PM
Chris Kelly (smelltraining.co.uk) – Building shared resources: Web resources for chemosensory loss
- 2:30 PM
Five-minute patient talks – Patients tell their story
- 3:30 PM
Edmund Pribitkin, M.D., M.B.A. (Thomas Jefferson University) – Navigating the U.S. health system
- NOVEMBER 15
Events below focus specifically on patients:
- 1:30 PM
Casey Trimmer, Ph.D. (Firmenich) – Summary of Day 1 for patients
- 2:00 PM
Chris Kelly (smelltraining.co.uk) – Building shared resources: Web resources for chemosensory loss
- 2:30 PM
Five-minute patient talks – Patients tell their story
- 3:30 PM
Edmund Pribitkin, M.D., M.B.A. (Thomas Jefferson University) – Navigating the U.S. health system