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2007 ICHTS Translational Research Symposium
on
New Directions for Research and Clinical Practice for Osteoporosis and Fracture Repair
October 16, 2007
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| Date: |
October 16, 2007 (Tuesday) |
| Venue: |
Orthopaedic Learning Centre,
1/F., Li Ka Shing Specialist Clinics,
North Wing
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Shatin, Hong Kong
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| Organizer: |
- International Chinese Hard Tissues Society
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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| Overseas Speaker: |
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Agnes VIGNERY (MD)
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
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JF James GRIFFITH (MD)
Professor of Department of Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Webster JEE (PhD)
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dept of Radiology, Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake, USA
- David KE (MD, PhD): Scientific Executive Director, Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA |
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KS LEUNG (MD)
Professor and Head of Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Ling QIN (PhD)
Professor and Director of Research, Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Yi-Xian QIN (PhD)
Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Stony Brook University, New York, USA |
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Lawrence G RAISZ (MD)
Board Trustees Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Associate Director of the Musculoskeletal Institute, Director of the UConn Center for Osteoporosis, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave. MC5456 Farmington, CT, USA |
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| Program: |
( Download and print the programme in PDF format:  ) |
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
08:30 - 08:50 |
Registration |
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08:50 - 09:00 |
Introduction |
L Qin / YX Qin |
09:00 - 09:40 |
Opening talk
An improved Classification of Anti-osteoporotic Drugs: A Primer in the Modification of Bone Mass and Strength |
Webster JEE |
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Regulation of Sclerostin on Bone Formation |
David KE |
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Tea break |
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Targeted Formation of New Bone in vivo: the Bone Bioreactor |
Agnes VIGNERY |
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"The Role of Mechanobiology in Osteogenesis and Osteoporosis" |
Yi-Xian QIN |
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Laboratory Visit |
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Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:45 |
Assessment of Bone Quality in vivo and in vitro |
Ling QIN |
14:45 - 15:30 |
Marrow Fat and Osteoporosis |
JF GRIFFITH |
15:30 - 15:50 |
Tea break |
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15:50 - 16:35 |
"Biophysical Intervention in management of Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fractures" |
KS LEUNG |
16:35 - 17:20 |
"Clinical Management of Osteoporosis in 2007" |
Lawrence RAISZ |
(15 mins Q & A included for each topic) |
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Deadline of Registration
Free (Based on first-come-first-serve for the first 80 persons)
Application Form
Click here to download the Application Form
Poster
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Enquiry
| Telephone |
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(852) 2632 3074 (Candy Chan) / (852) 2632 3483 (Margaret Lai) |
| Fax |
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(852) 2647 7432 |
| Email |
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olc@ort.cuhk.edu.hk |
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