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Next Council Meeting: August 7-8, 2025 (Location TBD)

2025 Emory Down Syndrome Research Symposium

Date
03.08.2025 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Url
med.emory.edu/departments/human-genetics/research/down-syndrome/2025_conference.html

Description

Sponsored by the Down Syndrome Center at Emory University 

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025

Location: Emory Conference Center, 1615 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30329

Target Audience: Parents, Caregivers, and Self Advocates. Students and Professionals are welcome as well.

Agenda:

8:00am Registration and Breakfast – Exhibitors/Researchers at Tables
8:30am Keynote Speaker – "Dreams Do Come True" -- DS Self-Advocate Taylor Freeman and mom, Ayoca Freeman
9:00am Recent Research Advances and New Clinical Trials Benefiting Individuals with DS – Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome, University of Colorado School of Medicine
9:45am Break/Exhibits
10:15am Unlocking Better Sleep for Individuals with Down Syndrome– Ignacio Tapia, MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
11:00am Emory Down Syndrome Clinic – Amy Talboy, MD, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrician and Medical Director, Down Syndrome Clinic, Emory University
11:15am The NIH INCLUDE Project - Melissa Parisi, MD, PhD, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
11:30am Lunch
12:30pm Potty Training for Kids with DS: Lose the Diapers, Not Your Patience  - Lina Patel, PsyD, University of Colorado School of Medicine
1:15pm Aging Well with Down Syndrome, Navigating the Future – Seth Keller, MD, Neurology Associates of South Jersey, Co-President of the National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices
2:00pm Break/Exhibits
2:30pm Adult Disability Medical Healthcare - Andrea S. Videlefsky, MD, Medical and Research Director, Adult Disability Medical Healthcare
2:45pm Mental Health Symptoms in Adolescents and Young Adults with DS: Findings from the LEAF Study – Ruth Brown, PhD, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics and Virginia Commonwealth University
3:30pm Early Intervention and Development in Infants with DS – Jianhua Wu, PhD, MS, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University
4:15pm
Trisomy 21 and Your Heart -- Richard Urbano Garcia Soriano, MD, Pediatric Cardiologist, Sibley Heart Center, Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
5:00pm Adjourn and Exhibits

For more information, visit the Emory University School of Medicine website. 

 

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