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March 28, 2016 March 29, 2016 March 31, 2016 April 1, 2016

Michigan University of Michigan – March 28, 2016 (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union)

Start

Duration

Activity

08:00

01:00

Welcome Breakfast

09:00

01:00

1. Opening Session

Chair: Michele Heisler (UM – Medical School)

09:00

00:15

Welcome from UM

James Holloway (Vice-Provost, UM Global and Engaged Education)
Alexandra Minna Stern (Director, UM Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Brazil Initiative)
Joseph Kolars (Director, Global REACH / UM – Medical School)
Pauline Jones Luong (Director, UM International Institute)

09:15

00:45

Opening Speech

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP Scientific Director)
Science and Technology in São Paulo, Brazil PDF

10:00

00:30

Coffee Break

10:30

01:40

2. Environment, Governance and Sustainability

Chair: Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini (CEMADEN)

10:30

00:20

Maria Carmen Lemos (UM – School of Natural Resources & Environment)

Gabriela Marques di Giulio (University of São Paulo – Public Health)

Climate Change, Risks, and Adaptation: Handling the Challenges
at the Local Level
PDF

10:50

00:20

Victor Li (UM – Materials Science and Engineering)

Holmer Savastano Junior (University of São Paulo – Animal Science and Food Engineering)

Infrastructure Sustainability  PDF

11:10

00:20

Noah Webster (UM – Institute for Social Research)

Robert W. Marans (UM – Architecture and Urban Planning)

U-M’s Sustainable Cultural Indicators Program: An Overview
and Future Directions
 PDF

11:30

00:20

Tadeu Malheiros (University of São Paulo – Engineering) Sustainability Assessment – Pushing Universities to Play Their Role PDF

11:50

00:20

Q+A

12:10

01:00

Lunch on site – Catered by Michigan Union (for lunch pre-registrants only)

13:10

02:00

3. Genetics and Genomics: Identifying Disease Causing Genes

Chair: Sally Camper (UM – Medical School)

13:10

00:20

Antonio Marcondes Lerario (UM – Medical School)

Collaborative studies on the Genomics of Adrenocortical Cancer PDF

13:30

00:20

Brian Byrd (UM – Medical School)

Treatment-Resistant Hypertension: Challenges, and Opportunities for Personalized Medicine PDF

13:50

00:20

Alexandre da Costa Pereira (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Genetic Mapping of Complex Phenotypes in the Brazilian Population PDF

14:10

00:20

Gisele Wally Braga Colleoni (Federal University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Cellular and Molecular Markers in the Development and Prognosis of Lymphoproliferative Disorders PDF

14:30

00:20

Nils Walter (UM – Chemistry)

Single Molecule Microscopy Dissects and Detects Non-Coding RNA PDF

14:50

00:20

Q+A

15:10

00:20

Coffee Break

15:30

02:10

4. Human Health

Chair: Marcos Montagnini (UM – Medical School)

15:30

00:20

Michele Heisler (UM – Medical School)

Alexandra Brentani (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Child Development in Poor Urban Settings

15:50

00:20

Henry Paulson (UM – Medical School)

Partnering to Find Cures for Ataxia

16:10

00:20

Iscia Teresinha Lopes-Cendes (University of Campinas – Medical Sciences)

The Brazilian Initiative on Precision Medicine (BIPMed) PDF

16:30

00:20

Denise Tate (UM – Medical School)

Common Data in Spinal Cord Injury: Finding Ways to Collaborate Across Borders

16:50

00:20

Linamara Battistella (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Advances in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Research PDF

Julia M. D. Greve (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Driver evaluation model of people with special needs: elder and SCI PDF

17:10

00:20

Q+A

17:30 – 20:00

Dinner at the Michigan Union (Pendleton Room) – Hosted by the BI/LACS (for dinner pre-registrants only)

Michigan University of Michigan – March 29, 2016 (Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union) Back

Start

Duration

Activity

08:00

01:00

Breakfast

09:00

01:40

5. Engineering and Technology

Chair: Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa (University of Campina – Civil Engineering)

09:00

00:20

Jon Lee (UM – Industrial and Operations Engineering)

Nonconvex Optimization PDF

09:20

00:20

Daniel Inman (UM – Aerospace Engineering)

Avian Inspired Morphing Aircraft PDF

09:40

00:20

João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo (Institute of Aeronautics and Space – Aerospace Engineering)

Computational Aerodynamics Applications in Aerospace Engineering) PDF

10:00

00:20

Edson Cocchieri Botelho (São Paulo State University – Aerospace Engineering)

Advances in Thermoplastic Composite Materials Used in Aerospace Applications PDF

10:20

00:20

Carlos E. S. Cesnik (UM – Aerospace Engineering)

Aeroelastic Challenges in Very Flexible Aircraft PDF

10:40

00:30

Q+A

11:10

00:20

Coffee Break

11:30

01:00

6. U.S.-Brazil Relations and Policies (round table)

Chair: Lenny A. Ureña Valerio (Academic Program Manager, UM Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies)
Paulo Sotero (Brazil Institute at Wilson Center)
Melvyn Levitsky (UM – Ford School of Public Policy)
Q+A

12:30

01:00

Lunch on site – Catered by Michigan Union (for lunch pre-registrants only)

13:30

02:00

7. Issues in Law and Social Justice – Slavery and Human Trafficking, Genetics and Human Rights (round table)

Chair: Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof (UM – History)
Paulina Alberto (UM – History)
Sueann Caulfield (UM – History)
Sidney Chalhoub (University of Campinas – History)
Rebecca Scott (UM – History)
Jean Hébrard (UM – History)
Eduarda La Rocque (UM guest speaker)
Q+A

15:30

00:15

Coffee Break

15:45

01:15

8. Closing Session: Funding Collaboration and Next Steps (round table)

Chair: Alexandra Minna Stern (Director, UM Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Brazil Initiative)
Maria Carmen Lemos (UM – School of Natural Resources & Environment)
Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck (University of São Paulo – Chemistry)
Timothy Robert B. Johnson (UM – Medical School)
Marcelo Knobel (Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory and University of Campinas – Physics)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP Scientific Director)
Q&A

Ohio Ohio State University – March 31, 2016  (The Ohio State University Faculty Club) Back

Start

Duration

Activity

08:00

01:00

Opening Breakfast

09:00

01:30

1. Opening Session

Chair: Caroline Whitacre (Vice President for Research – OSU)

09:00

00:45

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP Scientific Director)

Science and Technology in Sao Paulo, Brazil PDF

09:45

00:45

Caroline Whitacre (Vice President for Research – OSU)

OSU-FAPESP Grant Program: How it came about

10:30

00:30

Coffee Break

11:00

01:45

2. Decision Making and Decision Sciences

Chair: Amanda Robinson (OSU)
11:00 00:20 Amanda Robinson (OSU)

Who’s Targeted for Corruption? The Effects of Political Connections, Socioeconomic Status, and Coethnicity on Exposure to Corruption PDF
11:20 00:20 Katie Coffman (OSU)

Gender, Assertiveness, and Economic Decisions PDF
11:40 00:20 Jose Antonio Marengo Orsini (CEMADEN)

The METROPOLE Project: An Integrated Framework to Analyze Local Decision Making and Adaption to Sea-Level Rise in Santos, São Paulo-Brazil PDF
12:00 00:20 Gabriela Marques di Giulio (University of São Paulo – Public Health)

Making Science more Useful to Decision-making in Risk Situations PDF
12:20 00:20 Lucas Coffman (OSU)

Decision Making in Schooling for Brazilian Children PDF
12:40 00:10 Q+A

02:00

01:20

3. Agriculture and Water

Chair: (OSU)
02:00 00:20 Linda Weavers (OSU)

Developing Ultrasound as a Technology for Pollution Control PDF
02:20 00:20 Scott Shearer (OSU)

Precision Agriculture
02:40 00:20 Tadeu F. Malheiros (University of São Paulo – Engineering)

Sustainability Assessment – Pushing Universities to Play their Role PDF
03:00 00:20 Paulo Sergio Franco Barbosa (University of Campinas – Civil Engineering)

Water and Energy Supply: Research Challenges to Address Natural Variability, Growing Demand and Sustainability PDF
03:20 00:20 Q+A

03:40

00:20

Break

04:00

01:20

4. Bioinformatics and Data Analytics

Chair: Raghu Machiraju (OSU)
04:00 00:20 Srinivasan Parthasarathy (OSU)

Data Visualization
04:20 00:20 Alvaro Montenegro (OSU)

Systems Modeling of Geospatial Information PDF
04:40 00:20 David Correa Martins Jr. (Federal University of ABC – Computer Science)

Gene Interaction Networks Inference and Search for Complex Disease Biomarkers by Complex Networks Analysis and Data Integration PDF
05:00 00:20 João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo (Institute of Aeronautics and Space – Aerospace Engineering)

Extracting Relevant Flowfield Information from Large Unsteady Datasets PDF
05:20 00:20 Q+A

Ohio Ohio State University – April 1, 2016  (The Ohio State University Faculty Club) Back

Start

Duration

Activity

08:00

01:00

Breakfast

09:00

02:00

5. Materials and Manufacturing

Chair: Edson Cocchieri Botelho (São Paulo State University – Aerospace Engineering)
09:00 00:20 Chris Hammel (Center for Emergent Materials – OSU)

Pure Spin Transport in Diverse Materials Systems
09:20 00:20 Carlos Castro (OSU)

Encoding mechanical function in DNA sequences
09:40 00:20 Roberto Gomes de Souza Berlinck (University of São Paulo – Chemistry)

Discovery and Development of Bioactive Natural Products
10:00 00:20 Marcelo Knobel (Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory and University of Campinas – Physics)

Advances in Nanomagnetism PDF
10:20 00:20 Holmer Savastano Junior (University of São Paulo)

Non-conventional and Sustainable Inorganic-bonded Fiber Composites PDF
10:40 00:20 Q+A

11:00

00:15

Break

11:15

01:30

6. Brazil, Latin America, and the U.S. (round table)

Chair: Sarah Brooks (OSU)
Sarah Brooks (OSU)
Marcus Kurtz (OSU)
Paulo Sotero (Brazil Institute at Wilson Center)

01:30

02:00

7. Medicine and Health

Chair: Alexandra Brentani (University of São Paulo – Medicine)
01:30 00:20 David Symer (OSU) Molecular Genetics and Cancer
01:50 00:20 Sudha Agarwal (OSU) Collaborations with Brazil
02:10 00:20 Marta Imamura (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

New trends in Rehabilitation – Patient profiling as pain biomakers PDF
02:30 00:20 Linamara Battistella (University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Advances in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Research PDF
02:50 00:20 Gisele Wally Braga Colleoni (Federal University of São Paulo – Medicine)

Cellular and Molecular Markers in the Development and Prognosis of Lymphoproliferative Disorders PDF
03:10 00:20 Q+A

03:30

00:15

Break

03:45

01:00

8. Panel Discussion: Funding Research and Innovation (round table)

Chair: Caroline Whitacre (Vice President for Research – OSU)
Mike Boehm (Vice Provost for Academic and Strategic Planning – OSU)
Dan Kramer (Industry Liaison Office – OSU)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP Scientific Director)
Discussion

04:45

00:10

9. Closing Session
Caroline Whitacre (Vice President for Research – OSU)
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz (FAPESP Scientific Director)