After nearly 12 months of intense work, monthly teleconference meetings and hundreds of emails sent back and forth across the country, team members on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant (1U19AI113048-01), were able to gather in person for the first time to discuss progress on this groundbreaking research project.

Hosted by Principal Investigator, Dr. Marc Baum, president of the Oak Crest Institute of Science, the first IPCP (Integrated Preclinical/Clinical Program) Annual Meeting was held July 15-17, 2015, in Pasadena, CA. The meeting brought together key personnel, Project and Core Leaders, and other stakeholders to review Year 1 activities on the grant project and to discuss activities to meet Year 2 specific aims.