History of the Meeting
History
The HDL Workshop was started in 2009 by Sean Davidson, Mary Sorci-Thomas and Jay Heinecke. The goal was to gather a small group of thought leaders to address specific controversies in HDL biology. For example, the first meeting was designed to hammer out differences between proponents of the double belt model for HDL's main protein vs. a double super-helix scheme. Originally intended to be held in off years between the biannual International HDL meetings, it became an annual workshop when the international meetings ceased. The meeting quickly grew in size and scope and now covers all aspects of HDL biology with an emphasis on dialog between basic researchers, trainees, clinical practitioners and pharmaceutical companies.
2009 Washington D.C., USA
Organizers: W. Sean Davidson, Jay Heinecke, Mary Sorci-Thomas
Previous Meetings and Organizers
2011 Chicago, IL, USA
Organizer: Mike Oda
2013 Orlando, FL, USA
Organizer: Alan Remaley
2014 Toronto, ON, Canada.
Organizer: Jonathan Smith
2015 San Francisco, CA, USA
Organizer: W. Sean Davidson
2016 Nashville, TN
Organizer: Tomas Vaisar
2017 Minneapolis, MN, USA
Organizer: Daisy Sahoo
2018 San Francisco CA, USA
Organizers: Catherine Martel, Frank Sacks
2019 Boston, MA, USA
Organizers: Catherine Martel, Annabelle Rodriqueze-Oquendo
2022 Seattle, WA, USA
Organizers: Annabelle Rodriqueze-Oquendo, Kasey Vickers
2023 Boston, MA, USA
Organizers: Anna Schwendeman, Anand Rohatgi
2024 Chicago, IL, USA
Organizers: Anna Schwendeman, Anand Rohatgi
No meetings held in 2020, 2021 due to COVID
2025 Baltimore, MD, USA
Organizers: Marit Westerterp, Scott Gordon