5th Annual Robert J. Gorlin Symposium
Thursday, February 5, 2026
17:45 – 19:00 PST
The Annual Robert J. Gorlin Symposium is an exciting event designed to address some of the most challenging or controversial issues in lysosomal diseases.
Past topics have included:
- Precision Metrics for Cognition
- Precision Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Beyond the Blood Brain Barrier: Strategies for Treating the CNS
- And the dramatic and inspiring 2025 program: The Situation Room: Gene Therapy in the Real World
The focus in 2026 will be: Global Access to Newborn Screening: Is there life beyond RUSP?
Course Director:
Jeanine R. Jarnes, PharmD, MSc, BCOP, BCPS
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Medical School
Pharmacotherapy for Inherited Metabolic Diseases
Advanced Therapies Department
College of Pharmacy, Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Educational Support Opportunity! WORLDSymposium is seeking educational grant support, from one or more commercial organizations, for the 5th Annual Robert J. Gorlin Symposium. This 75-minute educational session will be on Thursday, February 5, from 17:45 – 19:00 PST as part of the 22nd Annual WORLDSymposium. In addition, the session will live-streamed to the Virtual Platform and will be recorded and offered as part of the On Demand program through March 13, 2026.
As a CE session, this symposium will follow all ACCME Guidelines and Standards for Integrity and Independence. If your organization is interested in providing educational grant support for this session, please contact Dawn Saterdalen at dawn.saterdalen@saterdalen.com.
About Robert James Gorlin, DDS, PhD
The Annual Robert J. Gorlin Symposium honors the work of Robert James Gorlin, DDS, PhD. Dr. Gorlin was a geneticist, maxillofacial pathologist, and academician at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Spanning over 50 years, his groundbreaking research in genetic disorders of the head and neck revolutionized the understanding of the morphology of lysosomal diseases and many other genetic disorders.
View previous Robert J. Gorlin Symposium agendas and speakers.