OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
2 PM – 2:50 PM Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic “Engineering human tissues for regenerative medicine and modeling of diseases”
World-wide leader in tissue bioengineering, University professor, Mikati foundation professor, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and co-founder of the innovative tissue engineering start-ups EpiBone, TARA biosystems and MatriTek. You can learn about her research in NYT, Eurekalert, Youtube, but more importantly, at our conference!
3 PM – 3:45 PM Ting Shih “Future of Healthcare: Humans & Machines”
CEO and founder of ClickMedix, a healthcare low-cost medical device company, developing mobile softwares for medical diagnostics (e.g. EKGs and OBGYN screenings on phones). Their work brings medical care to remote underserved regions in developing countries, including Botswana, Ghana, India. For her innovative approach Ting was awarded the Toyota price mother of inventions and the Cartier’s women initiative award.
3:45 PM – 4 PM Coffee break
4 PM – 4:50 PM Dr. Jedd Wolchok, “Immunologic Checkpoint Blockade: Exploring Combinations and Mechanism”
Chair in Clinical Investigation, Chief of the Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He has helped establish MSK as a leader in the discovery and treatment of cancers with novel immunotherapies. His work has been covered by NYT, come and learn more about his recent findings at his talk!
5 PM – 5:50 PM Dr. Laxmi Parida “The Here and Now of Genomic Medicine”
Head of the Precision Medicine Genomics Group at IBM Watson, a visiting professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU. Her group focuses on personalized cancer medicine, topology, pattern analysis, and population genomics of plants. You can watch her Ted talk here.
The conference is followed by a reception. If you want to attend, please RSVP.
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