Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, and a poster session, our symposium will highlight how community partnerships, health equity, genomics, and biomarker research can translate scientific discoveries into real-world solutions.
Talk titles will be updated as they are finalized.
Day 1: Community Engagements, Precision Medicine and Real-World Implementation
Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
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7:45 – 8:30 AM | Check-In and Breakfast | |
8:30 – 8:40 AM | Welcome | Dongming Cai, MD, PhD |
8:40-8:50 AM | Opening Remarks | Carol Bradford, MD, MS, FACS |
8:50 – 9:30 AM | Keynote Address #1 | Joy Balls-Berry, PhD
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9:30 – 10:10 AM | Keynote Address #2 | Joseph Yracheta, MS |
10:10 – 10:25 AM | Break | |
10:25 – 11:05 AM | Keynote Address #3 | Lindsay Clark, PhD, MS |
11:05 AM – 12:05 PM | Panel Discussion #1: Building Academia-Community Partnerships | Panelists: Joseph Yracheta, MS, PhD Candidate; David Wilson, PhD; Kristin Jacklin, PhD, Joyce (Joy) Balls-Berry, PhD, Lindsay Clark, MS, PhD Moderators: Carey Gleason, PhD and Will Mantyh, MD |
12:05 – 1:30PM | Lunch & Poster Session | |
1:30 – 2:10 PM | Keynote Address #3 | Li-San Wang, PhD |
2:10 – 2:50 PM | Keynote Address #4 | Michael Greicius, MD, PhD |
2:50 – 3:05 PM | Break | |
3:05 – 4:05 PM | Panel Discussion #2: Community-Driven Pathways to Discovery, Clinical Translation, and Real-World Impact | Panelists: Joy Balls-Berry, PhD; PhD, Lindsay Clark, MS, PhD; Joel Steele MA, PhD; Tiffany Hensley-McBain, PhD Moderators: Joseph Gaugler, PhD MS and Savana Naini, PsyD, LP |
Day 2: Biomarkers, Discovery Science and Translational Innovation
Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
7:45 – 8:30 AM | Check-In and Breakfast | |
8:30 – 8:40 AM | Welcome and Day 2 Overview | Dongming Cai, MD, PhD |
8:40 – 9:30 AM | Keynote Address #6 | Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD |
9:30 – 10:20 AM | Keynote Address #7 | Thomas Karikari, PhD |
10:20 – 10:35 AM | Break | |
10:35 – 11:15 AM | Keynote Address #8 | Jerome Mertens, PhD |
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | Panel Discussion #3 Connecting Communities and Science: Translating Discovery Science from Communities into Therapeutic Targets and Interventions
| Panelists: Henrik Zetterberg,MD, PhD; Thomas K Karikari, PhD; Jerome Mertens, PhD, Li-San Wang, PhD and Michael Greicius, MD, PhD, Dave Wilson, PhD Moderators: Brendan Lucey, MD, PhD and Shauna Yuan, MD |
12:15 – 12:30 PM | Closing Remarks | Dongming Cai, MD, PhD |
12:30 – 1:30 PM | Lunch & Poster Session |