Indiana CTSI Retreat at Purdue University: “Engineering Giant Leaps in Medicine”

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Retreat will take place on Jan. 31 at Purdue’s Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering from 10 am to 5 pm. The theme for this year’s retreat is, “Engineering Giant Leaps in Medicine.”

You can watch the live stream from 10 am to 12 pm here.  

Registration for the retreat is now closed.

• 10:00 am – Welcome and New Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue – George Wodicka, PhD – Dane A. Miller Head of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
• 10:15 am – Greetings from Theresa Mayer, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue University
• 10:30 am – The Engineering-Medicine Partnership – Mark Lundstrom, PhD – Acting Dean of Engineering, Purdue University
• 10:45 am – Keynote Address: Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD – Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health
• 12:00 pm – Lunch and Thematic Poster Sessions – David Umulis, PhD, Associate Head for Research, Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
• 2:00 pm – Parallel Engineering Breakout Sessions
  • Wearable Technologies – Chi Hwan Lee, PhD – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; Shreyas Sen, PhD – Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Treatment – Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, PhD – Marta E. Gross Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Jackie Linnes, PhD – Marta E. Gross Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
  • Healthcare Data Connectivity – Eneida Mendonca, MD, PhD – Vice President for Research Development, Regenstrief Institute; Pavlos Vlachos, PhD – Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
  • Personalized Medicine and Precision Health – Sherry Harbin, PhD – Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University; Bryan Schneider, MD, Vera Bradley Professor of Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine
• 3:30 pm – Parallel Clinical Breakout Sessions
  • Pediatrics – Ben Gaston, MD – Vice Chair for Translational Research, Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine; Craig Goergen, PhD – Leslie A. Geddes Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
  • Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases – Sharon Moe, MD – Stuart A. Kleit Professor of Nephrology, Indiana University School of Medicine; Vitaliy Rayz, PhD – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
  • Oncology – Luis Solorio, PhD – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Michael Moore, MD – Arilla Spence DeVault Professor of Otolaryngology, Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Substance Use Disorder – Marianne S. Matthias, PhD – Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute; Kinam Park, PhD – Showalter Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmacy, Purdue University