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  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Engaging and Empowering Diverse Populations in BME
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Moderator: John R. Clegg, Ph.D. – University of Oklahoma
    Moderator: Mykel D. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas, Austin
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    Engaging scientific diasporas in STEAM education: The case of Science Clubs Colombia.
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Team Science Clubs Colombia – Science Clubs Colombia
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    Exploring the Role of Women and Minority Biomedical Entrepreneurs as Suppliers to the U.S. Federal Government, 2001-2020: Progress, Barriers, and Implications for Social Transformation
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Olga Pierrakos, PhD (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University
    Primary Investigator: Amol M. Joshi, Ph.D. – Wake Forest University
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Making the Invisible Adorable - Using Crocheted Art, Bilingual Strategies, and Social Media to Communicate Science and Promote Diversity
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    Empowering Indigenous college students with Project based Learning.
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Nicholas M. Bittner – University of North Dakota
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Joint Academic Nurtureship for Underrepresented Students (JANUS): Tiered mentorship structure for Miami Dade County Foster Youth at the University of Miami
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ashutosh Agarwal, PhD – University of Miami
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Representation in BME Research and Data for Health Equity I
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Moderator: Patrick M. Boyle – University of Washington
    Moderator: Erica Pratt, PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    American Life in Realtime: a benchmark registry of health data for equitable precision health
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Ritika Chaturvedi (she/her/hers) – USC - Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
    Co-Author: Marco Angrisani – USC - Center for Economic and Social Research
    Co-Author: Wendy Troxel – RAND Corporation
    Co-Author: Arie Kapteyn – USC - Center for Economic and Social Research
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Engineering dynamic microenvironments to model sex-specific fibroblast activation in pulmonary arterial hypertension
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Co-Author: Mikala C. Mueller, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Co-Author: Duncan Davis-hall, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Presenting Author: Chelsea M. Magin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Ethnic Disparity in Diagnosing Asymptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis Using Machine Learning
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Cameron Celeste – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Dion Ming – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Justin Broce – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Diandra Ojo – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Emma Drobina – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Juan Gilbert, Ph.D. – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Ruogu Fang, Ph.D. – University of Florida
    Primary Investigator: Ivana Parker, Ph.D. – University of Florida
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Meta-analysis of Global Participation in Biomaterials Publications and Editorial Boards
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Karen Mancera Azamar (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Ana M. Porras, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Alejandro Hernandez – University of Florida
    Social Transformation
  • Thursday, Oct 12th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Evaluating Donor Variability In Osteogenic Potential In Mineralized Collagen Scaffolds
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Vasiliki Kolliopoulos, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University
    Co-Author: Aleczandria Tiffany – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Primary Investigator: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Transforming BME Training to Ensure Equity and Justice I
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Moderator: Santiago Correa, PhD – Columbia University
    Moderator: Jason Chang Marvin – Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT
    BME 3.0: Engineering Education and Training in Sexism, Racism, and Social Determinants of Health
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Naomi Chesler, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Co-Author: Harriet Nembhard – Harvey Mudd College
    Last Author: Gilda Barabino – Olin College of Engineering
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT
    10 Simple Rules in Biomedical Research Design to Ensure Health and Healthcare Equity
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Olivia Lanier, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas, Austin
    Co-Author: Mykel D. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas, Austin
    Co-Author: Gilda Barabino – Olin College of Engineering
    Last Author: Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez – University of Texas at Austin
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    Addressing societal challenges through graduate-level community-engaged design projects
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Samuel Acuna, PhD (he/him/his) – George Mason University
    Co-Author: Nathalia Peixoto – George Mason University
    Co-Author: Holly Matto (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Co-Author: Padhu Seshaiver – George Mason University
    Last Author: Siddhartha Sikdar – George Mason University
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT
    A Computational Analysis on Creating Engaging Scientific Outreach and Educational Content for Social Media
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Priscilla Delgado, MS – Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
    Co-Author: Oluwamayokun Oshinowo – Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Co-Author: Meredith Fay – Georgia Tech and Emory University
    Co-Author: Cecilia Luna – Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
    Co-Author: Anjana Dissanayaka (he/him/his) – Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
    Co-Author: Rebecca Jeltuhin – Emory University
    Primary Investigator: David R. Myers – Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Tech
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    Development, Implementation, and Assessment of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Engineering Health Equity Course
    Location: 324 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Jacqueline C. Linnes, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Primary Investigator: Mayari Serrano (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Natalia Rodriguez (she/her/hers) – Purdue Dept of Public Health
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Transforming BME Training to Ensure Equity and Justice II
    Location: 323
    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Moderator: Aidan E. Gilchrist (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
    Moderator: Ayokunle Olanrewaju – University of Washington
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    What is Innovation, if not Diversity Persevering
    Location: 323
    Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    From Pacemakers to Tastemakers: Defining Contemporary Bioengineering as a Social Justice Project
    Location: 323
    Presenting Author: Rene R. Canady, MA, BSE (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis, University of Pittsburgh
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Developing Curriculum to Help Biomedical Engineers Connect Systemic Racism to Cancer Health Disparities
    Location: 323
    Presenting Author: Katherine M. Young, PhD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Lauren F. Sestito, PhD – Valparaiso University
    Co-Author: Joseph Le Doux – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Last Author: Cynthia Reinhart-King, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Approaching and Assessing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Topics in Biomedical Engineering Educational Programs
    Location: 323
    Presenting Author: Jessica Kramer (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Ethical Considerations in Global Health Technologies
    Location: 323
    Presenting Author: Pun To (Douglas) Yung (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Building Bioengineers for Advocacy, Public Trust, and Regulation
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Moderator: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Moderator: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Moderator: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dawn Beraud
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    A Framework for Engineering Education that Reflects the Convergence of Innovation and Regulation
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Shereka Banton, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johnson & Johnson
    Last Author: Naomi Chesler, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Advancing advocacy and public trust in biomedical engineering: is it a bioengineer’s social responsibility?
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dawn Beraud
    Social Transformation
  • Friday, Oct 13th
    5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Advancing effective advocacy in biomedical engineering
    Location: 325 (Center, Level 3)
    Panelist: Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Panelist: Maribel Vazquez – Rutgers University
    Panelist: Naomi Chesler, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Panelist: Dr. Dawn Beraud
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Representation in BME Research and Data for Health Equity II
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Track Chair: Stacey Finley (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Track Chair: Kelly Stevens – University of Washington
    Track Chair: Brendan A.C. Harley – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
    Moderator: Olivia Lanier, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas, Austin
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    12:30 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Multispectral Imaging of Cutaneous Water for Skin Tone Insensitive Inflammation Assessment
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Quinlan McGrath, MA (she/her/hers) – Washington University In Saint Louis
    Co-Author: Derek Bashe (he/him/his) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Primary Investigator: Leonid Shmuylovich, MD PHD (he/him/his) – Washington University in Saint Louis Department of Dermatology
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM PDT
    Collective Health Equity Research in BME: A Case Study of Sickle Cell Disease
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Mykel D. Green, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas, Austin
    Co-Author: Adam Bush (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Austin, Biomedical Engineering Department
    Co-Author: Manuel Rausch – The University of Texas at Austin
    Last Author: Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez – University of Texas at Austin
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Interviews with Gender-Affirming Surgeons: Applications and Implications of Tissue Engineering Research and Impact of Legislative and Policy Restrictions on Gender-Affirming Surgeries and Patient Care
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Roxanne R. Bahn-Bales (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Finn Johnson – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Michelle Bothwell – Oregon State University
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Sustainable Distributed Biological Manufacturing of Point-of-Care Molecular Diagnostics
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Hope T. Leng, B.S. (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Smitti Mittal (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Primary Investigator: Manu Prakash, PhD – Stanford University
    Social Transformation
  • Saturday, Oct 14th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Positive Health in the Co-design of a Wearable Heart Rate Variability Monitor
    Location: 339 (Center, Level 3)
    Presenting Author: Justin M. Laiti, Mr. (he/him/his) – The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    Co-Author: Jennifer Donnelly – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    Primary Investigator: Pádraic Dunne – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
    Social Transformation