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Social Transformation

Transforming BME Training to Ensure Equity and Justice II

Friday, October 13, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
Location: 323

    Track Chair(s)

  • Stacey Finley

    Principal Investigator
    Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

  • Kelly Stevens

    Associate Professor Bioengineering
    University of Washington, United States

  • Brendan Harley, Sc.D. (he/him/his)

    Robert W. Schaefer Professor
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    • Moderator(s)

  • AG

    Aidan Gilchrist (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    University of California, Davis, United States

  • Ayokunle Olanrewaju

    Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering Assistant Professor
    University of Washington, Washington, United States

Presentations:

  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    What is Innovation, if not Diversity Persevering

    Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Wayne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Carnegie Mellon University

  • 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    From Pacemakers to Tastemakers: Defining Contemporary Bioengineering as a Social Justice Project

    Presenting Author: Rene R. Canady, MA, BSE (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis, University of Pittsburgh

    Last Author: Jorge Jimenez, PhD, Bioengineering, BSE, Biomedical Engineering – Mayan Bioengineer

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    Developing Curriculum to Help Biomedical Engineers Connect Systemic Racism to Cancer Health Disparities

    Presenting Author: Katherine Young, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Rice University

    Co-Author: Lauren F. Sestito, PhD – Valparaiso University

    Co-Author: Joseph Le Doux – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Last Author: Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, PhD – Rice University

  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Approaching and Assessing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Topics in Biomedical Engineering Educational Programs

    Presenting Author: Jessica Kramer (she/her/hers) – University of Utah

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Ethical Considerations in Global Health Technologies

    Presenting Author: Pun To (Douglas) Yung, PhD (he/him/his) – Syracuse University