ASU Event: Biomedical Innovation Speaker Series, starts 10/30/20

Biomedical Innovation Speaker Series 

Sponsored by Arizona Biomedical Research Centre

Join us on four Fridays with top experts in the biomedical field. Sign up for one or all of the speakers!

Friday, October 30, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST  

• How Biology will Build the Next Technology Revolution with Dr. Susan Hockfield

Susan Hockfield, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist, President Emerita at MIT, and author of The Age of Living Machines: How Biology will Build the Next Technology Revolution will discuss how discoveries at the convergence of biology and engineering can help us solve the greatest humanitarian, medical, and environmental issues of our time.

Friday, November 6, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST 

• Lessons from The Long Fix: Biomedical Science and Engineering as Critical Levers in the Future of Health Care with Dr. Vivian Lee

Vivian S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., author of The Long Fix: Solving America's Health Care Crisis with Strategies that Work for Everyone, President of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences, physician and health care executive, and senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School will talk with ASU's Managing Director of Health and Clinical Partnerships, Susan M. Pepin, MD, MPH, about how technology has changed the future of medicine and healthcare delivery, from diagnosis and treatment to population health and the reduction of social disparities. Dr. Lee will also touch on how the field of biomedical science represents a rich landscape for innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration.

Friday, November 13, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST

• Bridging the Gap Between Data Science and Medicine with Dr. Melissa Haendel and Dr. Anthony Philippakis 

Join Anthony Philippakis, M.D., Ph.D. (Chief Data Scientist and Institute Scientist, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) and Melissa Haendel, Ph.D, FACMI (Director, Center for Data to Health at Oregon Health & Science University and Oregon State University) as they discuss how to leverage big data and collaborate across sectors and institutions in order to improve current understandings of population health, drive data-driven health research, improve patient outcomes, and reduce health disparities.

Friday, November 20, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm MST

• Creating Innovation Ecosystems to Drive Knowledge-Led Inclusive Economic Development with Thomas Osha 

Thomas Osha (Senior Vice President of Innovation and Economic Development at Wexford Science and Technology) will discuss how universities can leverage their research and technologies and collaborate across institutions and sectors to create knowledge-led economic development locally and globally.

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