Schedule
The symposium will take place on April 24-25, 2025. Over the course of two days, attendees will gain valuable insights from keynote presentations, rapid-fire talks, panel discussions, poster competition, and amazing networking opportunities.
For the two-day schedule, please review the information below. Further details will be announced soon.
- Day 1 - Thursday, April 24, 2025
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2025
8:15am – 8:45am | Check-in/Continental Breakfast
8:45am – 9:30am | Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30am – 10:00am | Special Topic: TMC Innovation
- Emily Reiser, PhD, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund
10:00am – 11:45am | Session One | Innovations in Cancer Research
- James P. Allison, PhD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Michael King, PhD, Rice University
- Pavan Reddy, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
- John D. Hazle, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Gang Bao, PhD, Rice University
11:45am – 12:30pm | Lunch
12:30pm – 1:15pm | Special Topic: Team Science and Collaborations
- Eric J. Thomas, MD, MPH, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
1:15pm – 3:00pm | Session Two | AI in Healthcare
- Roberta L. Schwartz, PhD, FACHE, Houston Methodist Hospital
- Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston
- Lydia Kavraki, PhD, Rice University
- Todd J. Treangen, PhD, Rice University
- Ashu Sabharwal, PhD, Rice University
3:00pm – 4:00pm | Poster Competition
4:00pm – 5:00pm | Closing Remarks/Networking/ Happy Hour Reception
- Day 2 - Friday, April 25, 2025
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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
8:15am – 8:45am | Check-in/Continental Breakfast
8: 45am – 9:15am | Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15am – 11:00am | Session Three | Multidisciplinary Neural Research
- Valentin Dragoi, PhD, Houston Methodist, Weill Cornell Medical College, Rice University
- Marcia O’Malley, PhD, Rice University
- Giulio Taglialatela, PhD, The University of Texas Medical Branch
- John Seymour, PhD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Rice University
11:00am – 11:45am | Special Topic: Research Translation and Commercialization
- Omid Veiseh, PhD, Rice University
- Jacob Robinson, PhD, Rice University
11:45am – 12:45pm | Lunch and Poster Awards Announced
12:45pm – 2:30pm | Session Four | Technology to Address Health Disparities
- Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD, Rice University
- Chris Fagundes, PhD, Rice University
- Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
- Laurence Court, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Sharmila Anandasabapathy, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
2:30pm – 2:45pm | Closing Remarks
This event is hosted by Rice University's Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health (ENRICH).
If you have any questions, please contact us at enrich@rice.edu
