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2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

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Workshop Context 

As part of the larger healthcare transformation to improve health care and health outcomes in regards to Cardiovascular and Diabetes, increase efficiency and reduce costs, application of digital health technologies and tools is increasingly having a greater impact on patients, providers and payers than ever before.  To accelerate research in this area, a workshop on Digital Health for Cardiovascular and Diabetes (adult and pediatrics) is planned to bring together the expertise of clinicians, engineers, industry and government agencies to address issues in healthcare delivery using digital health technologies.

Goals of the Workshop

  1. Significantly expand the “network connectivity.” The workshop will connect digital health needs with digital health innovators. It is well-recognized that every part of the healthcare system could benefit from digital transformation but we will need to invent the pathways by forming many new teams around new collaborative research projects, that will be seeded through multi-sources of funding.
  2. Sow the seeds for larger efforts. By increasing the network size, through seed funding, our goal is to prepare teams to ultimately successfully seek larger funding from NIH, NSF, ARPA-H, AHA, foundations etc. 
  3. Accelerate translation: It is crucial to move research results into clinical application that can be scaled, and hence we will engage entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in the overall effort. 
Organizers
Seed Fund Proposals Information

Speakers

August 29th 

Welcome & Agenda Review

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Gerard Cote, Ph.D

  • Director, PATHS-UP
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Biosensors, Wearables, Chronic & Infectious Diseases
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

 

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Henry Dirk Sostman, MD, FACR

  • President and Emeritus Professor of Radiology, Academic Institute Distinguished Member, Research Institute
  • Houston Methodist Profile

 

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Mary E. Dickinson, Ph.D.

    • Senior Vice President and Dean of Research
    • Baylor College of Medicine Profile

 

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Ashutosh Sabharwal, Ph.D.

  • Thrust 4 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Chair and Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Data Science for Diabetes and Health
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

 

Practitioner and Provider needs for Digital Health Solutions

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David Kerr, MD

    • Senior Investigator, Diabetes Research and Digital Health Equity
    • Sutter Health
    • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking
Aug 29th, 8:45 – 8:55 am 

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Mohan Thanikachalam, MD

  • CEO, President, and Co-Founder at Dynocardia
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking
Aug 29th, 8:55- 9:05 am 

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Roberta L. Schwartz, Ph.D.

  • Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer
  • Houston Methodist
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking
Aug 29th, 9:05- 9:15 am 

MichaelDilling

Michael B. Dilling, Ph.D., CLP

  • Executive Director, Technology Management & Commercialization
  • Baylor College of Medicine Ventures (BCMV)
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking
Aug 29th, 9:15 – 9:25 am 

Innovation in Digital Health Systems (5-Minute Talks)

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Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

  • Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
  • Houston Methodist
  • Clinical Profile

Speaking
Aug 29th, 10:25 – 10:30 am

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Stephen L. Jones, MD, MSHI

  • Occidental Centennial Professor in Quality and Outcomes Research, Center for Health Data Science and Analytics
  • Houston Methodist
  • Personal profile 

Speaking
Aug 29th, 10:30 – 10:35 am

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Kershaw Patel, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
  • Houston Methodist
  • Faculty Profile 

Speaking 

Aug 29th, 10:35 – 10:40 AM

Sadeer Al Kindi

Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

  • Associate Director of Cardiovascular Prevention & Wellness 
  • Houston Methodist 
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking 

Aug 29th, 10:40 – 10:45 am

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Teresia M. O’Connor, MD, MPH, FAAP

  • Associate Professor, CNRC Associate Director for Human Services 
  • Baylor College of Medicine Profile

Speaking 

Aug 29th, 10:45 -10:50 AM 

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Jayer Chung, M.D., M.Sc.

  • Associate Professor of Surgery
  • Baylor College of Medicine Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 10:50 – 10:55 am 

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Bijan Najafi, Ph.D., MSc.

  • Professor of Surgery 
  • Baylor College of Medicine Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 10:55 – 11:00 am 

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David Klonoff, MD, FACP, FRCPE

  • Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF
  • Medical Director of the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Diabetes Research Institute in San Mateo, California
  • UCSF Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:00- 11:05 am

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Ashutosh Sabharwal, Ph.D.

  • Thrust 4 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Chair and Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Data Science for Diabetes and Health
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:05 – 11:10 am 

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Sasangohar, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Human Decision-Making and Support in Healthcare
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:10 – 11:15 am

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Mortazavi, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  • End-to-End Smart Systems to Improve Patient Care
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:15 -11:20 am

Akane Sano

Akane Sano, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Machine Learning/AI for Health
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:20 – 11:25 am

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Xia “Ben” Hu, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science 
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 11:25 -11:30 am 

Enabling Technologies and Systems

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Maria Jose Redondo, MD. Ph.D., MPH

  • Professor, Pediatrics-Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • Baylor College of Medicine Profile 

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:00 – 2:05 pm

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Gerard Cote, Ph.D

  • Director, PATHS-UP
  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Biosensors, Wearables, Chronic & Infectious Diseases
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking 

August 29th, 2:05 – 2:10 pm

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Mike McShane, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Department Head, Biomedical Engineering 
  • Computational imaging and computational sensing 
  • Texas A&M University Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:10 – 2:15 pm

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Ashok Veeraraghavan, Ph.D.

  • Thrust 3 Co-Lead
  • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science 
  • Computational imaging and computational sensing 
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:15 – 2:20 pm

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Aydogan Ozcan, Ph.D.

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Chancellor’s Professor and HHMI Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Deep Learning Optics& Optical Computing, Computational Imaging and Microscopy, Bio-Sensing and Mobile Health
  • University of California, Los Angeles Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:20 – 2:25 pm

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Hatice Ceylan Koydemir, Ph.D

  • Thrust 2 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Biosensors, Microfabrication, Lab-On-a-Chip, BioMEMs, Non-Invasive Diagnostics
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:25 – 2:30 pm 

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Jessica Ramella-Roman, Ph.D.

  • Thrust 3 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering 
  • Medical Photonics Laboratory
  • Florida International University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:35 – 2:40 pm

2023 PATHS-UP Digital Health Workshop

Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D.

  • Deputy Director and Thrust 1 Co-Lead, PATHS-UP
  • Professor, Bioengineering
  • Microfluidics, Microfabrication, Nanotechnologies
  • University of California, Los Angeles Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th 2:40 – 2:45 pm 

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Samuel Mabbott, Ph.D

  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Nanoparticles for Biomedical Sensors and Point-of-Care Technologies
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:45 – 2:50 pm

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Limei Tian, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Flexible/Wearable Biomaterials, Biosensors, Medical Devices, Micro & Nanotechnology Devices
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:50  – 2:55 pm

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Mary Laura Lind Thomas, Ph.D.

  • Professor, School of Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
  • Co-founder, Sequitur Health Corporation 
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 2:55 – 3:00 pm 

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Carl Bouthillette

  • Vistage Chair
  • Chief Business Development Officer
  • Expert in Healthcare and MedTech
  • LinkedIn Profile

Speaking

Aug 29th, 3:00 – 3:05 pm 

August 30th Speakers

 Funding Agencies

SohiRastegar

Sohi Rastegar, Ph.D.

  • Senior Advisor
  • National Science Foundation
  • LinkedIn Profile
Dev Mittar R

Dev Mittar, Ph.D.

  • Program Officer, Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe)
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • LinkedIn Profile
Zane Arp

Zane Arp, Ph.D.

  • Director, Division of BioMedical Physics
  • U.S Food and Drug Administration
  • LinkedIn Profile
Patt Dunn

Patrick Dunn, Ph.D.

  • Center for Health Technology & Innovation, American Heart Association (AHA) 
  • LinkedIn Profile
Manu Platt

Manu Platt, Ph.D.

  • Director, Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration (BETA Center)
  • National Institute of Health
  • NIH Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile

Engineering Faculty in Attendance 

Haridas Bala

Balakrishna Haridas, Ph.D 

  • Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Devices, Surgery, Endovascular, Biomaterials
  • Texas A&M University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
LeiLi

Lei Li, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Wearable Photo-Acoustic Imaging
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
KaiyuanYang

Kaiyuan Yang, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering 
  • Secure and Intelligent Embedded Systems for Health
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
Momona Yamagami

Momona Yamagami, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering 
  • Human-Machine Interface for Health/Accessibility
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
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Guha Balakrishnan, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Machine Learning
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
VladimirBraverman

Vladimir Braverman, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Computer Science 
  • Algorithms for Applications in Machine Learning and Single-Cell Genomics
  • Rice University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
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Joshua Hutcheson, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Engineered Tissue Model Systems
  • Florida International University Profile
  • LinkedIn Profile
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Nezih Pala, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Electrical Engineering 
  • Florida International University Profile
AmirZ

Amir Tofighi Zavareh, Ph.D.

  • Research Assistant Professor
  • Texas A&M University Profile
SFields

Sherecce Fields, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
  • Director of Clinical Training, APS Fellow 
  • Texas A&M University Profile
FLigler

Frances Ligler, Ph.D.

  • Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • Eppright Chair in Biomedical Engineering 
  • Member and Past Councilor, National Academy of Engineering
  • Texas A&M University Profile

Agencies & Companies Attending 

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National Institutes Of Health NIH Logo
Seal Barda
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AHA
Medtronic
Qorvo
CVSHealth
Quidel
Nurowerx
Biofourmis
Synopic
Diebetes Technology Society
Siemens Healthineers
Dynocardia
Biotronik
Sequitur Health Corp
Biotex
Abbott
InformAI
InCube
ChicagoArc
BabsonDiagnostics
Impactivo
StardosLabs
MedWand
Coordination Centric
Sanofi
SantaBarbaraActuaries
GlobalHealthLabs
PepsiCo
VElentium
MedicalInformatics
EliLilly
CereVu
Masimo
TAMU HS Center
TheCannon
Postacute
PrecisePopulations

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Evaluation Partner

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