Cornell Engineering Innovations in Medicine Kick Off Symposium

 
 

Friday, September 30 - Sunday, October 2, 2022

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Statler Hotel

 

Cornell Engineering Innovations in Medicine is focused on exploring groundbreaking opportunities at the intersection of critical and impactful Cornell research programs.

This event will feature speakers and participants from Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell Tech, and Cornell Engineering exploring research and education initiatives aimed at preparing the next generation of physician and engineer innovators, advancing the frontiers of clinical and translational medicine with engineering focused tools and approaches, and forging a radical path of research to products and applications to advance clinical care and health outcomes of patients.

 
 
 Symposium Schedule

 DAY 1 – Friday, September 30

 

5:00 pm

 Reception and Dinner

   Location: Klarman Atrium

 DAY 2 - Saturday, October 1

All Saturday events will be in the Statler Ballroom, 2nd Floor

 8:00 am
 Breakfast
 9:00 am
 Welcome Remarks, Michael Kotlikoff, Cornell University
 9:05 am
 Deans' Introduction  Augustine Choi, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Lynden Archer, Cornell Engineering
   Morning Session Chair: Olivier Elemento, Weill Cornell Medicine
 9:30 am
 Session 1: Data Driven Medicine
   Speaker 1: Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech
   Speaker 2: Olivier Elemento, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Speaker 3: Rainu Kaushal, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Expert Panelists: Ari Melnick, Weill Cornell Medicine, David Shmoys, Cornell Engineering
   Moderator: Mert Sabuncu, Weill Cornell Medicine
 10:45 am
 Break
 11:00 am
 Session 2: Organoids and Tissue Engineering
   Speaker 1: Larry Bonassar, Cornell Engineering
   Speaker 2: Shahin Rafii, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Expert Panelists: Shaoyi Jiang Cornell Engineering, Shuibing Chen, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Moderator: Todd Evans, Weill Cornell Medicine
 12:15 pm
 Lunch
   Afternoon Session Chair: Uli Wiesner, Cornell Engineering
 1:15 pm
 Session 3: Educational Initiatives  
   Speaker 1: Yoon Kang, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Speaker 2: Marjolein van der Meulen, Cornell Engineering
 2:00 pm
 Session 4: Immunoengineering & Cancer
   Speaker 1: Claudia Fischbach, Cornell Engineering
   Speaker 2: Niroshana Anandasabapathy, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Expert Panelists: Matt Paszek, Cornell Engineering, Julie Blander, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Moderator: Silvia Formenti, Weill Cornell Medicine
 3:15 pm
 Break
 3:30 pm
 Session 5 :  Neurotech
   Speaker 1: Chris Schaffer, Cornell Engineering
   Speaker 2: Conor Liston, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Expert Panelists: Chris Xu, Cornell Engineering, Emre Aksay, Weill Cornell Medicine
   Moderator: Nozomi Nishimura, Cornell Engineering
 4:45 pm
 President's Closing Remarks: Martha Pollack, Cornell University
 5:00 pm

 Reception

   Location: Foyer, Statler Ballroom
 

 Dinner

   Location: Statler Ballroom
   

 DAY 3 - Sunday, October 2

 Location: Statler Ballroom

 
 7:30 am

 Breakfast

 8:30 am - 10:30 am

 BME Tour

Overview of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and Tour of Research Facilities

 

 Cornell NanoScale Facility Clean Room Tour

 Space is limited. There is a strict dress code for this tour, please review the guidelines here.

   Both tours will depart at 8:30 am from the Statler Ballroom
 11:45 am
 Campus to Campus Bus Departs for NYC
   
 

 


































Contact Information

Primary Contact

Amie Prince
ajp246@cornell.edu

Date & Location

Date: 9/30/2022 to 10/2/2022
Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 AM
Location: Ithaca, NY