The 2023 Indiana CTSI Retreat will be held in a hybrid format by the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The retreat focused on "Indiana's Impact on Global Health."
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Agenda
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome
John McGreevy, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost, University of Notre Dame
8:40 am
Indiana CTSI Leadership
Sharon M. Moe, MD, and Sarah E. Wiehe, MD, MPH, Co-Directors Indiana CTSI
9:00 am
Brief Overview of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health and Keynote Speaker Introduction
Bernard Nahlen, Director, Eck Institute for Global Health, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
9:10 am
Keynote Speaker
Brad Hersh, MD, MPH, Consultant Epidemiologist in Global Health
9:55 am
Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases
9:55 am
John Grieco, PhD, Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
10:05 am
Catherine Hill, PhD, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, Purdue University
10:15 am
Molly Duman Scheel, PhD, Navari Family Professor, Department of Medical and Molecular Genomics, Indiana University School of Medicine – South Bend
10:25 am
Q&A
10:35 am
Break
10:45 am
Mobilizing Community Partnerships to Improve Health Outcomes
10:45 am
Maternal Health Disparities and Mortality
Yenupini Joyce Adams, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
Sally Dixon, RN, BA, Fetal Infant Mortality Review Program Coordinator, St. Joseph County Department of Health
11:15 am
Developmental Effects of Exposure to Violence in Childhood
Laura Miller-Graff, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Frank Spesia, MGA, Positive/Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACES) program, St. Joseph County Department of Health
11:45 am
Q&A
12:00 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
Poster session
The poster sessions will be held in Salon A of the Smith Ballroom
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1:30 pm
Health Technology Development
1:30 pm
Tom O’Sullivan, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
1:45 pm
Young Kim, PhD, MSCI, Professor and Associate Head for Research, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute, Purdue University, Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2:00 pm
Sherri L. Bucher, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis
2:15 pm
Q&A
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
The State of the State’s Health; challenges, successes, and priorities
Pam Pontones, MA, Deputy Health Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health
3:15 pm
Data and AI for Health Equity: Locally to Globally
Nitesh Chawla, PhD, Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
3:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Melanie DeFord, Assistant Vice President for Research, University of Notre Dame, Deputy Director, Indiana CTSI