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College of Human Medicine

Engineering the Future of Human Health 
Collaborative Research Symposium 

Agenda

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Secchia Center, 15 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids

March 13, 2023

8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Check-in

9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Introductions and Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Tissue Engineering & Biomaterials
  • Muhammad Rizwan, PhD - Engineering Hydrogel Matrix to Improve 3D Cell Functions
  • Brian Johnson, PhD - Engineering Microphysiological Systems for High-Throughput Screening
  • Bruce Lee, PhD - Mussel-inspired Bioadhesives for Wound Healing, Antimicrobial, Antiviral Applications
  • Nureddin Shammakhi, PhD - 3D Bioprinting using Oxygenated and Multifunctional Bioinks

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Biosensors, Nano & Micro Devices & Biomedical Instrumentation
  • Erin Purcell, PhD - Tissue Response to Neural Electrodes
  • Smitha Rao, PhD - In Vitro Experiments in 2D and 3D
  • Jinxing Li, PhD - Soft Electronics and Microrobots for Precision Machine-Biology Interface
  • Adrienne Minerick, PhD - Medically Motivated Applications Within Electrokinetic Microdevices
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | BioMedical Imaging
  • Sean Kirkpatrick, PhD - Aspects of Coherent Optical Imaging in Biomedicine
  • Taeho Kim, PhD - Nanoparticles for Photoaccoustic Imaging
  • Sangyoon Han, PhD - Imaging Traction of Cells Before Myosin Works
  • Brian Smith, PhD - Quantitative Drug Release Monitoring by MPI in Breast Cancer

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Cardiovascular Research
  • Aitor Aguirre, PhD - Self-assembling Heart Organoids to Model Congenital Heart Disease
  • Roger Guillory, PhD - Recent Advances in the Development of Bioabsorbable Materials for Next Generation Cardiovascular Scaffolds
  • Tomasz Timek, MD - Role of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets in the Pathophysiology of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation.
  • William Cooke, PhD - Cardiovascular Research Activities: A Departmental Overview
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Neurological Disease and Aging Research
  • Kevin Trewartha, PhD - Aging and Cognition: Implications for Motor Learning and Sensorimotor Motor Control in Older Populations
  • Rebecca Knickmeyer, PhD - The Gut Microbiome and Autism
  • Carolyn Duncan, PhD - Balance and Functional Mobility 
  • Shreesh Sammi, PhD - Exploring Mitochondrial Mechanism of Neurotoxicants – critical role in Parkinson’s disease
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Cancer Research
  • Anna Moore, PhD - RNA Nanodrugs for Metastatic Breast Cancer
  • Hyeun Joong Yoon, PhD - Molecular Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells Isolated from Breast Cancer Patients by Innovative Microfluidic Platforms
  • Kurt Zinn, PhD - Radiotheranostics
  • Paul Goetsch, PhD - Priming Caenhorabditis Elegans-based CUREs to Screen for Anti-cancer Microbial Natural Products

4:30 p.m.  | Closing Remarks

4:40 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Poster Sessions and Networking