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Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering

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Friday, September 22 Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering Please register to gain access to the virtual meeting
09:00 – 09:15 AM	Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon Keith Cook, PhD The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
09:15 – 09:45 AM	Keynote: Transforming Transplant Burcin Taner, M.D. Chair, Department of Transplant Chair, Transplant Specialty Council Professor of Surgery Mayo Clinic Moderator: Keith Cook, PhD The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
09:45 – 10:15 AM	Keynote: Advancing Equity in Optical Diagnostic Devices with Regulatory Science Joshua Pfefer, Ph.D. US Food and Drug Administration Moderator: Jana Kainerstorfer, PhD Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
10:15 – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 – 11:00 AM	Keynote: Tackling grand biomedical challenges - The power of teamwork Tzahi Cohen-Karni, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Moderator: Keith Cook, PhD The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
11:00 – 11:30 AM	Keynote: Microphysiological systems to probe immune cell and extracellular vesicle trafficking Steven C. George, M.D., Ph.D. Edward Teller Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering University of California Davis Moderator: Phil Campbell, PhD Research Professor Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
11:30 – 11:50 AM	Alumni Talk: My Career Journey: From CMU to NASA Piyumi Wijesekara, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center CMU BME Alumnus Moderator: Charlie Ren, PhD Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
11:50 – 12:50 PM	Lunch Break
12:50 – 1:10 PM	Best Abstract Talk: Exploring the dynamic mechanical interactions of extruding cells and their neighbors: Do apoptotic cells leave? or are they pushed? Sommer Anjum Ph.D. Candidate Computational Modeling and Simulation Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh Moderator: Jaci Bliley, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
1:10 - 1:40 PM	Keynote: Reverse engineering neural circuits Karel Svoboda, Ph.D. Vice President and Executive Director Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics Moderator: Steven Chase, PhD Professor Biomedical Engineering and Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute Carnegie Mellon University
1:40 - 2:10 PM	Keynote: Multi-physics modeling for treatment planning in congenital heart disease Alison Marsden, Ph.D. Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, and by courtesy of Mechanical Engineering Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering Stanford University Moderator: Noelia Grande Gutiérrez Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
2:10 – 3:45 PM	Pre-recorded Slide Presentations
3:45 – 4:00 PM	Announcement of Awards