The 2022 Translational Medicine Symposium is co-sponsored by the Program in Translational Medicine and the Cancer Cell Biology Training Program.

The symposium will feature two keynote addresses, talks by trainees in both programs, and a career panel of program alumni.

Symposium Agenda

9:00-10:00 a.m. | Opening Keynote Address
10:15-11:45 a.m. | Student presentations in 4 concurrent rooms
12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch with keynote speakers
1:15-2:00 p.m. | Alumni career panel
2:15-3:45 p.m. | Student presentations in 4 concurrent rooms
4:00-5:00 p.m. | Closing Keynote Address and awards

About the Keynote Speakers:

Navdeep Chadel, PhD
Navdeep S. Chandel, PhD is the David W. Cugell, MD, Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Chandel’s work has demonstrated that mitochondrial metabolism is a potential target for cancer therapy.

Karen Corbin, PhD, RD
Corbin is a Faculty Investigator at the Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes. Her program of research focuses on nutrition, enterohepatic metabolism and the mechanisms that drive individual susceptibility to metabolic diseases. Corbin is also CEO of the science communication company Geeks that Speak. After 20 years of traversing the worlds of healthcare and science, she realized that a fundamental barrier exists for translating ideas into solutions. Geeks that Speak exists to inspire and empower scientists to become impactful storytellers.

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This is a joint event between NCPMI Higher Education Community of Practice (HECoP), and Duke Project Management Community of Practice. The event is free and open to anyone interested in project management. Please join the session shortly before 12:00 pm.

Health data science relies on many traditional project management methods but also has additional complexities of technological complexity, cutting-edge methods, and a rapidly-evolving landscape. In this informal panel discussion, you’ll hear from several senior staff members of AI Health about their experiences in project management and program management, and their perspectives on challenges, best practices, and lessons learned. Duke AI Health (https://aihealth.duke.edu/) connects, strengthens, amplifies, and grows multiple streams of theoretical and applied research on artificial intelligence and machine learning in order to answer the most urgent and difficult challenges in medicine and population health. This discussion will be especially relevant to anyone who manages technical projects or is considering the landscape of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Speakers:

Shelley Rusincovitch, MMCi; Associate Director of Informatics
Rusincovitch is an informaticist and technical leader who specializes in healthcare data for secondary research and data science experiential learning, with a focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning. She is currently serving as the Interim Managing Director for Duke AI Health, a group focused on advancing ethical and equitable data science at Duke and beyond.

Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos, PhD; Program Director, Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight
Economou leads the operations and framework design effort for the governance, evaluation, and monitoring of ABCDS software at Duke; this ABCDS Oversight is a Duke Health synergistic effort between the SOM and the Duke University Health System.

Andrew Olson, MPP; Associate Director, Policy Strategy and Solutions for Health Data Science
Andrew Olson, MPP, is a health policy specialist and experienced project leader. In his role with AI Health, he helps develop demonstration projects and other initiatives that address or inform critical health policy issues, and facilitates the translation of health data science discoveries to a policy audience.

Ursula Rogers; Senior Informaticist
Rogers is Senior Informaticist for AI Health, where she brings 25 years of experience in data management and software development. Her role at Duke AI Health brings expertise in understanding, extracting, and curating data from the EHR and other clinical data sources for the purposes of Clinical Research, QI, and Operations

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NCPMI member attendees will be uploaded for PDU credit after the end of the session. Please allow up to 2 weeks for recording. In support of improving patient care, the Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the health care team. Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development are authorized to offer 0.1 CEUs for this program.

Category 1: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Race, Racism, and Racial Equity (R3) Symposium, hosted by the University Office for Diversity and Inclusion, Jordan Institute for Families, and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the UNC School of Social Work, is a series of virtual events that bring together scholars and researchers from across campus to share their work with Carolina and the broader community.

As we close out the second year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, our sixth R3 symposium event will focus on Scholarship Addressing the Dual Pandemic of Racism and COVID-19.

The United States has been in a crisis – a pandemic caused by racism – since our very beginnings. COVID-19 has highlighted these racial inequities. While the pandemic is an international experience that touches everyone, the impact of COVID-19—physically, emotionally, and economically—is not equal. Scholars from UNC’s Schools of Education, Public Health, and Social Work will present research on the coping strategies of Black women essential workers and their experiences with racism during the COVID-19 pandemic, advancing equity through public health critical race practice, and Black parent perspectives of school experiences during COVID.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the racial and ethnic inequities that have long existed in the United States. Scholars across UNC's campus have produced important scholarship addressing this topic, including actions we might take to end these disparities," said R3 co-convener, Allison De Marco, Equity, Lead, Jordan Institute for Families, School of Social Work and Advanced Research Scientist, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. "I'm thrilled that we will be able to feature both graduate students and faculty scholars from the Schools of Education, Public Health, and Social Work whose research will provide greater insight into these disparities."

Leah Cox, Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer, added, “COVID-19 has impacted us all in a variety of ways – financially, emotionally, in terms of our health and wellness, and our social lives. But the effect on Black women has been especially profound. We look forward to this meaningful discourse at this sole R3 session of the Spring 2022 semester.”

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