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2023 Interest Group Meetings Videos

IG01: Health Policy and Health Care Systems

Topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion after Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Speakers:

  • Yvette Calderon, MD, Dean and Vice President for Equity in Clinical Care, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System
  • Laura Castillo-Page, PhD, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Leon McDougle, MD, MPH, Chief Diversity Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion; Director, MEDPATH Premedical Postbaccalaureate Program; Professor of Family Medicine
  • Frank R. Trinity, JD, Chief Legal Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges

IG03: Neuroscience, Behavior, Brain Function & Disorders

Topic: Reproductive Care and Pregnancy Health: Impacts on Maternal and Offspring Mental Health

Speakers:

  • Jay Gingrich, MD, PhD, Sackler Institute Professor of Developmental Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University Medical Center
  • Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and Director of the Addiction Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Joan Luby, MD, Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry, Washington University
  • Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco

IG07: Maternal & Child Health and Human Development

Topic: Genetics/AI/Big Data: Impact on Maternal and Child Health

Speakers:

  • Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Mary Ellen Avery Professor, Harvard Medical School; and Chair of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
  • Vardit Ravitsky, PhD, President, Hastings Center
  • Ron Wapner, MD, Director of Reproductive Genetics and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Melissa Wong, MD, MHDS, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

IG08: Health of Populations/Health Disparities

Topic: Reproductive Health Justice on the Tightrope

Moderator: Paula Johnson, MD, MPH, Wellesley College

Speakers:

  • Joia Crear-Perry, MD, Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative
  • Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
  • Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, George H. Gardner Professor of Clinical Gynecology; and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

IG09: Education of the Health Care & Science Workforce

Topic: Educating Our Communities about LGBTQ+/Transgender Health Care

Speakers:

  • Kellan Baker, PhD, MPH, MA, Executive Director, Whitman-Walker
  • John A. Davis, PhD, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases; and Associate Dean for Curriculum, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
  • Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Attending, Division of Gynecology, Boston Children’s Hospital; and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School

IG10: Biology of Aging/Geriatrics

Topic: Tackling Ovarian Aging to Preserve Women’s Health

Moderators:

  • Jennifer Garrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging; Co-Founder and Director, Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality
  • Claire Gill, Founder and CEO, National Menopause Foundation

Speakers:

  • Jennifer Garrison, PhD, Assistant Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging; and Co-Founder and Director, Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity and Equality
  • Kara N. Goldman, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Reproductive Endo and Infertility), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Yousin Suh, PhD, Professor of Reproductive Sciences (in Obstetrics and Gynecology), Professor of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center

IG12: Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity

Topic: Microbial Communities Bridging Maternal and Child Health

Speakers:

  • Martin J. Blaser, MD, Director, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University
  • Michelle (Shelley) McGuire, PhD, Director and Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho

IG13: Cancer, Stem Cell Biology & Transplantation

Topic: Next Generation Cancer Immunotherapy

Speakers:

  • Stephanie L. Goff, MD, FACS, Head, Clinical Operations for Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute
  • Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc, R. Lee Clark Endowed Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, Deputy Director, Perlmutter Cancer Center; and Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

IG15: Human Rights, Professional Ethics and the Values of Medicine

Topic: Caring for Pregnant Patients in the Face of Legal Uncertainty and Risk

Speakers:

  • Michele Goodwin, JD, SJD, Linda D. & Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Constitutional Law and Global Health Policy, Georgetown Law
  • Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, Lawrence W. Davis Professor; Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University
  • Alan Tita, MD, Mary Heersink Endowed Chair of Global Health; Director, Mary Heersink Institute of Global Health, Heersink School of Medicine; and Associate Dean for Global Health and Women’s Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham

IG16: Rehabilitation and Human Function

Topic: Addressing Gender Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury: From Molecules to Society

Speakers:

  • Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT Reg.(Ont.), FCAHS, FACRM, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) on Traumatic Brain Injury in Underserved Populations; Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-KITE, UHN
  • John Wu, PhD, Professor, Gynecologic Surgery and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

IG17: Primary Care

Topic: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing the NASEM “Implementing High Quality Primary Care” Report

Speakers:

  • Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
  • Lauren S. Hughes, MD, MPH, MSc, MHCDS, FAAFP, State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado
  • Linda A. McCauley, PhD, RN, FAAN, FRCN, Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University
  • Monica Peek, MD, MPH, Ellen H. Block Professor for Health Justice of Medicine; Associate Director, Chicago Center for Diabetes Translational Research, The University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Robert L. Phillips, MD, MSPH, Founding Executive Director, Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine
  • Matthew Press, MD, MSc, Physician Executive, Penn Primary Care; Medical Director, Primary Care Service Line, Penn Medicine
  • Mary K. Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Health Care, Georgetown University

IG18: Health Technology

Topic: Translational AI

Moderator: Rainu Kaushal, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College

Speakers:

  • Suresh Balu, MS, MBA, Program Director, Duke Institute for Health Innovation
  • Lauren Cheung, MD, MBA, Senior Manager, Clinical Team, Health at Apple
  • Mark Sendak, MD, MPP, Population Health & Data Science Lead, Duke Institute for Health Innovation
  • Fei Wang, PhD, Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine