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Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering

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2025 Forum Program

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Friday, September 19 Carnegie Mellon Forum on Biomedical Engineering
08:45 – 09:00 AM	Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon Keith Cook, Ph.D. The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head Department of Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
09:00 – 09:30 AM	Keynote: Computational modeling to advance cardiovascular regenerative medicine Sandra Loerakker, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology Moderator: Jason Szafron, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
09:30 – 10:00 AM	Keynote: Some Recent Progress in Transient Bioelectronics John Rogers, Ph.D. Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics Northwestern University Moderator: Tzahi Cohen-Karni, Ph.D. Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Materials Science & Engineering �鶹��
10:00 - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 – 10:45 AM	Keynote: Neurotechnologies for Controlling the Brain: Where are things going? Garrett Stanley, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering McCamish Foundation Distinguished Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Tech & Emory University Moderator: Steven M. Chase, Ph.D. Professor Biomedical Engineering and Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute �鶹��
10:45 – 11:15 AM	Keynote: Extracellular Matrix for Lung Modeling and Repair Rebecca L. Heise, Ph.D. Inez A. Caudill, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering Virginia Commonwealth University Moderator: Keith Cook, Ph.D. The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
11:15 – 11:45 AM	Keynote: Neurovascular mechanisms of acute vaso-occlusive pain sickle cell disease. (Why does “emotional stress” trigger a vaso-occlusive crisis?) Thomas Coates, M.D. Section Head, Hematology Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Investigator, Hematology-Oncology Professor, Pediatrics and Pathology Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Moderator: Sossena Wood, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
11:45 – 12:15 PM	Keynote: Time Series Intelligence Artur W. Dubrawski, Ph.D. Alumni Research Professor of Computer Science Robotics Institute �鶹�� Moderator: P. Sang Chalacheva, Ph.D. Associate Teaching Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
12:15 – 1:00 PM	Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:30 PM	Keynote: Insights on Disc Degeneration and Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering Success through FEM Grace D. O’Connell, Ph.D. Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence College of Engineering UC Berkeley Moderator: Axel Moore, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
1:30 - 2:00 PM	Keynote: Bioengineering Collaborations to Improve Global Newborn Health: Lessons Learned for Impact at Scale Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Ph.D. Malcolm Gillis University Professor Department of Bioengineering Co-Director of Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies Rice University Moderator: Keith Cook, Ph.D. The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
2:00 - 2:30 PM	Best Abstract Talk: Cell-Penetrating Peptide Mediated Delivery of Gene-encoded DNA Origami Zijuan Liang Doctoral Candidate Mechanical Engineering Department �鶹�� Moderator: Keith Cook, Ph.D. The David Edward Schramm Professor and Head Biomedical Engineering �鶹��
2:30 – 4:15 PM	Pre-recorded Slide Presentations
4:15 – 4:30 PM	Announcement of Awards