The US Turkey Advanced Study Institute
on
Global Healthcare Grand Challenges

2015 Program

June 23

8:30 – 9:15 AM

Plenary Talk:
Nanotechnology and Wearable Devices for Global Health

Shuming Nie

 

 

 

9:15 - 10:30

Plenary Talk:
Big Data in Healthcare

Dennis Tsichritzis

 

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

BREAK

 

 

 

 

10:30 – 11:15

Plenary Talk:
Exploratory Visual Analytics for Clinico-Genomic Trials on Cancer

Yuzuru Tanaka

 

 

 

11:15 - 12:00

Plenary Talk:
Integrated informatics for Evidence-Based Outcome-Driven Health Care

May D Wang

 

 

 

12:00 - 13:30

LUNCH

 

 

 

 

 

13:30 – 14:15

Plenary Talk:
Integration of Brain Imaging, Genomics, Networks and Biological Knowledge Information

Yu-Ping Wang

 

 

 

 

14:15 – 15:00

Plenary Talk:
Micro- and Nano-Scale Platforms for Mimicking and Studying Biological Membranes

Sheereen Majd

 

 

 

15:00 – 15:15

BREAK

 

 

 

 

15:15– 17:15

Invited Talks:
Nanotechnology for Targeting Bloodborne Cancer Metastasis

Michael Mitchell

Surface Transport of Analytes as a Means to Improvement of Biosensors

Megan Armstrong

Pathogen Mimetic Influenza Vaccines

Hannah Watkins

Engineering Cystine Knotted Peptides as Tumor Targeting Agents

Maria Filsiger interrante

FLARE: Pushing the Limits of Fluorescent Biosensors

Brian Ross

 

 

 

17:15 – 18:15

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

June 24

8:30 - 9:15 AM

Plenary Talk:
Learning to Change Neural Networks to Improve Locomotion

Thomas Sinkjaer

 

 

 

9:15 - 10:00

Plenary Talk:
New Approaches to the Field of Visual Prostheses

John Troy

 

 

 

10:00 – 10:30

BREAK

 

 

 

 

10:30 – 11:15

Plenary Talk:
Conversing with the Nervous System: New Methods and Findings

 John White

 

 

 

11:15 – 12:00

Plenary Talk:
Neural Interfaces: from basic research towards clinical applications

Thomas Stieglitz

 

 

 

12:00 – 13:30

LUNCH

 

 

 

 

13:30 - 14:15

Plenary Talk:
Neurocognitive Technologies

 Daniel J Strauss

 

 

 

14:15 – 15:00

Plenary Talk:
Pathological Tremor Management: From Early Differential Diagnosis to Peripheral Neuroprosthetic Suppression

Jose Pons

 

 

 

15:00 – 15:45

Plenary Talk:
Biomaterials for Neural Interfaces: Challenges and Opportunities

Mohammad Reza Abidian

 

 

 

15:45 – 16:00

BREAK

 

 

 

 

16:00 – 17:00

Invited Talks:
Improving Dynamic Trunk Stability in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

Kramay Patel

Polymeric Scaffold Development for Spinal Fusion Applications

Constance Maglaras

Stalled Capillary Flow is a Novel Mechanism for Hypoperfusion in Alzheimer’s Disease

Jean Cruz Hernandez

Nanoparticles for Selective and Combinatorial Delivery of DNA and siRNA to Human Brain Cancer

Kristen Kozielski

 

 

 

17:00 – 18:00

PANEL DISCUSSION

 

June 25

8:30 - 9:15 AM

Plenary Talk:
How to Accelerate Health Innovation ? Izmir Landscape

Murat Özgören

 

 

 

9:15 - 10:30

Invited Talks:
Dual Modulus Scaffold Designs for Bone Graft Incorporation and Stability

Rebecca Chung

Mechanical and Biochemical Assessment of Bone Quality in Type 2 Diabetics

Heather Hunt

Retrieval Analysis and Finite Element Modeling of Orthopaedic Porous-Coated Implants

Josa Hanzlik

Silk Fibroin Biomaterials for Ocular Surface Repair

Waleed Adbel-Naby

 

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