Health Policy Symposium

Time

Panel

Speakers

9 - 9:05 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine

9:05 - 10

Intelligent Medicine

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D., FASGE, AGAF, Vice President of Baylor Global Health, Professor of Medicine – Gastroenterology

Erez S Lieberman Aiden, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, Rice University

Kristin Kostick-Quenet Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: Laura Petersen, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, Center Director, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Associate Chief of Staff for Research (ACOS/R), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Professor, Department of Medicine, Chief, Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine

10 - 10:45

Brain Computing

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby Ph.D., Cullen Professor of Medical Ethics and Associate Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine

Sameer Sheth M.D., Ph.D. –Professor, Vice-Chair of Research, Neurosurgery and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair Neurosurgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Wayne Goodman MD,  Professor and Chair of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.

Moderator: Eric Alan Storch, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Psychiatry & Behav Sciences, Vice Chair of Psychology, Head of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine

10:45 - 11

Break

~11 - 11:45 a.m.

Medicine in the Metaverse

Teresia O'Connor M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. – Associate Professor, CNRC Associate Director for Human Sciences, Pediatrics Nutrition; and Academic General Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Deborah Thompson Ph.D., R.D., Professor, Pediatrics-Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine; Research Nutritionist, USDA-ARS, Children's Nutrition Research Center

Vaso Nataly Rahimzadeh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: Kristin Kostick-Quenet Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

11:45 – 12:30

Psychedelics

Lynnette A. Averill Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine and Clinical Research Psychologist at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Sanjay Mathew M.D. Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Marjorie Bintliff Johnson and Raleigh White Johnson, Jr. Chair for Research in Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at Baylor College of Medicine; Staff Physician Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Amy McGuire J.D., Ph.D. Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: Mary Anderlik Majumder, J.D., Ph.D.  Professor, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine

12:30 - 12:45

Break

12:45 - 1:45

Keynote

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Ph.D., A contributing op-ed writer for the New York Times, a lecturer at The Wharton School, and a former Google data scientist. His work focuses on using big-data sources to uncover previously hidden behaviors and attitudes. His book, Everybody Lies, was a New York Times bestseller and an Economist Book of the Year.

1:45 - 1:50

Closing Remarks

Amy L. McGuire, J.D., Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine

1:50 - 3

Virtual Poster Session

Call for Abstracts: Submissions are invited for a virtual poster session via Voice Thread. Submit your abstract and get further details on eligibility, evaluation criteria and instructions. Please submit only your abstract by May 3. If you are selected you will then receive further instructions on a rolling basis/no later than May 5 for finalizing and submitting your poster.