Event Agenda
Thursday, November 4, 2021 - Invitation Only Events
Trainee Meet & Greet w/ Dr. Peter Agre
Invitation only
3:00 - 5:00pm
Medtech Flyers
Invitation only
Friday, November 5, 2021 - 3rd Research & Innovation Day
Introduction and Welcome
Mukesh Jain, MD
Ellery Sedgwick Jr. Chair & Distinguished Scientist
Chief Scientific Officer, Harrington Discovery Institute
Chief Academic Officer, University Hospitals Health System
Distinguished University Professor & Vice Dean University Hospitals Affairs, CWRU School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Oxford
8:30am - 8:40am
Opening Remarks
Daniel Simon, MD
President, Academic & External Affairs and Chief Scientific Officer
President, UH Cleveland Medical Center
Ernie and Patti Novak Distinguished Chair in Healthcare Leadership
University Hospitals Health System
Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine
8:45am - 9:10am
UH Academic Overview
Mukesh Jain, MD
9:15 - 9:35am
Heme-Driven Immune Suppression
Kenneth Remy, MD
Director, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Basic Science & Translational Critical Care Research
Co-Director, Clinical, Basic Science, and Translational Critical Care Research, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
9:40 - 10:00am
Myeloid-Directed Immune Modulation Therapies for Sarcoma
Alex Huang, MD, PhD
Theresia G. & Stuart F. Kline Family Foundation Chair in Pediatric Oncology
Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, Biomedical Engineering and General Medical Sciences
CWRU School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
10:05 - 10:55am
From Lake Wobegon to Stockholm via Adelbert Road
Peter Agre, MD
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Director - Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
11:00 - 11:20am
Targeting Neutrophils in Thrombosis: Leading from the Back
Lalitha Nayak, MD
Joan and Richard Ainsworth Endowed Chair, Hematologic Research
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
CWRU School of Medicine
11:25 - 11:45am
A new CAR-T Cell Therapy for B Cell Cancers
Reshmi Parameswaran, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
CWRU School of Medicine
11:50 - 12:00pm
Developing Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles for Immunotherapy of Glioblastoma
Dionysios Watson, MD, PhD
Medical Oncology fellow
Medical Resident, Harrington Physician-Scientist Pathway
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
12:05 - 12:25pm
Immunohematologic Profiles and Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Risk
David Zidar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
CWRU School of Medicine
12:30 - 12:50pm
Convergent Connected Cardiovascular Health Through Environmental Transformation
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UH Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor, Department of Medicine
CWRU School of Medicine
12:55 - 1:25pm
Poster Exhibit
PureStorage Live Q&A
1:25 - 1:30pm
UH Ventures Introduces Keynote Speaker
1:30 - 2:15pm
Keynote Speaker
Four Questions Every Innovation Leaders Needs to Ask: How to create a powerful value proposition and use it to accelerate innovation
Brandon Cornuke
Vice President, Startup Services
MAGNET
2:20 - 2:30pm
Vaginal Dilator System
Adonis Hijaz, MD
Shubham Gupta, MD
Colin Drummond, PhD
2:35 - 2:45pm
TheraPee to Go
Lynn Woo, MD
Eva Johnson, MD
Mary Dombrowski, APRN
2:50 - 3:00pm
Robotic Port Retention Sleeve
Ryan Juza, MD
Jeffrey Marks, MD
Amitabh Chak, MD
Daniel Hashimoto, MD
Steve Schomisch, PhD