Conference Schedule

Thursday, September 10, 2026

7:30 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast and Registration
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew, President, International Society for Engineering Health
Dr. Philip Sharp, Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate, MIT
Dr. Francis Collins, Former Director, NIH
8:45 – 9:15 AM
ISEH Vision, Purpose & Organizational Goals & Operational Strategy
Statement of Purpose | Catalyze convergence innovation across academia, industry, government, and patient advocacy | Criteria for selection of initial targeted disease candidates
9:15 – 9:45 AM
ISEH Operational Strategy ISEH to catalyze convergence innovation across academia, industry, government, and patient advocacy
9:35 – 10:15 AM
Stakeholder Perspectives - The Ecosystem of Change Moderated Panel Discussion - Moderator: Reed Omary, MD Patients Patient Advocate Foundation
Venture Capital Yosemite, Inc.
Industry Siemens Healthineers
Government ARPA-H to be invited
Allied Societies BMES · AIMBE · EMBS
9:45 – 10:15 AM
Coffee Break
SESSION I
ELIMINATING STROKE
10:15 – 10:45 AM
Keynote: Eliminating Stroke - The Disease
Walter Koroshetz, MD, Former Director, NINDS, NIH; Senior Advisor, Dana Foundation
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Keynote: Eliminating Stroke - Technologies Doug Weber, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, Former Program Manager, Neurotechnologies, DARPA
11:15– 11:45 AM
Moderated Discussion Moderator: Sherine Gabriel, MD
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Lunch
SESSION II
Eliminating Pancreatic Cancer Deaths
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Keynote: Pancreatic Cancer - The Modern-day Challenge David Tuveson, MD, PhD, Director, Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Keynote: Pancreatic Cancer - Emerging Vaccine Technology Vinod Balachandran, MD, Director, Olayan Center for Cancer Vaccines, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Moderated Discussion Moderator: Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD
2:00 – 2:15 PM
Coffee Break
SESSION III
Can We Eradicate Schizophrenia?
2:15 – 2:45 PM
Keynote: New Insights into the Biology of Schizophrenia
Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD, Director, Psychiatric Genetics, Harvard/Massachusetts General Research Institute
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
2:45 – 3:15 PM
Keynote: Advances and Potential for Prevention Guoping Feng, Ph.D., Director, Model Systems & Neurobiology, Center for Psychiatric Research, MIT
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
3:15 – 3:45 PM
Moderated Discussion Moderator: TBA
3:45 – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
Eliminating Monogenic Diseases
4:00 – 4:30 PM
Keynote: Monogenic Disease ChallengeFrancis Collins, MD, Ph.D., Former Director, National Institutes of Health, Pioneer, Human Genome Project
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
4:30 – 5:00 PM
Keynote: Monogenic Diseases TechnologiesDavid Liu, Ph.D., Director, Merkin Institute for Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
5:00 – 5:30 PM
Moderated Discussion Moderators: Huda Zoghbi, MD and Gang Bao, Ph.D.
5:30 – 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception

Friday, September 11, 2026

7:30 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast and Registration
8:30 – 8:40 AM
Welcome RemarksDr. Reginald DesRoches, President, Rice University
SESSION V
Eliminating Alzheimer's Disease
8:40 – 9:10 AM
Keynote: The Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia ChallengeEric Reiman, MD, CEO, Banner Alzheimer's Institutes, Leader, Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
9:10 – 9:40 AM
Keynote: Technologies to Eliminate Alzheimer's DiseaseHuda Zoghbi, MD, Director, Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicing, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
9:40 – 10:10 AM
Moderated DiscussionModerator: Emery Brown, MD, Ph.D.
10:10 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break
SESSION VI
Eliminating Deaths Due to Sepsis
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Video Remarks Anthony Fauci, MD, Former Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH
10:45 – 11:15 AM
Keynote: The Biological and Medical Challenges of Sepsis
Derek Angus, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh | Chief Healthcare Innovation Officer, UPMC20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
11:15 – 11:45 AM
Keynote: Bioengineering Innovations to Eliminate Sepsis Bobby Reddy, Jr., Ph.D., CEO Prenosis | Pioneer in AI-Driven Sepsis Diagnostics
20 minute presentation | 10 minute Q & A
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Moderated DiscussionModerator: Rashid Bashir, Ph.D.
12:15 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
SESSION VII
Disruptive Enabling Technologies - Lightning Spotlights
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Five breakthrough technology platforms - five global leaders, 10 minutes each

1. Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells
Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

2. Cell-free DNA Analysis
Steve Quake, Ph.D., Stanford University (Virtual)

3. Immune Engineering and Cellular Therapies
Katy Rezvani, MD, Ph.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center

4. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Medicine
Russ Altman, Ph.D., Stanford University

5. Medical Imaging and Predictive AI
Khan Siddiqui, MD, CEO Hoppr
1:50 – 2:30 PM
Discussion: Emerging Disruptive TechnologiesModerators: Andre Churchwell, MD and Harvey Borovitz, Ph.D
Open plenary synthesis across Sessions 1-7
2:30 – 2:45 PM
Coffee Break
SESSION VIII
Establishing ISEH's Top 3 Disease Targets
2:45 – 3:45 PM
Breakout Group Discussion on Elimination of Diseases - Prep to Establish Top Choices as ISEH TargetsBreakout Sessions on Curing Diseases: Based on current knowledge, where is the greatest combination of impact and opportunity for elimination? Rank top 3
Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3
3:45 – 4:15 PM
Plenary Report on Breakout Session - Collective Ranking to Establish Top 3 Disease Targets Groups reconvene to present findings | Full-room vote to establish ISEH's top 3 disease targets
4:15 – 4:30 PM
Concluding Discussions / Meeting Adjourned