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Moderator: Ivo Dinov, Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing; Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, U-M Medical School
SPEAKER:
Dr. Geoffrey H. Siwo is a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan Medical School (Department of Learning Health Sciences), research associate at the Michigan Center for Global Health Equity and Co-Director of Ecosystems, Finance & Health (EFH). His research focuses on accelerated and equitable innovation using emerging computational technologies such as artificial intelligence, programmable biotechnologies and frameworks for scientific discovery at a global scale such as open innovation challenges. He is a founder of Anza Biotechnologies and has served as co-founder and/or advisor to several other biotechnology startups including two with clinical stage therapeutics. Previously, he was a research assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, genomics specialist at IBM TJ Watson Research Center and lead researcher at IBM Research Africa labs. He is the recipient of several awards including TED Fellow and Next Einstein Forum Fellow. His work has been featured in several media including CNN, USA Today, Fast Company, Ozy, among other media.
Session Moderator: Michelle Munro-Kramer, Associate Professor and Director of Global Programs, University of Michigan School of Nursing
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Mustafa Naseem is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. His research and teaching focus on the intersection of technology, humanitarian innovation, and behavior change. Mustafa's recent work includes designing technologies to promote health-seeking behaviors among men in Pakistan and studying sociotechnical systems that support refugee communities in Southeast Michigan. His work has been supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), among others. With extensive experience in ICT, design, and entrepreneurship, Mustafa has led programs across Africa, Asia, and North America. Before joining the University of Michigan, he served as the ICTD Expert-in-Residence at the ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder. He earned a Master’s degree from the ATLAS Institute on a Fulbright Scholarship and was recognized as one of 12 finalists for the prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise Young Laureates in 2016.
Dr. Yun Jiang is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership. Her research focuses on informatics- and data-driven solutions for chronic condition self-management, with emphasis on cancer medication adherence and symptom self-management. She is interested in discovering consumer health self-management behavior patterns from data and developing information technology-based support to empower and engage patients and families in health self-management. Her current research projects include patient engagement in medication safety event reporting, older adults’ tolerance to oral anticancer agent treatments, patients’ acceptance and use of mobile technology for health self-monitoring and decision support, understanding cancer patients' toxicity self-reporting behaviors using natural language processing and machine learning approaches. Dr. Jiang has received trainings in both Nursing and Health Informatics. She is also holding certificates in Gerontology (Gerontechnology track) and Clinical & Translational Science. Dr. Jiang is teaching graduate level Health Informatics courses and undergraduate Nursing Leadership clinical session. Her overall teaching philosophy is based on student-centered active learning. Her teaching objectives are to develop a student-centered learning environment, partner with students in the learning process, and help students to gain the necessary skills to become active participants in their own life-long learning.
Session Moderator: Megan Eagle, Clinical Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the WHO Collaborating Center, University of Michigan School of Nursing
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Charlie Michaels is Managing Director of the Center for Socially Engaged Engineering & Design (C-SED) and a Lecturer in the Design Science Program at the University of Michigan. He is a co-author of the Socially Engaged Design process and has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art & Design from the University of Michigan and a BFA from Bradley University. Charlie leads the implementation of C-SED’s educational experiences at University of Michigan and beyond, including serving as an instructor for C-SED’s “SEED”course through which students engage with stakeholders to explore, define, and ideate solutions to pressing social challenges. Charlie actively works with faculty to build socially engaged content into curricula and manages the C-SED Lab, an interdisciplinary makerspace for building and prototyping