Speakers

Share the Vision 2017 will focus on technologies at the intersection of engineering and medicine.
Below are our speakers and their areas of research. Talk titles and abstracts are coming soon.

Talk Title: "Novel Anticancer and Antibacterial Drugs, for Pets and People"
Research Profile [1]

Talk Title: "Molecular Prosthetics to Treat Anemia and Cystic Fibrosis"
Research Profile [2]

Talk Title: "Endocannabinoid Derivatives as Novel Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Pain Drugs"
Research Profile [3]

Talk Title: "Designer Estrogens: New Opportunities for Improving Postmenopausal Women's Health"
Research Profile [4]

Actuate Therapeutics is spun out of technology developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University.
Talk Title: "Actuate: Advancing Research to Treatment of Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases"
Company Website [5]

Talk Title: "Targeting the DNA and RNA that Causes Disease Using Small Molecules and Polymers"
Research Profile [6]

Talk Title: "Data-Driven Computational Vaccine Design"
Research Profile [7]

Talk Title: "A Novel Point-of-Care Biosensor for Real-Time Monitoring of Post-
Traumatic and Post-Surgical Eye Injuries to Improve Quality and Reduce Vision Loss"
Research Profile [8]

Dr. Garris is a professor at Illinois State University.
Talk Title: "Neurochemostat for Closed-Loop Regulation of Brain Neurotransmitters"
ISU Profile [9]

Talk Title: "CRISPR-Capture: Surveillance Tool for AMR Spread in Microbiomes"
Research Profile [10]

Talk Title: "NeuroLux, Innovative Discovery Tools for Medical Research"
Company Website [11]

Talk Title: "Programmable DNA-Guided Artificial Restriction Enzymes"
Research Profile [12]

Talk Title: "Portable and Random-Access DNA-Based Storage Systems"
Research Profile [13]

Talk Title: "Mining Literature to Support Evidence-Based Practice"
Research Profile [14]

Talk Title: "Using AI to Accelerate Drug Discovery"
Research Profile [15]

Dr. White is a researcher and physician at Carle Foundation Hospital.
Talk Title: "Combining Biomarkers with EMR Data to Improve Sepsis Identification"
Provider Profile [16]

Talk Title: "Building a Knowledge Engine for Genomics"
Research Profile [17]

Talk Title: "Medical DataScope: Leveraging Medical Big Data to Optimize Medical Decisions"
Research Profile [18]

Talk Title: "Microfluidics and Nanotechnology for Rapid Detection of Biological Entities"
Research Profile [19]

Talk Title: "Innovating Bioactive Interfaces for Next-Generation Personalized Medical Implant Technology"
Research Profile [20]

Dr. Huesmann is a researcher and physician at Carle Foundation Hospital.
Talk Title: "Shaking the Brain Towards Better Health - Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) and Mesial Temporal Sclerosis Epilepsy (MTSE)"
Provider Profile [21]

Talk Title: "Capillary Forces, Scaffolds, and Bone Regeneration"
Research Profile [22]

Talk Title: "Ultrafast MR Spectroscopic Imaging:
A Marriage of Spin Physics and Machine Learning to Enable Label-Free Molecular Imaging"
Research Profile [23]

Talk Title: "Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Therapy: What You Haven't Heard"
Research Profile [24]