Translational Research Chairs


Gabriela Apiou, PhD, Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute, Harvard Medical School (USA)


Aaron Aguirre, MD, PhD, Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Cardiology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (USA)

Program Committee

Haley Marks, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA (USA)
Jie Hui, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (USA)
Fernando Zvietcovich, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (Peru)
Nitesh Katta, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine (USA)
Ivan Kosik, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto (Canada)
Arutyun Bagramyan, Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospitalz (USA)
Julia Falco, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute (USA)
Cristina Torres, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute (USA)
Simon Mahler, Caltech (USA)
Andreas Wartak, Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Massachusetts General Hospital Research Institute, Harvard Medical School (USA)
Jawad Hoballah, Massachusetts General Hospital (USA)

12:30 Lunch Pickup and Networking

12:40 Introduction and Announcement of Translational Research Award Winners

1:00 Translational Research Award Winner: Ariane Garrett, Boston Univ. (United States)

Speckle contrast optical spectroscopy improves cuffless blood pressure estimation compared to photoplethysmography

1:15 Translational Research Award Winner: Amir Tofighi Zavareh, Texas A&M Univ. (United States)

Machine learning-enhanced wavelength detection for point-of-care optical devices in tissue oxygenation and peripheral arterial disease assessment

1:30 Panel Discussion

Sponsored by Wellman Center for Photomedicine

 

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Event Details

FORMAT: Oral presentations followed by audience Q&A.
MENU: Boxed lunches for the first 100 attendees, coffee, decaf, and tea will be available inside the presentation room.
SETUP: Classroom style seating.