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iTHRIV Scholars Clinical Translational Research Symposium

iTHRIV Scholars Symposium

Thank you to those who joined us as we celebrated our iTHRIV Scholars at the 6th Annual iTHRIV Scholars Clinical Translational Research Symposium. The symposium included an information session on our program, a keynote address from Ms. Renée Cummings, and presentations from our 2nd Year iTHRIV Scholars and recent iTHRIV Scholar graduates. 

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The 6th Annual iTHRIV Scholars Symposium was on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023

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  • 12:30pm - Welcome remarks from Phil Bourne, Founding Dean of the UVA School of Data Science
     

  • 12:40pm - Keynote address: “Responsible AI in Real Time” – Renee Cummings
    Hurdling the AI hype to reduce the harms and to enhance ethical, responsible, and trustworthy AI as we innovate inclusively to build resilient and sustainable futures shaped by justice-oriented and trauma-informed AI policy.

Learn more about Ms. Cummings here​

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  • 1:20pm - iTHRIV Scholars Science of Translational Science presentations ​

    • Trials on Fire team presentation + Q&A

      • ​Shannon Armbruster, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Carilion Clinic

      • Andrew Barros, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, UVA School of Medicine 

      • Christine Ibilibor, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Division of Urologic Oncology, UVA School of Medicine 

      • Rell Parker, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, VT Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 

      • Jia-Ray Yu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech

    • Community team presentation + Q&A

      • ​Patricia Rodriguez Lozano, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Medicine, UVA School of Medicine

      • Irène Mathieu, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UVA School of Medicine

      • Rose Nevill, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services, UVA School of Education and Human Development​
         

  • 2:00pm - Research presentations from recent graduates

    • ​Julia Basso, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech

    • Jessie Gibson, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Acute and Specialty Care, UVA School of Nursing

    • Lee Ann Johnson, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Acute and Specialty Care, UVA School of Nursing 

    • Shawna Klahn, DVM, Associate Professor, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, VT Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

    • Gregory Madden, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, UVA School of Medicine

    • Kazlin Mason, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Services, UVA School of Education and Human Development
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  • 3:00pm - Closing remarks

Keynote address, Renée Cummings

Professor Renée Cummings, a 2023 VentureBeat AI Innovator Award winner, is an artificial intelligence (AI), data and tech ethicist, and the first data activist-in-residence at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) School of Data Science where she was named professor of Practice in Data Science. She is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation, at The Brookings Institution, a Senior Fellow, AI, Data, and Public Policy, at All Tech Is Human (ATIH), a leading think tank, and a distinguished member of the World Economic Forum’s Data Equity Council and the World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance. Renée is also a criminologist, criminal psychologist, therapeutic jurisprudence specialist, and a community scholar at Columbia University. She also serves as co-director of the Public Interest Technology (PIT) University Network, at UVA, and is on the board of advisors of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. 

Science of Translational Science Presentations from the Symposium

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