Amplifying Impact by Nurturing Diversity (“IMAG-AND”)
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Draft Agenda
Wednesday, March 17
8:00-8:30 am Registration & Poster Set-up
8:30-8:45 am Welcome: IMAG Chair, Grace Peng
Opening Remarks: Dr. Susan Gregurick, Director for Data Science, NIH
8:45-9:00 am Session 1: Nurturing Diversity
Meeting Co-Chairs: Silvia Blemker Shayn Peirce-Cottler
9:00-10:00 am Panel Discussion
Moderator: Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Univ. of Virginia
Jennifer Linderman; Silvia Blemker; Michelle D. Jones-London; Irene Avila
10:00-10:30 am Refreshments & Poster Viewing
10:30-11:45 am Session 2: Diverse Contexts for Multiscale Modeling
Moderators: Ashlee Ford Versypt, Oklahoma State and
Aminul Islam, Oklahoma State
Belinda Akpa; Inez Lam; Kristin Myers; Aldo Badano
11:45 am -12:15 pm Keynote: Charlene E. Le Fauve, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Chief NIH Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
12:15-1:00 pm Working lunch for attendees: Implicit Bias Workshop
1:00-2:15 pm Session 3: Diverse Approaches for Multiscale Modeling
Moderators: Bill Cannon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and
Neeraj Kumar, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Elana Fertig; Paul Macklin; Ali Khalilimeybodi, Stacey Finley
2:15-3:00 pm Session 4: Diverse Data and Model Credibility for Multiscale Modeling
Moderator: Jerry Meyers, NASA
Jerry Meyers; Chani Hodonsky; Chyren Hunter
3:00-4:00 pm Refreshments & Poster Viewing (Student Poster Competition for Group 1)
5:00-6:15 pm Happy Hour at conference hotel (Hyatt) with networking activities for mentor/mentee pairs
Thursday, March 18
8:00-8:30 am Registration & poster set-up
8:30-8:45 am Welcome: IMAG Chair, Grace Peng
Opening Remarks: Dr. Guru-Madhavan, National Academy of Engineering
8:45-9:45 am Session 5: Diverse Funding for Multiscale Modeling
Moderator: Rossana Occhipinti, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Kathy Richmond; Amanda Boyce; Elebeoba May; James Mack; Derrick Tabor
9:45-11:00 am Refreshments & Poster Viewing (Student Poster Competition for Group 2)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Session 6: Diverse Pedagogy for Multiscale Modeling
Moderators: Feilim Mac Gabhann, Johns Hopkins Univ.
Iraj Hosseini, Genentech
Eric Sobie; Andrew McCulloch; Daniela Valdez-Jasso; Timothy Allen
12:00-1:00 pm Working lunch for attendees: Stereotype Threat Workshop
led by Kristen Naegle, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Working lunch for Steering Committee and Working Groups
1:00-2:20 pm Session 7: TRAINEE ORAL PRESENTATION COMPETITION:
Diverse Impacts of Multiscale Modeling
Moderators: Elsje Pienaar, Purdue Univ. and
Kim Stevens, Purdue Univ.
2:20-2:30 pm Closing remarks and announce winners of student presentation and poster competitions
2:30 pm Meeting Adjourn
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3:00-5:00 pm 1-on-1 meetings with IMAG agency program officers (by appointment only)
IMAG agency program officers
Ishmael Amarreh (NIH/NIMH)
Irene Avila (NIH/OD)
Andrea Beckel-Mitchener (NIH/NIMH)
Moria Bittmannn (NIH/NIBIB)
Rada Dagher (NIH/NIMHD)
Liz Ginexi (NIH/OBSSR)
Ilana Goldberg (NIH/NIBIB)
Laurel Kuxhaus (NSF/ENG)
Jerry Myers (NASA)
Grace Peng (NIH/NIBIB)