Date/Time
Date(s) - 9 Oct 2020
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
REGISTRATION LINK: https://azwellbeingcommons.org/events
Lunchtime topics and discussion leaders
Breaking barriers: How Arizona’s universities are delivering new solutions for COVID testing and diagnosis
Carolyn Compton, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Medica Director, ASU Biodesign Clinical Testing Laboratory
Joshua LaBaer, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director and Professor, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Center Director, Biodesign Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics
Valerie Harris
Clinical Lab Manager, ASU Biodesign Clinical Testing Lab, Arizona State University
Candidate, Ph.D., Biological Design, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
What’s the outlook for COVID vaccine development?
Will Humble
Executive Director, Arizona Public Health Association
Adjunct Faculty, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
Brenda Hogue, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Professor, Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy, Arizona State University
Bert Jacobs, Ph.D.
Director and Professor, School of Life Sciences
Faculty Member, Biodesign Center for Immunotherapy, Vaccines and Virotherapy
Sparking innovation: Arizona’s business community responds
Mara Aspinall
Professor of Practice, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University
Managing Director and Co-Founder, BlueStone Venture Partners She is also
Partnering with…
Cindy Jordan
CEO and Founder, Pyx Health
Pyx Health app, solution to loneliness and social isolation
Keeping the public informed: News media and experts working together. What works and what gets in the way?
Allison Otu
Executive Director, Corporate and Community Relations, The University of Arizona Health Sciences
Partnering with…
Melissa Sevigny
Science Reporter, KNAU
Brad Halvorsen
Executive Vice President, Flinn Foundation
Partnering with…
Amanda Morris
Multimedia Bioscience Reporter, Arizona Republic
Alex Li
VR/AR Developer and 3-D Artist, Arizona Republic
Fear and anxiety: How do we address the long-term mental health effects of COVID-19?
Kelly Cue Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
Partnering with…
Keith Crnic, Ph.D.
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Mental Health Research
Retired, Department Head and Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
William Corbin, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
Partnering with…
Mitzi Krockover, M.D.
Chair, Board of Directors, Institute for Mental Health Research
Athena Aktipis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
Co-Director, The Human Generosity Project
Monitoring, contact tracing and tracking
David Engelthaler, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor, TGen North
Crystal Marie Hepp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Informatics at Northern Arizona University
Assistant Director, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University
Partnering with…
Jason Sahl, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Assistant Director, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University
Kyle Freese, Ph.D.
Chief Epidemiologist, STChealth
A public health technology firm
Reaching beyond: Meeting the needs of Arizona’s most vulnerable
Charlene Tarver, J.D.
Convener, Black AZ COVID-19 Task Force
Founder and Executive Director, The Women’s Economic Institute
Julie Ann Baldwin, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative
Director, Center for Health Equity Research
Regents’ Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Enrolled member, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
Tomás León
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Equality Health
Probing the Great Unknown: Understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19
Christian Bime, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medical and Clinical Translational Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson
Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Banner University Medical Center-Tucson
Paul Coleman, Ph.D.
Research Professor, ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Arizona State University
Partnering with
Danielle Brokaw
Graduate Student, ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Arizona State University