Register Now: IEEE-NIH Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and POC Technologies

IEEE-NIH Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Point-of-Care Technologies: Unmet Clinical Needs Driving Technical Solutions

November 20-22, 2019NIH Main CampusNatcher Conference CenterBethesda, MD 20892 

Registration is now open for the annual IEEE-NIH Special Topics Conference on Healthcare Innovations and Point-of-Care Technologies.

The goal for this year’s conference is to identify unmet needs for health and wellness, disease prevention, and chronic disease management, and to highlight existing and emerging technologies that have the potential to meet these needs. The meeting will provide an opportunity for networking among experts in technology development, biomedical research, and clinical practice. The conference will feature presentations, panel discussions, poster sessions, technology demonstrations, and opportunities for innovators to connect with potential funding sources.

Key Dates:

Full papers (4 pages) – submission deadline for technical review July 17
Student/Trainee Paper Competition – submission deadline July 17
Abstracts only (1 page) – submission deadline for technical review August 8
Translational Demonstration Showcase – submission deadline September 25

A special issue of the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine on the conference theme will be published.

Please check the conference website for additional details including author instructions and the submission process.

Organizing Committee:

Conference Chair, Steve Schachter – MD, CIMIT, Harvard Medical School
Conference Co-chair, Tiffani Lash – PHD, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health
Program Chair, Diane Lawrence – PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious  Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Program Co-chair, Srini Tridandapani – MD, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Program Committee:

Bishow Adhikari, PhD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Daofen Chen, PhD – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Jue Chen, PhD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Dorit Donoviel, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
Jonathan Glock, MPH – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Chris Hartshorn, PhD – National Cancer Institute, NIH
Tim Hsiao, PhD – National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH
Tram Huyen, PhD – All of Us Research Program, NIH
Erin Iturriaga, RN – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Deirdre Joy, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Christopher Khoury, MSc, MBA – American Medical Association
Amy Krafft, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Karen Lacourciere, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Dona Love, PhD – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Brad Newsome, PhD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH
Wendy Nilsen, PhD – National Science Foundation
Paul Pearlman, PhD – National Cancer Institute, NIH
Laura Povlich, PhD – Fogarty International Center, NIH
Emilio Sacristan, PhD – National Center for Medical Instrumentation and Imaging Research (CI3M)
Arunan Skandarajah, PhD – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation