2026 Symposium Schedule
Frontiers of Health & Innovation
March 24
Cashion Academic Center 5th Floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 3:30pm to 5:00pm | Opening Keynote Address and Fireside Chat Retired Maj. Gen. Brian C. Lein, M.D., Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine: "Innovations in Medicine, Past, Present and Future" |
March 25
All Sessions at Cashion Academic Center 5th Floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00am to 9:15am | Welcome and Orientation |
| 9:15am to 10:45am | Session I – Work and Wellness Research shows that 80% of the world’s employed are not fulfilled in their work. This multidisciplinary panel examines wellness and work through the lens of innovation, exploring how new ideas and practices shape physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being across diverse work settings. Panelists: Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Ph.D., Babson College: "Is Our Work Worth It? Meaningful Work and Well-Being" Thomas V. Morris, Ph.D.: "Work, Wisdom, and Wellness: The Meaning and Purpose of Meaning and Purpose" |
| 11:00am to 12:30pm | Session II – AI and Health Care: Ethics and Innovation This multidisciplinary panel examines the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence in health care innovation, considering how emerging tools are shaping care delivery, clinical decision-making, and patient well-being now and into the future. Panelists: Ashley Moyse, Ph.D., Baylor University: "The Master Physician: Craft, Judgment, and the Limits of Digital Innovation" Justin R. Volkman, Baptist Health System: "AI Safety Net: Catching the 'Missing' Lung Cancer Patients" |
| 12:30pm to 1:45pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm to 3:30pm | Session III – Youth, Mental Health, and Technology This session explores mental health, youth, and technology, integrating contemporary research with historical perspectives for windows into how changing technologies have shaped young people’s well-being over time and what these patterns and ongoing research suggest for the present and future. Panelists: Steven Mintz, Ph.D., University of Texas: "It’s Not (Just) the Phone: Rethinking the Youth Mental Health Crisis" Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., San Diego State University: "iGen: Understanding the Smartphone Generation" |
| 3:45pm to 5:15pm | Session IV – Insights and New Frontiers for Understanding Global Health This panel explores the need for and the emergence of new health metrics and insights into global well-being, drawing on findings from the Global Flourishing Study to explore how innovative measures of health are reshaping our understanding of world health across cultures and contexts. Panelists: Jon Clifton, Gallup Byron Johnson, Ph.D., Baylor University Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., Harvard University |
| 5:15pm to 5:30pm | Closing Remarks |