Cardiovascular Health, Identity and Technology Conference
Conference Date and Location:
When: March 20, 2026, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) room 1010
University of
California Irvine
Need more info? Contact us at (949) 824 7865, or cardio@uci.edu
About the Conferece:
The goal of this first annual conference is to share research and perspectives on the impact of identity on cardiovascular health (Theme 1), accessible cardiovascular technology design and innovation (Theme 2), and the social, behavioral, and economic influences on cardiovascular technologies (Theme 3). The program will include two invited keynote speakers and oral and poster presentations by faculty and trainees from the UCI Schools of Engineering, Medicine, Public Health, Social Ecology, and Biological Sciences. Please join us!
Keynote Speakers
Theme 1: Psycho-Physio-Biologial Root Causes of Cardiovascular Health
Theme 2: Accurate, Unbiased, and Accessible Health Technology Design and Innovation
Theme 3: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Influences on Technology for Cardiovascular Healthcare
Dr. John Ruiz, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona
Agenda:
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Time
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Speaker
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8:15-8:30am |
Breakfast and Registration |
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8:30-8:35am |
Dr. Naomi Chesler: Welcome Remarks |
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8:35-9:15am |
Keynote: Dr. Gilda Barabino: Engineering Cardiovascular Health Equity: The
Perspective of a Sickle Cell Researcher |
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9:15-9:35am |
Dr. Gurneet Sangha: Impact of Social Isolation and Exercise
Training on Cardiovascular Function |
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9:35-9:55am |
Dr. Jessica Borelli: Mother-Child Synchrony as a Predictor of
Relationship Quality and Maternal Health |
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9:55-10:15am |
Dr. Frances Li: The Heart of Parenting: Cardiovascular Regulation and
Maternal Caregiving |
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10:15-10:35am |
Dr. Pim Oomen: Computational Models for Cardiovascular Health Equity
Research |
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10:35-11:00am |
Coffee and Networking Break |
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11:00-11:40am |
Keynote: Dr. John Ruiz: Cardiovascular Health Policy Priorities: From
Population Health Frameworks to National Prevention Recommendations |
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11:40-12:00pm |
Dr. Dylan Roby: The Need for Simulation Modeling to Estimate Uptake of New
Health-Related Technologies in the Context of Insurance Benefits and Coverage
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12:00-12:20pm |
Dr. Brandy Lipton: Impacts of Medicaid Routine Vision Benefits on Eye Care
Use, Spending on Eyeglasses, and Diagnoses among Dual Eligibles |
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12:20-12:40pm |
Dr. Claudine Joseph: Engineering the MedTech Workforce |
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12:40-2:00pm |
Lunch and Poster Session |
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2:00-2:40pm |
Keynote: Dr. Gerard L. Coté: Cardiovascular Health Monitoring at the
Point-of-Care |
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2:40-3:00pm |
Dr. Michelle Khine: Continuous Physiological Monitoring with Soft Electronics |
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3:00-3:20pm |
Dr. Amir Rahmani: Smart Wearables and Agentic Systems: Redefining Health
Innovation |
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3:20-3:40pm |
Shingirirai Michael Chakoma: Toward Continuous Cardiovascular Health Monitoring: Multimodal Wearable Bioelectronics for Quantifying Stress Physiology
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3:40-4:00pm |
Dr. Bernard Choi: Peripheral Blood-Flow Sensing with Laser Speckle
Techniques |
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4:00-4:15pm |
Dr. Naomi Chesler: Poster Awards (People's Choice, Mentor) and Closing
Remarks |