CHS RESEARCH & INNOVATION DAY 2026
Research & Innovation Day 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Tower at STAR Campus, Audion
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Time |
Event |
8:00 - 8:45 am |
Registration and Coffee First Poster Session Set-up |
8:45 - 9:00 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
9:00 - 9:45 am |
Keynote Speaker: Melissa C. Duff, PhD Associate Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer's Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Talk Title: Hippocampal dependent memory supports communication and language: Implications for cognitive-communication disorders |
10:00- 10:30 am |
1-min Podium Poster Pitches (for am and pm sessions) |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am | 1st Poster Session |
11:45 am – 12:30 pm |
Lunch Second Poster Session Set-up |
12:30 – 1:15 pm |
Keynote Speaker: Kelly C. Allison, PhD Professor and Director, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Talk Title: The Impact of Current Obesity Interventions on Eating Behaviors and Metabolic Outcomes |
1:30 – 2:45 pm |
Second Poster Session |
2:45 - 3:45 pm |
CHS Faculty Lightning Research Talks 2:46 - 2:53 pm CSCD: Ho Ming Chow, PhD 2:54 - 3:01 pm Epi: Jee Won-Park, PhD 3:02 - 3:09 pm HBNS: Daehyoung (DH) Lee, PhD 3:10 - 3:17 pm KAAP: Ibra S. Francher, PhD 3:18 - 3:25 pm MMS: Esther B. Biswas-Fiss, PhD 3:26 - 3:33 pm PT: Jonathan Wood, PhD 3:34 - 3:41 pm SON: Lauren Covington, PhD, RN |
3:45 pm |
Poster Session Award Winners Announced Closing Remarks |