2024 Committee Members
George Golovko
LUCA GIANCARDO
HIMANI AGRAWAL
DENISE CAVALIER
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Walmart
UTHealth Houston
UTMB
Verena Kalhoff
Greater Houston Partnership
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
Jan Lindsay
Rice University
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine
Michelle Patriquin
The Menninger Clinic
Allison Post
Laila Rasmy
Texas Heart Institute
UTHealth Houston
Homer Quintana
Houston Methodist
Rafael Rosengarten
Richard Sucgang
Jon Tamir
Matt Segar
Genialis
Texas Heart Institute
Houston Methodist
University of Texas at Austin
The Ken Kennedy Institute Team
ANGELA WILKINS
Executive Director
MICHELLE ATKINSON
Program Administrator
SAMANTHA NAVA
Director of Partnerships
KELLY PETERS
Marketing, Events, and
Administrative Specialist
2024 Committee Members
George Golovko
LUCA GIANCARDO
HIMANI AGRAWAL
DENISE CAVALIER
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Walmart
UTHealth Houston
UTMB
Verena Kalhoff
Greater Houston Partnership
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
Jan Lindsay
Rice University
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine
Michelle Patriquin
The Menninger Clinic
Allison Post
Laila Rasmy
Texas Heart Institute
UTHealth Houston
Homer Quintana
Houston Methodist
Rafael Rosengarten
Richard Sucgang
Jon Tamir
Matt Segar
Genialis
Texas Heart Institute
Houston Methodist
University of Texas at Austin
Vaibhav Unhelkar
Rice University
Eric Venner
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
Chengyue Wu
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
W. Jim Zheng
UTHealth Houston
The Ken Kennedy Institute Team
KELLY PETERS
Marketing, Events, and
Administrative Specialist
SAMANTHA NAVA
Director of Partnerships
2024 Committee Members
George Golovko
LUCA GIANCARDO
HIMANI AGRAWAL
DENISE CAVALIER
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Walmart
UTHealth Houston
UTMB
Verena Kalhoff
Greater Houston Partnership
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
Jan Lindsay
Rice University
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine
Michelle Patriquin
The Menninger Clinic
Allison Post
Laila Rasmy
Texas Heart Institute
UTHealth Houston
Homer Quintana
Houston Methodist
Rafael Rosengarten
Richard Sucgang
Jon Tamir
Matt Segar
Genialis
Texas Heart Institute
Houston Methodist
University of Texas at Austin
Vaibhav Unhelkar
Rice University
Eric Venner
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
Chengyue Wu
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
W. Jim Zheng
UTHealth Houston
The Ken Kennedy Institute Team
2025 Committee Members
GEORGE GOLOVKO
LUCA GIANCARDO
KAREN ETHUN
DENISE CAVALIER
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Gulf Coast Consortia
UTHealth Houston
UTMB Health
VERENA KALHOFF
Greater Houston Partnership
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
JAN LINDSAY
Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine
MICHELLE PATRIQUIN
The Menninger Clinic
ALLISON POST
LAILA RASMY
Texas Heart Institute
UTHealth Houston
HOMER QUINTANA
Houston Methodist
RAFAEL ROSENGARTEN
RICHARD SUCGANG
JON TAMIR
MATT SEGAR
Genialis
Texas Heart Institute
Houston Methodist
University of Texas at Austin
VAIBHAV UNHELKAR
Rice University
ERIC VENNER
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
CHENGYUE WU
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
W. JIM ZHENG
UTHealth Houston
Organizers
SAMANTHA NAVA
Director of Partnerships
MICHELLE ATKINSON
Director of Operations
KELLY PETERS
Marketing, Events, and
Administrative Specialist
LYDIA E. KAVRAKI
University Professor; Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing; Professor of Computer Science, of Electrical & Computer Engineering, of Mechanical Engineering, and of Bioengineering; Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University
DAVID V. PYNADATH
Executive Director for Research Initiatives of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University
MICHELLE ATKINSON
Director of Operations,
Ken Kennedy Institute
KELLY PETERS
Strategic Partnerships & Communications Manager,
Ken Kennedy Institute
LEAH SEWARD
Events Specialist
Ken Kennedy Institute
Track Chairs
AI FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH
XIA (BEN) HU
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
PHYSICAL AI AND MEDICINE
LYDIA E. KAVRAKI
University Professor; Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing; Professor of Computer Science, of Electrical & Computer Engineering, of Mechanical Engineering, and of Bioengineering; Director of the Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University
AI FOR MODERN THERAPEUTICS
RAFAEL ROSENGARTEN
CEO and Cofounder,
Genialis
2025 Organizing Committee
KAREN ETHUN
Gulf Coast Consortia
LUCA GIANCARDO
UTHealth Houston
GEORGE GOLOVKO
UTMB Health
JULIANNA HOGAN
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Baylor College of Medicine
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
JAN LINDSAY
South Central MIRECC; Baylor College of Medicine; Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
MICHELLE PATRIQUIN
UTHealth Houston
HOMER QUINTANA
Houston Methodist
RAFAEL ROSENGARTEN
Genialis
LAILA RASMY
UTHealth Houston
RICHARD SUCGANG
Houston Methodist
JON TAMIR
The University of Texas at Austin
ERIC VENNER
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
W. JIM ZHENG
UTHealth Houston
2025 Program Committee
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children's Hospital
AMY B. AMSPOKER
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Baylor College of Medicine; South Central MIRECC
YAMIN AREFEEN
The University of Texas at Austin
ARASH MAGHSOUDI
Baylor College of Medicine
XIAONING QIAN
Texas A&M University
NICOLA POLIZZOTTO
UTHealth Houston
SHAYAN SHAMS
UTHealth Houston
LUKAS SIMON
Baylor College of Medicine
CHENGYUE WU
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
VAIBHAV UNHELKAR
Rice University
ANDREW ZIMOLZAK
Baylor College of Medicine