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
2024 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
2025 Organizing Committee
KAREN ETHUN
Gulf Coast Consortia
LUCA GIANCARDO
UTHealth Houston
GEORGE GOLOVKO
UTMB Health
JULIANNA HOGAN
Research Health Scientist, Michael E. DeBakey Veteran Affairs Medical Center
KAMIL KHANIPOV
UTMB Health
JAN LINDSAY
Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
MICHELLE PATRIQUIN
The Menninger Clinic
ALLISON POST
Texas Heart Institute
HOMER QUINTANA
Houston Methodist
RAFAEL ROSENGARTEN
Genialis
LAILA RASMY
UTHealth Houston
MATT SEGAR
Texas Heart Institute
RICHARD SUCGANG
Houston Methodist
JON TAMIR
University of Texas at Austin
ERIC VENNER
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center
CHENGYUE WU
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
W. JIM ZHENG
UTHealth Houston
2025 Program Committee
ZHANDONG LIU
Baylor College of Medicine
AMBER AMSPOKER
Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
YAMIN AREFEEN
UT Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center
ARASH MAGHSOUDI
Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
XIAONING QIAN
Texas A&M Engineering
NICOLA POLIZZOTTO
UTHealth Houston
SHAYAN SHAMS
UTHealth Houston
LUKAS SIMON
Baylor College of Medicine
VAIBHAV UNHELKAR
Rice University
Organizers
MICHELLE ATKINSON
Director of Operations,
Ken Kennedy Institute
LYDIA KAVRAKI
Director,
Ken Kennedy Institute
KELLY PETERS
Marketing, Events, and
Administrative Specialist,
Ken Kennedy Institute
XIA (BEN) HU
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
DAVID PYNADATH
Executive Director for Research Initiatives,
The Ken Kennedy Institute
LEAH SEWARD
Events Specialist
The Ken Kennedy Institute