The 2019 Health Scholar Showcase theme, Smart and Connected Health Innovation, seeks to highlight a broad range of research conducted by Texas State University faculty members seeking to discover, implement or evaluate strategies and tools to improve health.
2019 Health Scholar Showcase
When: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | 2pm-5pm
Where: University Performing Arts Center,
405 Moon St, San Marcos, TX 78666
Theme: Smart and Connected Health Innovation
KEYNOTE SPEAKER & PANELISTS
Keynote Speaker
Susan Dentzer is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization composed of more than 100 stakeholder organizations seeking to advance innovations that improve health, enhance the quality of health care, and achieve greater value for the money spent. NEHI conducts independent, objective research and thought leadership to accelerate these innovations and bring about changes within health care and public policy.
One of the nation's most respected health and health policy thought leaders and journalists, Dentzer previously served as senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, editor-in-chief of the journal Health Affairs, and as an on-air Health Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.
Dentzer is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Research!America. A graduate of Dartmouth, Dentzer formerly chaired the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, and is a member of the Board of Advisors of Dartmouth Medical School. She and her husband, Charles Alston, have three grown children.
Panelists
Thomas R. Kowalski, Panelist
President and CEO of the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute
Senem Guney, Ph.D., Panelist
Founder of NarrativeDx
Nora Belcher, Panelist
Texas e-Health Alliance Executive Director
Heather Paffe, Panelist
Director, External Affairs-Global Digital Health Technology Hub, Merck
Eugene Bourgeois, Ph.D., Moderator
Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs, Texas State University
SHOWCASE WINNERS
A Unique Way of Delivering Aerosolized Medications to Adults: A Translational Research with High Flow Nasal Cannula
Authors: Arzu Ari, Luciana Alcoforado, and Armele Dornelas
Executive Function and Motor Competence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Ting Liu and Morgan Tonish
The Value of System Simulation in Healthcare Operations
Author: Eduardo Perez
User-Centered Design of a Texas WIC ChatBot: Formative Investigation
Authors: Lesli Biediger-Friedman, Sylvia H Crixell, and Colton Scott
2023 HEALTH SCHOLAR SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Attire: Business/ Business Casual
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction by President Trauth, Keynote and Panel Presentation, Moderated by Provost Bourgeois |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Interactive Poster Session and Reception |