Lightning Talk Schedule
SESSION 1 - Wednesday, 4/9/2025 11:00a - 12:00p
1. 11:05a - 11:25a
Mateusz Grochowski, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Tulane School of Law.
Title of Talk: Pricing in the Age of AI: Should We Be Worried?
2. 11:25a - 11:30a
Cynthia J. Ebinger, Ph.D., Professor at the Tulane School of Science & Engineering, Chair of the Space Science and Engineering Task Force.
Title of Talk: Update on Space Science & Engineering Cluster.
3. 11:30a - 11:35a
Dan Friess, Ph.D., Professor at the Tulane School of Science & Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Title of Talk: Resilient Habitats and Communities.
4. 11:35a - 11:40a
Jonathan Fadok, Ph.D., Associate Professor at The Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. Professorship in Science and Engineering, Tulane School of Science & Engineering,
Title of Talk:
5. 11:40a - 11:45a
J. Quincy Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Tulane School of Science & Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Title of Talk: Precision Health and Diagnostics Task Force.
6. 11:45a - 11:55a
Sean Fowler, Research Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment.
Title of Talk: The New Orleans Public Space Project: an ongoing research project/studio projecting urban reform in New Orleans, LA.
SESSION 2 - Wednesday, 4/9/2025 1:30p - 2:30p
1. 1:35p - 1:40p
Ling Tian, Ph.D. candidate, Tulane’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, focus - biosocial determinants cardiovascular outcomes, note - dissertation award candidate.
Title of Talk: Comparison of Associations of Food Security Instruments and Mediators with Premature All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Death in US Adults.
2. 1:40p - 1:45p
Savannah Baus, MPH student, Tulane’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Environmental health sciences, focus - disaster education for adolescents, youth resilience, reducing climate anxiety, school systems response and community preparedness, note - focus of integrative learning experience with Disaster Management Program.
Title of Talk: Disaster Education Leadership and Training for Adolescents (DELTA): An Analysis of the Efficacy of a Disaster Education Program as a Strategy for Adolescent Engagement in School-Based Community Preparedness.
3. 1:45p - 1:50p
Brigham Walker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management at Tulane’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, focus - mobile tech interventions for chronic conditions, note - KL2 awardee.
Title of Talk: Optimizing Telehealth in Caring for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions.
4. 1:50p - 1:55p
Samuel Kakraba, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, focus - AI/data science and neurogenerative diseases, note - Faculty in the Tulane Center for Aging.
Title of Talk: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Revolutionize Diagnostics and Drug Discovery for Neurodegenerative and Other Diseases.
5. 1:55p - 2:00p
Brian Deskin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Diseases Critical Care Environmental Medicine.
Title of Talk: The Alveolus: what it is and why it’s important.
6. 2:00p - 2:05p
Kislay Parvatiyar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Tulane's School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology.
Title of Talk: Mechanisms of Aging Dependent Inflammation via Cytosolic DNA Sensing Pathways
7. 2:05p - 2:10p
Jia Fan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Tulane's School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology.
Title of Talk: Proteomic Insights into Disease Biomarkers and Precise Detection.
8. 2:15p - 2:20p
Alexandra McNally, MS, BMS Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane’s School of Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Microbiology Department
Title of Talk: Gamma Delta (γδ) T Cell Subsets and Tissue Immunity in Rhesus Macaques.
9. 2:20p - 2:25p
Heather Adkison, Postdoc Fellow, Tulane’s School of Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Immunology Department.
Title of Talk: Immune-Coupled Antibiotic Therapy: An Innovative Approach to Lyme Disease Treatment.
10. 2:25p - 2:30p
Tabitha Manuel, Ph.D. Candidate, Tulane’s School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Program, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Immunology Department.
Title of Talk: Immunologic and pathologic outcomes in a novel rhesus macaque model of primary congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
SESSION 3 - Thursday, 4/10/2025 11:00a - 12:00p
1. 11:05a - 11:25a
Kay McLennan, Ph.D., Senior Professor of Practice, Business and Leadership Studies at Tulane's School of Professional Advancement.
Title of Talk: Converting Slides Into 3D Illustrations with Interactive AI-Animated Case Study Characters Enhances Student Engagement.
2. 11:25a - 11:30a
Sara Miller, MA graduate ('24), Tulane's School of Liberal Arts, English Department.
Title of Talk: Fictionalizing the Empire: Examining Patterns of American Fascist Rhetoric, History, and Political Philosophy in Suzanne Collins's The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
5. 11:35a-11:40a
Jack Covert, BS Candidate, Tulane's School of Liberal Arts, Department of Philosophy.
Title of Talk: Mental Illness and Agency: Rethinking Compulsive Actions Through the Philosophy of Human Action.
6. 11:40a-11:45a
Margaret Buehler, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane's School of Liberal Arts, Department of Anthropology.
Title of Talk: Navigating change: How alpha male replacements impact ranging in wild white-faced capuchins.