SparkTalks | Nov. 16, 2023
SparkTalks - November 2023 Heading link
What:
Igniting the thoughts and solutions of influential UIC changemakers to inspire and create a better world.
- 36 presenters
- 3-minute talks
- 2 hours of inspiration
When:
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Where:
Student Services Building (SSB)
1200 W. Harrison St.
RSVP to Attend:
Please RSVP before Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at 12:00 p.m.
Agenda Heading link
| 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. |
Chancellor's Welcome
SparkTalks Round 1 (See below for the order of presentations!) |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m | Break |
| 3:00 – 4:15 p.m. |
SparkTalks Round 2
Closing Remarks (See below for the order of presentations!) |
| 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. | Reception |
Order of Presentations Heading link
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SparkTalks - Round 1
- Sam Dorevitch MD, MPH | Sola Maji: Sustainably Producing Safe Drinking Water with Communities in Kenya
- Jane Rhodes, PhD | From Racial Trauma to a Life of Healing: The Journey of a Black American Expatriate
- Maria Krysan, PhD | Disrupting the Cycle of Segregation: Folded Map, Don’t Go, and Other Adventures
- Wonhwa Cho, PhD | Cholesterol-targeting Cancer and Alzheimer Disease Drugs
- Thomas Searles, PhD | Quantum Engineering at UIC
- Max Berkelhammer, PhD | Climate Change in Your Neighborhood
- Katie Vanderzwan, DNP, APRN, CHSE | SimZones
- Sanjeev Vidyarthi, PhD | Advancing University-Community Partnerships via Community Engaged City Planning and Design Studios
- Amita Shetty | Break Through Tech Chicago More Than Doubles the Number of Women, Nonbinary Students in Computing Disciplines in Four Years at UIC
- Andrew Boyd, MD | Data Simplification to Improve Clinical Outcomes
- Natalie Parde, PhD | Sparking New Insights for Assessing Cognitive Health via Spoken Language
- Mark Dworkin, MD, MPHTM | Feasibility, Acceptability, and Efficacy of a Realistic Relational Human Avatar in a Mobile Phone App Designed to Promote Health in Persons Living with HIV: Research studies in the US and Early Study in India
- Andrea Vaughan, PhD | Transforming Chicago: Inspiring Hope, Sharing Knowledge, and Engaging Families
- Alexander Eisenschmidt, PhD | At Home with the Collective: An Architecture for Housing
- Joe Hoereth, PhD | The Urban Public Policy Fellows (UPPF) Program — Developing Civically Engaged Leaders
- Melissa Martin, PhD | Innovative Research in Management Accounting: Control Systems and Contracting
- Joseph Strickland, PhD | Jane Addams Center for Social Policy and Research’s Urban Scholars Program
- Morgan Lord, MSJ | The Impact of Improvisational Play in the Classroom
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SparkTalks - Round 2
- Alexander Mankin, PhD | Antimicrobial Peptides from Honeybees and Fruit Flies Kill Pathogenic Bacteria through a Uniquely Peculiar Mechanism
- Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD | Long COVID Care and Research
- Rebecca Singer, DNP, RN | Outbreak Response Team: Collaborating to Protect Our Community
- Daniel Morales-Doyle, PhD | Youth Participatory Science to Address Environmental Racism
- John Monaghan, PhD | The Center for the Recovery and Identification of the Missing
- Heather Prendergast, MD, MS, MHA, MBA | Transforming Health through the Lens of Health Equity
- Allison Bethel, JD | Who, What, When, Where and Why of the Fair Housing Legal Clinic
- Carrie Sandahl, PhD | Experience as Theory
- Barbara Di Eugenio, PhD | Engaging the Patient in Healthcare with Natural Language Processing
- Nebiyou Tilahun, PhD | Are Police Stops Racially Biased? Insights from Police Stops and Automated Citations in Chicago
- Naranjan Karnik, MD, PhD | Can Your iPhone be Your Personal Mental Health Support and Wellbeing Monitor?
- Anne George, PhD | Role of Proteins in Biomineralization of Bone and Teeth: Lessons from Nature
- Jeff Wilson, MBA | Community Engagement
- Mark Lockwood, PhD, MSN, RN | The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Pain Interference Before and After Kidney Transplantation: A Pilot Study
- Branden McLeod, PhD, MSW | How Social Policies and Systems Shape Fathers’ Involvement
- Robin Mermelstein, PhD | Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
- Rachel Havrelock, PhD | Elevating a New Generation of Climate Change Leaders
- Naoko Muramatsu, PhD | Center for Health Equity in Cognitive Aging (CHECA): Making the Invisible Visible
Watch the November 16 SparkTalks Presentations Heading link
Day-Of Logistics Heading link
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Parking
Complimentary parking will be provided in Lot 1B (1139 West Harrison St.; across from the Credit Union 1 Arena).
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Check-In
When guests arrive at the Student Services Building (SSB), signs and staff will be present to help individuals toward the check-in table.
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Accessibility
CART captions will be provided. Should you require additional accommodations to participate, please contact provost@uic.edu.
Mark Your Calendar for the Next SparkTalks: Heading link
Thursday, February 1, 2024 | 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Student Center East (SCE) Illinois Room
Questions or concerns? Please contact Judee Olechno, judee@uic.edu, or Tyler Nielsen, pniels2@uic.edu.