Next-Gen Healthcare Innovators Symposium 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024 - 12 pm to 5 pm
University Center Complex, TechFlex Auditorium
Join our interdisciplinary student-run event focusing on innovative healthcare research.
Share your research and test your presentation skills via a 5-minute rapid-fire or poster presentation while learning more about your colleagues’ research
Listen to inspiring speakers from the healthcare field
Pick the brains of professionals who have been there and done that in the healthcare industry and academia
Meet and greet your peers and professors at our networking reception to wrap the day
About Us
By the students, for the students.
The Next-Gen Healthcare Innovators Student Symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and sharing of preliminary research results among graduate students and postdocs at Stevens, focusing on innovative healthcare research.
Whether you're studying or interested in biomaterials, rehabilitation, medical devices, medical image processing, machine learning for clinical data, or anything else related to healthcare, we want you to be part of this event.
Our event is primarily targeted at graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, but all Stevens affiliates, faculty and industry professionals are welcome as well.
Our Goals
Promote Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Networking: Encourage the integration of diverse fields (such as engineering, biology, computer science, and public health) and promote the formation of multi-disciplinary teams to foster innovative solutions in healthcare.Showcase Preliminary Research: Provide a platform for graduate students and postdocs to present early-stage research, receive feedback, and refine their ideas in a supportive environment.
Stimulate Innovative Thinking: Inspire participants to think creatively and apply novel approaches to address current challenges in healthcare.
Highlight Technological Integration in Healthcare: Explore the role of emerging technologies such as AI and big data analytics in revolutionizing healthcare practices and improving patient outcomes.
Submit Your Presentations
Who can present?
This event is open to Master's Students, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchersWhat should be presented? The focus should be on healthcare innovation, and all research needs to be approved and overseen by an advisor. Research does not need to be complete; preliminary results are acceptable.
Choose from two presentation options:
- 5-minute rapid fire oral presentation
- Poster presentation only
Submit your Abstract by July 20
The abstract should focus on healthcare innovation and briefly describe the significance, methods, and interpretations of findings with a max of 1 figure. The abstract cannot be more than 1 page in length.
Timeline
If you are interesting in presenting or attending at the 2024 Next-Gen Healthcare Innovators Student Symposium, please be mindful of these upcoming important dates:
June 20: Abstract submissions open
July 20: Abstract submissions close
August 1: Open registration for Symposium attendees begins
August 20: All acceptance notifications for abstracts will be sent before - or on - this date
September 5: Attendance registration deadline
September 20: 2024 Next-Gen Healthcare Innovators Student Symposium - Day of event
Agenda
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. | REGISTRATION OPENS + LUNCH |
12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | WELCOME REMARKS Professor Hongjun Wang, Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation |
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS To be announced |
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | PANEL DISCUSSION - What can I do after my Ph.D.? To be announced |
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | PRESENTATION OF CHI BEST PAPER AWARD |
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | RAPID-FIRE PITCH PRESENTATION 5-minute oral presentation on research |
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | POSTER SESSION AND NETWORKING SOCIAL HOUR |
