Speaker Bios
MeTRIC Symposium Speaker Bios
| Welcome & Opening Remarks | |
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| Cathy Goldstein, M.D., M.S., is a professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center and faculty lead of the EFDC Mobile Technologies core and the U-M Mobile Technology Research Innovation Collaborative (MeTRIC). Dr. Goldstein's research uses consumer facing sleep tracking devices and mathematical modeling to assess sleep patterns and circadian rhythms in the ambulatory, day-to-day setting to determine their role in health and disease (including in women's reproductive health, multiple sclerosis, and gastrointestinal conditions). |
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| Ravi Allada, M.D., joined the Michigan Neuroscience Institute on September 1, 2023, as the institute's new executive director. He comes to MNI from Northwestern University, where Dr. Allada served as professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology, professor in the Department of Pathology, and associate director of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology for 23 years. |
| Keynote with Q&A: The Future is Now: Leveraging Mobile Technologies to Accelerate Scientific Discovery in Mental Health Research | |
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| Srijan Sen, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Eisenberg Family Depression Center and the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Professor of Depression and Neurosciences. Dr. Sen’s research focuses on the interactions between genes and the environment and their effect on stress, anxiety and depression. |
| Study Spotlight #1: Michigan Predictive Activity and Clinical Trajectories (MiPACT) | |
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| Sachin Kheterpal, M.D., M.B.A., is the Medical School’s associate dean for research information technology and the Kevin K. Tremper Professor of Anesthesiology. Dr. Kheterpal is responsible for establishing the vision and strategy to effectively use information technology to advance the research mission. |
| Study Spotlight #2: The Role of Mobile Technologies in Clinical Trials: The WIRED-L Experience | |
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| Brahmajee Nallamothu, M.D., is a professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan. Dr. Nallamothu’s research interests focus on improving quality of cardiovascular care and procedures. |
| Panel Discussion #1: Study Design for Mobile Technology Research | |
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| Nicole Eyrich, M.P.H., is a clinical research program manager and technology specialist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan. Before her work at U-M, she worked with the Emory University Center for AIDS Research and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on clinical trials studying HIV transmission and treatment efficacy. She has overseen the implementation of novel mobile health technology and wearable devices for more than 9,000 patients across multiple studies and centers. She has been the primary clinical research liaison to the U-M IRB, ensuring that novel mobile health studies adhere to rigorous ethical standards, while innovating consent, enrollment, and data collection techniques. |
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| Jessie Golbus M.D., M.S., is a clinical instructor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Golbus is actively engaged in clinical practice in the areas of heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. Her research focuses on using digital health technology, like smartwatches, to improve the delivery of cardiovascular care and on optimizing treatments for patients with advanced heart failure. |
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| Sarah Sperry, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Psychiatry and director of the Emotion and Temporal Dynamics (EmoTe) Lab. Dr. Sperry’s broad mission is to improve early detection, predict illness trajectory and develop personalized interventions for bipolar spectrum disorders. Within this broader mission, she uses mobile technology (smartphones, wearable devices) and intensive longitudinal modeling to characterize and understand intraindividual variability in emotion and behavior in real-world contexts. |
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| Muneesh Tewari, Ph.D., is a professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and the Ray and Ruth Anderson-Laurence Sprague Memorial Research Professor. Dr. Tewari's research interests include developing the next generation of biomarker approaches for cancer early detection, disease monitoring and treatment response prediction. |
| Panel Discussion #2: Tech Infrastructure: Basic Requirements and Considerations for Collecting, Extracting and Storing Data | |
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| Dan Alexander, M.S., is an associate librarian and data curation and research reproducibility specialist at the University Library and MIDAS. He has spent the past 5 years working in research reproducibility and has discovered a passion for helping others to achieve their research goals in a way that enables and encourages sharing and reuse of both data and code. |
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| John Brussolo is passionate about data, having over 37 years of experience collecting, extracting, and storing scientific data related to healthcare. John currently manages a family of teams in HITS that are focused on connecting researchers to IT services across the Michigan Medicine and University of Michigan community, and directly assisting MM researchers with their data integration needs. |
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| Erin Kaleba is the director of the Research Data Warehouse/DataDirect and the Data Office for Clinical and Translational Research. She enjoys partnering directly with investigators and academic departments to translate research data needs into technical solutions with an experienced team of database programmers. |
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| Dan St. Pierre is the HITS Academic IT Technical Services & Engagement director with over 15 years of experience implementing and supporting IT services for faculty and staff at the University of Michigan. In Dan’s current role, he works closely with the Medical School coordinating operational and strategic guidance of information technologies and services in support of the research and education missions of Michigan Medicine. |
| Panel Discussion #3: Democratizing Mobile Health Research | |
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| Yu Fang, M.S., is a research area specialist lead in The Sen Lab. She has worked at Michigan Medicine as a research specialist since 2012 focusing on, but not limited to, medical image processing and genetic data analysis. |
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| Daniel Forger, Ph.D., is the director of the Michigan Center for Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics and the Robert W. and Lynn H. Browne Professor in Science. Dr. Forger studies the mathematics of physiological factors which affect human performance such as sleep, proper timing by our internal daily (circadian) clock, and mood regulation. |
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| Billie Nahum-Shani, Ph.D., is a research professor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and the director of Data Science for Dynamic Decision Making Center (d3c). Her research focuses on developing and employing behavioral theory and novel methodology to construct adaptive interventions. |
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| Mark Newman, Ph.D., is a professor of Information at the School of Information and professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the College of Engineering. Dr. Newman's research explores the embedded, interconnected nature of the increasingly complex technological environment that necessitates human-computer interaction in our everyday experience. |
| Panel Discussion #4: Intervention Development, Commercialization and Working with Industry | |
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| Drew Bennett is the director of Software, Content Licensing and Research Partnerships at the University of Michigan's Innovation Partnerships. Drew collaborates with faculty and researchers from various areas including the College of Engineering, School of Medicine and others to protect and commercialize intellectual property developed at the University of Michigan. His focus is on the development and commercialization of software, mobile and digital based technologies. |
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| Mike Ranella, M.B.A., M.P.H., is the senior director of Business Development at Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI) at the Medical School Office of Research. In 2015, Mike transitioned to FFMI as a Business Development Associate Director for projects in cancer and leveraged his experience to successfully build industry partnerships with faculty to further the mission of utilizing innovation to improve healthcare delivery. Mike now leads the Business Development team as its director and continues to foster new partnerships. |
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| Jeffrey Rosczyk is an innovative technology leader, currently serving as the director of technology at the University of Michigan's Center for Health Communications Research, where he leads technology and product solution initiatives across multi-divisional units. With a rich background in software and product development, Jeffrey has significantly contributed to the higher education sector, emphasizing strategic planning, team management and the integration of cutting-edge technology solutions. As a panelist at this symposium, Jeffrey will share his insights and strategies, fostering a collaborative dialogue on advancing technology's role in education and research. |
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| Olivia Walch, Ph.D., is an adjunct research investigator in the Department of Neurology, and CEO of Arcascope. Dr. Walch's research when earning her Ph.D. was focused on mathematical modeling subconscious vision; i.e. any visual processing that occurs without our active awareness. During this, she developed the mobile application Entrain, which provides mathematically optimal schedules of light and dark to travelers crossing time zones. |