Faculty members and experts from Rice University and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) are coming together for a two-day symposium focused on pioneering impactful innovations with the potential to improve global health outcomes—Health Innovations in the Rice-TMC Ecosystem: Impacting Houston, Texas, and the World.

The two-day program will cover discussions on AI in healthcare, innovations in cancer research, multidisciplinary neural research, and technology to address health disparities, with special sessions highlighting TMC innovation, research translation and commercialization, and team science.

This event, hosted by the ENRICH Office at Rice, offers a unique opportunity to engage with leading researchers and clinicians driving groundbreaking discoveries. Confirmed speakers include:

• James P. Allison, Ph.D.| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Roberta L. Schwartz, Ph.D., FACHE | Houston Methodist Hospital
• Pavan Reddy | Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
• Rebecca Richards-Kortum | Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies
• Giulio Taglialatela, Ph.D., The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

No charge for admission. Registration includes access to all presentations, networking reception, breakfast, lunch, and parking for both days. So we kindly ask that you register before April 10th to help us get a headcount for catering and planning purposes.

More Information and Registration: enrich.rice.edu/health-innovations-symposium

A poster competition, open for Rice-TMC postdocs and students, will also take place. Learn more: https://enrich.rice.edu/symposium-poster-competition