Health Sciences and Technology Research Symposium
Save the Date: October 26, 2024
Join us to discover innovations in health and build bridges between academia, the community, and clinical care!
View the 2024 schedule here!During the Health Sciences and Technology Research Symposium, you will have the opportunity to:
- Build new collaborations
- Network with researchers and clinicians
- Identify innovations that will transform healthcare and more!
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Sponsorship
Sign up to be a sponsor by October 11, 2024!Keynote Speaker
Dr. Joseph McCormick is a renowned epidemiologist and global health leader currently serving as the James H. Steele Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Hispanic Health Research Center at the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Brownsville. Dr. McCormick is celebrated for his exceptional efforts in promoting health research, fostering knowledge-sharing, and initiating collaborative projects among community organizations, healthcare providers, and academic institutions.
Dr. McCormick obtained his MD at Duke and an MS from Harvard under Dr. Weller (Nobel Laureate 1954). He trained at CHOP under Dr. Koop (later US Surgeon General), before joining the CDC where he spent over 10 years investigating deadly diseases in developing countries and establishing the world’s most secure biosafety labs. He founded the UT Houston School of Public Health campus in Brownsville in 2001, and since then the campus has published over 300 peer reviewed articles characterizing the extraordinary level of health disparities in the region.