The International Society for Engineering Health
First Annual Summit on
Engineering the Elimination of Diseases
Bringing together leaders in medicine, engineering, science, industry, government, and patient advocacy to identify the diseases most ready for elimination and to launch the first ISEH initiatives.
Inaugural Academic Host and Lead Sponsor: Rice University
DISEASE TARGET CANDIDATES
Stroke
Pancreatic
Cancer
Monogenic
Diseases
Alzheimer's
Disease
Sepsis
Schizophrenia
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
DAY 1
SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
7:30AM Registration & Breakfast
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8:30AM Opening Session & Vision for ISEH
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10:45AM Session 1: Eliminating Stroke
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12:15PM Lunch
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1:00PM Session 2: Eliminating Pancreatic Cancer Deaths
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3:00PM Session 3: Can We Eradicate Schizophrenia?
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4:30PM Welcome Reception
DAY 2
SEPTEMBER 11, 2026
7:30AM Breakfast
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8:30AM Session 4: Eliminating Monogenic Diseases
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10:45AM Session 5: Eliminating Alzheimer's Disease
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12:15PM Lunch
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1:00PM Session 6: Eliminating Deaths Due to Sepsis
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2:25PM Session 7: Disruptive Enabling Technologies
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3:30PM Disease Target Selection Workshop & Close
Culminates in a
collaborative vote to
establish ISEH's first
three disease elimination
initiatives.
SPEAKERS
DAY ONE
Roderic I. Pettigrew, MD, PhD
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​President, International Society for Engineering Health
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Francis Collins, MD, PhD​
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Former Director, NIH
Sherine Gabriel, MD, MSc
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Professor; Former President, Rush University
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Philip Sharp, PhD
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Nobel Laureate; Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT
David Tuveson MD, PhD
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Director, Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD
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Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Texas Children's Hos
Reed Omary, MD, MS
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​Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
David Liu, PhD
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Inventor of Base Editing and Prime Editing; Broad Institute
Walter J. Koroshetz, MD
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Former Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Douglas H. Weber, PhD
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​Professor, Carnegie Mellon University; Former DARPA Program Manager
Vinod P. Balachandran, MD
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Director, Olayan Center for Cancer Vaccines, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD
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Vice President, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
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​Director of Psychiatric Genetics, Massachusetts General Hospital
Guoping Feng, PhD
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Director, McGovern Institute / Broad Institute Investigator
DAY TWO
Reginald DesRoches, PhD​
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President, Rice University
Anthony Fauci, MD​
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Former Director, NIAID (VIRTUAL)
Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH
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Chair, Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Bobby Reddy Jr., PhD
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​Professor, Carnegie Mellon University; Former DARPA Program Manager
Rashid Bashir, PhD​
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Dean, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
André L. Churchwell, MD​
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​Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Mehmet Toner, PhD​
Professor, Harvard Medical School; Mass General Hospital
Stephen R. Quake, DPhil​
Professor, Stanford University
Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD​
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Vice President, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Khan Siddiqui, MD ​
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Founder & CEO, HOPPR
Russ B. Altman, MD, PhD​
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Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics & Medicine, Stanford University
Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD​
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​Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Texas Children's Hospital
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Harvey S. Borovetz, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
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Rice University
Venue
Houston, Texas
Located within one of the world's largest medical and innovation ecosystems. Rice University provides an ideal setting for the launch of ISEH and it's mission to transform health through engineering.