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
Monogenetic Diseases
Alzheimer's Disease
Sepsis
Schizophrenia
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Francis Collins, MD, PhD
David Liu, PhD
Steve Quake DPhil
Philip Sharp, PhD
David Tuveson MD, PhD
Huda Y. Zoghbi, MD
Derek Angus, MD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Rashid Bashir, PhD
ISEH Secretary
Vinod Balachandran, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Emery Brown, MD, PhD
MIT
Reginald DesRoches, PhD
President, Rice University
Guoping Feng, PhD
MIT
Anthony Fauci, MD
Former NIH Director
Sherine Gabriel, MD
ISEH Vice President
Walter Koroshetz, MD
Former Director, NINDS (NIH)
Reed Omary, MD
ISEH Vice President
Roderic Pettigrew, MD, PhD
ISEH President
Eric Reiman, MD
CEO, Banner Alzheimer’s Institutes
Bobby Reddy Jr., PhD
CEO, Prenosis
Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Doug Weber, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
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
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
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.
WHY ATTEND?
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
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.