Upcoming Speaker Series Events

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In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the B.K. Rachford Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, we are hosting a virtual speaker series entitled Envisioning Our Future For Children, which features presentations by outstanding global thought-leaders, clinicians, and researchers. 

We welcome all members of the broader community to join us for these open seminars.

Register to attend an upcoming virtual seminar or view recordings of our past events.

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Apr 1
The Fifth Freedom: Guaranteeing an Opportunity-Rich Childhood for All

David Erickson, PhD

Leader in bringing the health sector together with community development

Senior Vice President
Head of Outreach & Education
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

8–9 am ET

Tune in on April 1.

Past Speaker Series Events

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Oct 8
Centering Equity in and Through Research and Preventive Intervention

Velma McBride Murry, PhD

Distinguished psychologist renowned for her research on African American families and the impact of social factors on child development

Lois Autrey Betts Endowed Chair
Co-Director, Program for Health Equity Research
University Distinguished Professor
Departments of Health Policy (Vanderbilt School of Medicine) & Human & Organizational Development (Peabody College)
Vanderbilt University

This presentation was part of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.

Watch the recording

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Sep 12
CRISPR-Based Genome Editing: Biology and Biotechnology

Jennifer Doudna, PhD

2020 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, Biochemist at UC Berkeley, Founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and Co-Inventor of CRISPR Technology

Professor
Li Ka Shing Chancellor’s Chair in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Departments of Chemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology
UC Berkeley

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May 17
Global Vaccines and Immunizations: The Science vs. The Antiscience

Peter Hotez, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children’s
Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Second Annual Cincinnati Children’s Research Symposium Keynote Presentation

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Sep 12
Early Life Origins of Pediatric and Adult Diseases

Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD

Zanvyl Krieger Professor in Children’s Health
Director, Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

This presentation was part of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.

Watch the recording

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Feb 21
Health and Health Care Perspectives

Mark Wietecha

Chief Executive Officer
Children’s Hospital Association

This presentation was part of Cincinnati Children’s Pediatric Grand Rounds.

Watch the recording on YouTube

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Nov 3
From Nanotechnology to mRNA Therapies and What’s to Come

Robert Langer, ScD

MIT Institute Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Watch the recording on YouTube

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Oct 4
The Future of Pediatric Research: A View from the Crossroads

Diana Bianchi, MD

Director, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Head, Prenatal Genomics and Therapy Section for the Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute

Watch the recording on YouTube

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Jun 30
Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

Thomas Insel, MD

Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Author, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

Watch the recording on YouTube

Read the event recap

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Mar 22
Envisioning our Future Partner in Children’s Health Care: Could it be the EHR?

Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FAMIA, FACMI

David L. Cohen University Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, and Science Communication
University of Pennsylvania

Watch the recording on YouTube

Read the event recap

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Aug 18
Emerging Science & Technology in Health & Medicine: A Brave New World

Victor J. Dzau, MD

President, National Academy of Medicine
Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Duke University

Watch the recording on YouTube

Read the event recap

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Jul 29
Atlases as Roadmaps to Understand and Treat Disease

Aviv Regev, PhD

Executive Vice President
Genentech Research and Early Development

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Jun 1
The Moral Determinants of Health

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP

President Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Founding CEO
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Watch the recording on YouTube

Click here for information or to claim CME credit

Read the event recap

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Apr 15
Humanizing Drug Discovery

David Altshuler, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President
Global Research and Chief Scientific Officer
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Watch the recording on YouTube

Read Dr. Altshuler’s perspective on the future of human health

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Mar 16
Bending the Arc of History for Children

Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, Partners in Health
Past President, World Bank
Past President, Dartmouth College

Watch the recording on YouTube

Click here for information or to claim CME credit

Read the event recap

““We have had many firsts over the years that reflect how our long commitment to research and discovery has improved outcomes for children. Now as we celebrate a 100-year milestone, we want to look ahead. We share a mission to help bring about a new era of improvements in child health.””
— Tina Cheng, MD, MPH

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