Online Symposium with 4 webinar sessions about relevant biomedical engineering themes:
Molecular & Cellular Engineering; Tissue engineering; AI & Analytics; and Biomechatronic & Man-Machine interaction.
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ONLINE EVENT WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION

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Undergraduates, graduate students and professionals in the areas of Medical and Biomedical Engineering.
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Program
- May 19th, 2021 (Wednesday)
- May 26th, 2021 (Wednesday)
- June 2nd, 2021 (Wednesday)
- June 9th, 2021 (Wednesday)
Medical Challenges and (Bio)Material Solutions in Health and Disease
Sachedule
Activity
Speaker
18:30 BRT
Welcome words
Dr. Sidney Klajner
18:40 BRT
Lecture#1: Advanced Materials for Key Biomedical Solutions
Dr. Fernando S. Ortega
19:00 BRT
Lecture#2: Molecular Engineering of New Biomaterials
Prof. Dr. Bradley Olsen
19:40 BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dr. Welbert O. Pereira
20:00 BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Biomechatronics and Man-Machine Interaction
Sachedule
Activity
Speaker
18:30 BRT
Welcome words
Dr. Sergio Podgaec
18:35 BRT
Lecture#1: Robotics Towards Patient Recovery
Dr. Juan Carlos Ibarra
18:55 BRT
Lecture#2: Next Generation of Medical Electronic Devices
Prof. Dr. Brian Anthony
19:25 BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dra. Roseli Lopes
Special Guest Debater: Dr. Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch
20:00 BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Translational Cellular Engineering
Sachedule
Activity
Speaker
18:30 BRT
Welcome words
Rosabelli Coelho Keyssar
18:40 BRT
Lecture#1: From Skin to Neurons: Reprogramming Your Own Cells to Create Tissues
Dra. Karina Griesi
19:00 BRT
Lecture#2: Molecular Engineering for Next Generation Gene Therapy
Dr. Ricardo Weinlich
19:20 BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dr. José Mauro Kutner
Special Guest Debater: Dr. Marco Antônio Loschiavo Barros
20:00 BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Artificial Intelligence & Tissue Engineering
Sachedule
Activity
Speaker
18:30 BRT
Welcome words
18:35 BRT
Lecture#1: AI for Precise and Equitable Cancer Care
Prof. Dr. Regina Barzilay
19:05 BRT
Debate
Chair: Prof. Dr. Edson Amaro Jr.
19:20 BRT
Lecture#2: Organs from a Chip to the Body: Building the “Human Physiome”
Prof. Dra. Linda Griffith
19:40 BRT
Debate
Chair: Dra. Erika Bevilaqua Rangel
20:05 BRT
Closing Remarks from the Organizers
- May 19th, 2021 (Wednesday)
- May 26th, 2021 (Wednesday)
- June 2nd, 2021 (Wednesday)
- June 9th, 2021 (Wednesday)
Medical Challenges and (Bio)Material Solutions in Health and Disease
Schedule
Activity and Speaker
6:30 p.m. BRT
Welcome words
Dr. Sidney Klajner
06:40 p.m. BRT
Lecture#1: Advanced Materials for Key Biomedical Solutions
Dr. Fernando S. Ortega
7:00 p.m. BRT
Lecture#2: Molecular Engineering of New Biomaterials
Prof. Dr. Bradley Olsen
7:40 p.m. BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dr. Welbert O. Pereira
8:00 p.m. BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Biomechatronics and Man-Machine Interaction
Schedule
Activity and Speaker
6:30 p.m. BRT
Welcome words
Dr. Sergio Podgaec
06:35 p.m. BRT
Lecture#1: Robotics Towards Patient Recovery
Dr. Juan Carlos Ibarra
6:55 p.m. BRT
Lecture#2: Next Generation of Medical Electronic Devices
Prof. Dr. Brian Anthony
7:25 p.m. BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dra. Roseli Lopes
Special Guest Debater: Dr. Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch
8:00 p.m. BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Translational Cellular Engineering
Schedule
Activity and Speaker
6:30 p.m. BRT
Welcome words
Dra. Rosabelli Coelho Keyssar
06:40 p.m. BRT
Lecture#1: From Skin to Neurons: Reprogramming Your Own Cells to Create Tissues
Dra. Karina Griesi
7:00 p.m. BRT
Lecture#2: Molecular Engineering for Next Generation Gene Therapy
Dr. Ricardo Weinlich
7:20 p.m. BRT
Debate and questions from the audience
Chair: Dr. José Mauro Kutner
Special Guest Debater: Dr. Marco Antônio Loschiavo Barros
8:00 p.m. BRT
Closing words and call for next week
Artificial Intelligence & Tissue Engineering
Schedule
Activity and Speaker
6:30 p.m. BRT
Welcome words
06:35 p.m. BRT
Lecture#1: AI for Precise and Equitable Cancer Care
Prof. Dr. Regina Barzilay
7:05 p.m. BRT
Debate
Chair: Prof. Dr. Edson Amaro Jr.
7:20 p.m. BRT
Lecture#2: Organs from a Chip to the Body: Building the “Human Physiome”
Prof. Dra. Linda Griffith
7:40 p.m. BRT
Debate
Chair: Dra. Erika Bevilaqua Rangel
8:05 p.m. BRT
Closing Remarks from the Organizers
Speakers
SPEAKERS
Brad Olsen is a tenured professor in the ChemE department at MIT. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at MIT (2003) and a doctorate at the University of California Berkeley in the same field (2007). He did postdoctoral studies at Caltech, and became a professor at MIT in late 2009. His research is directed towards the discovery of new biomaterials, the self-assembly of materials, and the physics of polymers. His group uses experimental and theoretical tools to do the studies, including recently the development of new computer tools in the field of polymers. He is the MISTI MIT-Brazil program Faculty Director and fluent in Portuguese. Brad serves on the chemistry panel of the Serrapilheira Institute, spent his sabbatical at UNICAMP in the years 2018-2019, and supports Flamengo and Santos.
PhD in engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Anthony is Director of MIT’s Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Program, Co-Director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center, and Deputy Director for the MIT Skoltech Initiative. His work involves systems analysis and design and calling upon mechanical, electrical, and optical engineering, along with computer science and optimization, to create solutions.
PhD in materials science and engineering from the Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Dr. Fernando has experience in the area of materials engineering, with emphasis on processing of ceramic materials, acting mainly on the following themes: dispersion of powders in liquids, suspension rheology, manufacturing processes, porous ceramics and application of ceramic manufacturing processes to powder metallurgy.
PhD in mechanical engineering from Universidade de São Paulo. Dr. Juan has experience in robotics, mechatronic and automation, acting on the following subjects: system control, robotic rehabilitation and impedance control.
PhD in genetics from the Universidade de São Paulo. Dr. Karina has experience in human genetics, induced pluripotent stem cells, neuroscience, cellular and molecular biology, bioinformatics analysis of exome and transcriptome data and gene editing (CRISPR).
PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, Director of Center for Gynepathology Research, Member of the Center for Environmental Health Sciences, the Center for Emergent Behaviors of Integrate Cellular Systems, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the National Academy of Engineering. The Griffith group’s research encompasses molecular-to-systems level analysis, design and synthesis of biomaterials, scaffolds, devices and micro-organs for a range of applications in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and in vitro drug development.
PhD in computer science from Columbia University. Dr. Regina is a Delta Electronics professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Her research interests are in natural language processing, applications of deep learning to chemistry and oncology.
PhD in immunology from the Universidade de São Paulo and Post-Doc at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Dr. Ricardo works as a researcher at the Israelite Institute for Research and Education - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, focusing on cellular immunology and cell death pathways.
CHAIRS
Ph.D. at medicine from Universidade de São Paulo. Dr. Edson has experience in diagnostic imaging, acting on the following subjects: functional MRI, MRI, image analysis, radiology, event-related fmri, parkinson, FMRI, functional neuroimage e working memory.
Graduated in Medicine from the University of Brasília (1995), Master and Doctorate in Medicine (Nephrology) from the Federal University of São Paulo-Paulista School of Medicine (UNIFESP-EPM) in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Postdoctoral (2009-2014) at the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at Univesity of Miami, FL, USA with Prof Dr Joshua M Hare. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in Nephrology at UNIFESP-EPM (2016-), a kidney and pancreas-kidney transplant doctor at Hospital do Rim, a doctor-researcher at the Israelite Institute of Teaching and Research Albert Einstein and a permanent professor at the Graduate Program Stricto Sensu in Health Sciences at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE; 2014-). Since March 2020, she coordinates the Einstein Intelligence Center (NIE). She is also coordinator of the Department of Pancreas Transplantation of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation (ABTO; biennia 2020-21, 2018-19 and 2016-17), member of the Department of Kidney Diseases of the Brazilian Diabetes Society (2020-21). Founding member of the Women in Transplantation department of ABTO (2019). Member of the HIAE Graduate Commission (2016-19 and 2019-21 triennials). Areas of interest: kidney transplantation, pancreas transplantation, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, regenerative medicine, cell therapy, gene therapy, preclinical models of acute kidney injury and diabetic kidney disease.
PhD in electrical engineering from Universidade de São Paulo. Dr. Roseli is a associate professor of the department of electronic systems engineering at the polytechnic school of the Universidade de São Paulo. She coordinates research projects in the area of interactive electronic media, with an emphasis on applications aimed at education and health.
PhD in immunology and PostDoc in onco-hematology from the Universidade de São Paulo. Dr. Welbert is professor and leader of the faculty development center at the Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, he is a consultant for educational innovations at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and he is a professor of the Executive MBA in health management and responsible for the subject "Advanced topics of teaching and learning" in the postgraduate program, where he is also an advisor. He has experience in general biology, focusing on general biology, acting on the following subjects: apoptose, paracoccidioides brasiliensis, necrose, bcr-abl and leucemia.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Sidney Klajner is a Digestive Surgeon. He has a degree in Medicine and a Master's Degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, a medical residency from the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of USP, fellow of American College of Surgeons. President of Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Instituto Coalizão Saúde and of the Higher Council of Health Management - managed by the State Secretary of Health of São Paulo, as well as Professor of the Executive MBA in Health Management at Einstein, in the discipline “The Health Market in Brazil and in the World: Structure and strategies ”. He is co-author of the book “A Digital Revolution in Health” (Editora dos Editores, 2019), a work in which he investigates the impact of new technologies in medicine and in several aspects of health, such as assistance, management, quality and sustainability of the system.
Professor of the Discipline of Gynecology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo and President of the National Endometriosis Commission of FEBRASGO. Coordinator of the Medical Residency Program in Gynecology and Obstetrics and Improvement in Gynecological Endoscopy.
PhD and PostDoc in law from the Universidade de São Paulo . Dr. Marco is currently professor at the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and conducts postdoctoral research in International Political Economy at the Universidade de São Paulo. His research focuses on the areas of Economic Law; Ethics and Philosophy of Law; and New Technologies
Graduated in Medicine by Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau. Dr. Rodrigo is currently medical technology manager of the Sociedade Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein. He is interested in the following areas: population health management, digital health, health innovation, occupational medicine, corporate health management and preventive and lifestyle medicine, quality of life at work.
Rosabelli Coelho-Keyssar is the MIT-Brazil Managing Director and responsible for developing projects in Brazil with MIT students, faculty, corporate partners, academic institutions, foundations and government organizations. Among other responsibilities, she manages the MIT-Brazil Seed Funds, which promote faculty collaborations with Brazil's top researchers, and she oversees the entire internship process of recruiting, placing and preparing MIT students for work at Brazilian institutions. Originally from Brazil (Petrolina-PE), Rosabelli arrived in Cambridge in 2007 to pursue a master’s degree as a Lemann Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. After graduation, she used her skills at a community-centered non-profit, before joining MIT to become one of their liaisons with Brazil. Before coming to the U.S., Rosa gained hands-on experience in Brazil in community planning and development, as both an architect and in educational administration roles. Her academic resume demonstrates a commitment to improved cities: She holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, a master’s degree in Urbanism from PUC-Campinas, and a bachelor’s in Architecture and Urbanism from the Federal University of Pernambuco.
Organization

Organizing and Scientific Committee
Dr. Welbert O. Pereira – HIAE
Dr. Ricardo Weinlich – HIAE
Prof. Dr. Bradley Olsen – MIT-Brazil
Rosabelli Coelho-Keyssar – MIT-Brazil
Support
TVML Foundation sponsorship
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