Grand Challenges Research Expo

Registration and light breakfast – Great Hall entrance corridor

Contributing to Solutions: What It Takes to Make a Difference - Panel Discussion

• Larry Berger, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Ecolab Inc.
• Dorothy Bridges, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Kate Wolford, President, The McKnight Foundation
• Moderator:  Karen Hanson

Grand Challenges Idea Session - facilitated by interdisciplinary team members

• Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems
• Co-developing Research and Engaged Approaches to Transforming Environments – Sarah Hobbie, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Bonnie Keeler, Institute on the Environment; Kelly Meza Prado, Institute on the Environment; Fred Rose, Institute on the Environment
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water:  Reclaiming Wastewater from Local Food Industries to Produce energy and High-Value Urban Crops – Neil Anderson,  Horticulture Science; Paige Novak,  Civil, Environmental, & Geo- Engineering;  Andrew Petran, Horticulture Science; Mary Rogers, Horticulture Science
• Fostering Just and Equitable Communities
• Wild Rice in Minnesota and the Great Lakes Region:  A Flagship for Environmental Preservation and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty – Erik Kojola,  Sociology; Amy Myrbo,  Earth Sciences; Crystal Ng,  Earth Sciences;  Cara Santelli,  Earth Sciences
• Identifying and Addressing Disparities in the Criminal Justice and Health Care Systems – Latasha Jennings, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation; Kelly Mitchell,  Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice; Rebecca Shlafer, Pediatrics; Tyler Winkleman,  Medicine
• Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity for a Changing World
• Shared Leadership Lab:  Analyzing Success Factors to Address Complex societal Challenges – Vanessa Laird,  Leadership & Management; Elizabeth Sopdie,  Center for Integrative Leadership; Kathy Quick,  Leadership & Management
• Reducing Early Language Disparities:  A Key to Lifelong Academic, Socioeconomic, and Health Success – Lizbeth Finestack,  Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences; Scott McConnell,  Educational Psychology & Child Psychology; Marianne Elmquist, PhD student in Educational Psychology
• Advancing Health through Tailored Solutions
• Minnesota Precision Medicine Collaborative:  Transforming Health and Advancing Equity – Constantin Aliferis,  Medicine;  Erin McGonagle,  Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology; Kingshuk K Sinha,  Supply Chain & Operations
• Development of a Clinical Precision Medicine Program in Ovarian Cancer as a Paradigm for 21^st-Century Tailored Health Care Solution – Zenas Chang, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology; Whiwon Lee,  Fairview Health Services; Andrew Nelson,  Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; Boris Winterhoff, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health
• Feeding the World Sustainably
• Backyard Phenology:  Integrating Citizen Science and Public Art to Build Collective Agency on Climate Change – Nick Jordan,  Agronomy & Plant Genetics; Bryan Runck,  PhD student in the Geography, Environment, and Society
• Reinventing Year-Round Food Production in Minnesota –  John Erwin,  Horticultural Science; George Guenthner,  masters degree student in Applied Plant Sciences; Greg Schweser,  Minnesota Extension Service

Grand Challenges Idea Remix Session – facilitated by interdisciplinary team members

• Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems
• Fostering Just and Equitable Communities
• Enhancing Individual and Community Capacity for a Changing World
• Advancing Health through Tailored Solutions
• Feeding the World Sustainably

Luncheon, Great Hall

Break

Compelling Stories:  Student Lightning Research Summaries, Great Hall

• Microbiomes in Engineered Ecosystems:  Integrative Science to Elucidate Microbiome Roles in Mediating Plant, Soil, Ecosystem, and Human Health – Sarah Castle, post-doctoral scientist in Plant Pathology
• Voicing the Global Immigration Crisis:  Documentation and Analysis of Immigrant Stories for Social Change – Jill Fish, PhD candidate in Psychology
• Cracking the Speech Code:  A Cross-Linguistic Neurobehavioral Approach to Language Learning in Typical and Atypical Populations – Chieh Kao, PhD student in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
• Minnesota Precision Medicine Collaborative:  Transforming Health and Advancing Equity – Ellen Meier, post-doctoral fellow in PharmacoNeuroImmunology, Veterinary Medicine and Population Sciences
• Wild Rice in Minnesota and the Great Lakes Region:  A Flagship for Environmental Preservation and Indigenous Resource Sovereignty – Patrick O’Hara, masters student in Earth Sciences
• Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems via Improved Agroecological Management – Lambros Tassoulas, masters student in Microbial Engineering
• Co-developing Research and Engaged Approaches to Transforming Environments – Karah VueBenson, undergraduate student in Geography

Connecting People & Ideas:  Concurrent Interactions, Great Hall

• Connection conversations. Free-form table discussions to explore potential interdisciplinary collaborations and Grand Challenges Research pre-proposal ideas

•  Interactive visual displays, Grand Challenges Research Projects, featuring co-principal investigators
• Sustainable Development:  Architecture and Planning within the Ecological Footprint of One Planet, Richard Graves, Center for Sustainable Building Research; and Bonnie Keeler, Institute on the Environment
• Human Rights Collaborative and Faculty-Student Human Rights Laboratory to Promote Equitable Civil Society, Barbara Frey, Institute for Global Studies; Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Law School; James Ron, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; and Joachim Savelsberg, Sociology
• Reminders for Readiness:  E-Communication to Support Parents in Promoting Early Childhood Development, Akosua Addo, Music; Megan Gunnar, Institute of Child Development; Richard Lee, Psychology; Olihe Okoro, Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences; Sheila Riggs, Primary Dental Care; and Aaron Sojourner, Work & Organizations
• Toward a Minnesota Model for Brain Health in Youth Sports, Bharathi Jagadeesan, Radiology; Christophe Lenglet, Radiology; Toben Nelson, Epidemiology & Community Health; and Francis Shen, Law School
• Big-Data Transparency in Global Food Supply, Derric Pennington, Institute on the Environment; Anu Ramaswami, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Shashi Shekhar, Computer Science; and Timothy Smith, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering
• Backyard Phenology:  Integrating Citizen Science and Public Art to Build Collective Agency on Climate Change, Christine Baeumler, Art; Mae Davenport, Forest Resources; Nicholas Jordan, Agronomy & Plant Genetics; and Rebecca Montgomery, Forest Resources

• Grand Challenges Research Project Posters, featuring graduate and undergraduate students
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water:  Reclaiming Wastewater from Local Food Industries to Produce Energy and High-Value Urban Crops – Ignasi Riera Vila, masters degree student in Applied Plant Science; and Kuang Zhu, PhD student in Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
• Are Networks Key to Solving America’s Healthcare Crisis?  An Interdisciplinary Proposal at the Intersection of Medicine and Management – Dennie Kim, PhD student in Business Administration
• Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services through Early Detection of Tree Disease Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing – Isabella Armour, undergraduate student in Plant and Microbial Biology
• Reinventing Year-Round Food Production in Minnesota – George Guenthner, masters degree student in Applied Plant Sciences
• Development of a Clinical Precision Medicine Program in Ovarian Cancer as a Paradigm for 21^st Century Tailored-Health Care Solutions – Zenas Chang, MD, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology; Salman Ikramuddin, Medical student; Zachary Rivers, PharmD, PhD student in Social and Administrative Pharmacy; Locke Uppendahl, clinical fellow in Gynecologic Oncology;
• Keys to Preventing Cancer:  Unlocking Barriers to HPV Vaccination in Low-Income Countries – Kimberly Bonner, PhD student in Epidemiology; and Katie Gravagna, undergraduate student in Microbiology; and Daymian Snowden,  undergraduate student in Biology, Society, and the Environment
• Climate, Conflict, and Displacement:  Shifting Patterns in the Horn of Africa Arid Lands – Jessica Deere, PhD student in Veterinary Medicine
• Assessing Interventions for Justice and Equity – Caitlin Curry, PhD student in Sociology; and Natalia Ordaz Reynoso, PhD student in Applied Economics
• Assuring Clean Water and Sustainable Ecosystems by Developing a Simple, Inexpensive Smart Chip to Detect Water Pollutants –  Sydney Grubb, undergraduate student in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; and Eric Sankary, junior scientist, Biotechnology Institute
• Sustaining Food Production, Health, and the Environment – Sumil Thakrar, PhD student in Bioproducts & Biosystems Science, Engineering & Management; Mike Clark, PhD candidate in Natural Resources Science and Management; and Shantal Pai, undergraduate student in Plant Science.

• Grand Challenges Research Partner Displays
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • Institute on the Environment
  • Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
  • Office for Public Engagement
  • University Libraries