9th Annual MCHRI Symposium
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, 2nd Floor
9th Annual MCHRI Symposium
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Li Ka Shing Center, Berg Hall, 2nd Floor
This annual research symposium brings together faculty, trainees, students, and postdocs to explore the latest developments and innovations in maternal and child health research.
For this year’s Symposium, we are bringing together experts in addressing this year’s central theme, “Correlations → Causation → Cures,” focusing on the journey from discovery to validation and implementation. (1) Discovery: generating high-dimensional signals and associations, (2) Causation: testing what is real and why, and (3) Cures: bringing evidence into policy and care delivery.
Symposium Sessions
Poster Sessions
The 9th annual symposium will feature TWO poster sessions:
(1) 9:30am - 10:20am
(2) 12:35pm - 1:35pm
Session 1: Discovery
- Kara Davis, DO, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), Stanford School of Medicine
- Andres Cardenas, PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine
- Aydogan Ozcan, PhD, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, UCLA
Session 2: Causation
- Manisha Desai, PhD, Professor of Medicine and of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford School of Medicine
- Brian Bateman MD, MSc, Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
- Deirdre Lyell, MD, Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Session 3: Implementation
- Jochen Profit, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology), Stanford School of Medicine
Benjamin Glicksberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health, Mount Sinai Icahn School of MedicineFyezah Jehan, MBBS, FCPS, MSc, The Ruby & Karim Bahadur Ali Jessani Endowed Chair Professor
Section of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Chairperson, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University
