The symposium is open to the public.

Location: Marsh Lecture Hall of Yale Science Building, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511

J.W. Gibbs Lab, 260 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511

Registration*: 2024 CAPA-CT Annual Conference (google.com)

Conference Announcement: https://capainct.org/

Program

08:30 – 09:00 Check-in and member enrollment

1. Greetings and Overview

• 09:00 – 09:10 Welcome by Yongli Zhang, PhD, Xi Chen, PhD, and Qin Yan PhD

• 09:10 – 09:25 Overview of Ten Years of CAPA-CT, Dr. Henry C. Lee.

• 09:25 – 09:40 Terrence Cheng, Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities

2. Combating Racial Bias and Profiling

Moderator: Taisu Zhang, PhD, J.D., Professor of Law, Yale

• 09:40 – 10:15 Gang Chen, PhD, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor, Director of Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering Laboratories, MIT, (Keynote, 35 minutes) 

“We are all Gang Chen”

• 10:15 – 10:30  	Coffee/Tea Break

  
  

  Moderator: Simon Cheng, PhD, Professor of Sociology, UConn

• 10:30 – 10:55 Bruce Liang, MD, Dean of UConn School of Medicine, Ray Neag Distinguished Professor of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, University of Connecticut.

Moving through the Ranks and the Ladder

• 10:55 – 11:20 Emma Zang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Biostatistics, and Global Affairs, Yale

Breaking Barriers: Challenges Faced by Asian Female Faculty in the US

• 11:20 – 11:45 Haiyan Tang, PhD, J.D., Managing Partner of Quinn Emanuel’s Shanghai Office

United Voices: Legal Advocacy and Solidarity Among Asian Americans Against Discrimination

11:45 – 1:00 Lunch and Social 

• 1:00 – 1:30  CAPA-CT Ten-Year Service Awards*

3. Leading the Breakthroughs: Highlights in AI and Biomedicine

Moderator: Wei Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Operations and Information Management, University of Connecticut

• 1:30 – 1:50 Hua Xu, PhD, Robert T. McCluskey Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale

Large Language Models for Biomedical Applications

• 1:50 – 2:10 Alex Wong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Yale

Perception from Vision and More

• 2:10 – 2:30 Fei Miao, PhD, Pratt & Whitney Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of Connecticut

Learning and Control for Safety, Efficiency, and Resiliency of Embodied AI

2:30 – 2:45 Coffee/Tea Break

Moderator: Min Wu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine

• 2:45 – 3:05 Yulan Xiong, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut

Molecular underpinnings of Parkinson’s disease: a new path to therapies

• 3:05 – 3:25 Rong Fan, PhD, Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yale

Spatial Omics: past, present, and future

• 3:25 – 4:00 Haifan Lin, PhD, Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Professor of Genetics, of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, and of Dermatology; Director of Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale, (Keynote, 35 minutes)

  Regenerative Medicine: Progress and Prospects

4:00 – 4:25 Moderator: Jing Yan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale

William Tong, J.D., The Attorney General of Connecticut

4:25 - 4:45 CAPA-CT Business Meeting

• Board Reports of Annual Activities: Miaowei Weng, PhD

• Treasurer report: Xinyi Lu, PhD

• Board Election: Yanhua Yang, PhD

4:45 - 5:00 Adjourn by President or Vice President of CAPA-CT

* CAPA-CT Service Awards recognizes exemplary contributions of its members and supporters to the organization. 

5:30-8:00 Buffet dinner for invited speakers, moderators, and guests

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The CAPA-CT Board wants to express deep gratitude for those who have made contributions and assistance to the conference. Donations to CAPA-CT are warmly welcomed.

4. Map, Parking, and Entrances