Monday
Emily Rosado-Solomon – Babson College
Supporting Employees With Mental Illness
Emily Rosado-Solomon is an Assistant Professor of Management at Babson College. She received her PhD at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, and previously served on the faculty at California State University, Long Beach. Her research is broadly in the areas of organizational behavior and human resource management, with an emphasis on mental illness, diversity, and interpersonal connections at work.
Tuesday
Silje Steinsbekk – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Can Physical Activity Protect Against Depressive Symptoms
Silje Steinsbekk is a full professor of clinical child- and adolescent psychology, and co-PI of the Trondheim Early Secure Study (TESS) at the Dept. of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
TESS is an ongoing longitudinal study that began in 2007, involving 1,250 children from the 2003 and 2004 birth cohorts, along with their parents, in Trondheim, Norway. In-depth data—collected through interviews, questionnaires, tests, and observations—has been gathered every second year since the children were 4 years old, from participants, parents, and teachers. The next wave of data collection, at age 22, is scheduled to begin in September 2025.
Wednesday
Alexei Morozov – Virginia Tech University
Sex Differences in How Mice – And Maybe People – Deal With Stressful Situations
Alexei Morozov, a research scientist with the Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC.
Thursday
Mosharaf Chowdhury – University of Michigan
Smarter AI Training to Slash Energy Waste
Dr. Mosharaf Chowdhury is a computer scientist interested in all facets of efficient systems: from software runtimes to the hardware resources they run on, both in the cloud and across the planet. His research aims to make AI/ML cheaper, faster, and more energy-efficient, thereby making it broadly accessible around the world.
Friday
Tina Ho – University of South Florida
Using AI To Detect Silent Pain in Newborns
Tina Ho joined USF in 2016 as a neonatologist in the Morsani College of Medicine Pediatrics Department, Neonatology Division. Her research interest is aimed at examining the effects of anemia and oral iron supplementation on intestinal microbiome, inflammation and barriers in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants. Her findings will improve clinical management of anemia and optimize oral iron supplementation to give VLBW infants the most benefits and least harms.
