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MIR Research Symposium

June 10, 2026

Location

Eric P. Newman Education Center

Time

12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Agenda

All times CST

12:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks

Pamela Woodard, MD, and Robert Gropler, MD

12:15 p.m.

Keynote Lecture: Beyond Algorithms: Integrating AI with Foundational Imaging Science 

Mark Anastasio, PhD

1:15 p.m.

 Lightning Round Lectures

Farzaneh Rahmani, MD; Govind Mattay, MD; Helia Hosseini, MD

1:30 p.m.

Imaging Beyond What the Eye Can See with Transport-Based Morphometry

Shinjini Kundu, MD, PhD

1:50 p.m.

Pancreatic Opioids: A Novel Target for Dysglycemia?

Daniel Castro, PhD

2:10 p.m.

Imaging Approaches to Accurate,
Individualized Assessment of Kidney
Health

Edwin Baldelomar, PhD

2:30 p.m.

Sensory Signaling and Neuropsychiatric Risk in Infants and Children

Rebecca Schwarzlose, PhD

2:50 p.m.

Multiscale Spatial Imaging for Computational Cancer Phenotyping

José Marcio Luna, PhD

3:10 p.m.

Beyond Detection: Breast Imaging Research in the Era of Safe De-Escalation

Jennie Brodsky, MD

3:30 p.m.

Poster Session