2025 Conference  Sessions

Monday, November 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Alberto J. Caban-Martinez Ph.D., D.O., M.P.H., University of Miami
12:15 PM - 1:05 PM
Heather H. Pierce JD, MPH, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
1:10 PM - 1:55 PM
Elisabeth Bik PhD, Harbers Bik LLC
Paul S. Brookes, University of Rochester Medical Center
David Robert Grimes PhD, Trinity College Dublin
Moderator: Jamie Mohler, ARIO Treasurer, Purdue University
1:55 PM - 2:00 PM
 
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
 
2:15 PM - 3:05 PM
Cary Moskovitz, Duke University
Lisa M. Rasmussen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Kerry Seligman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Kate Mellouk, Boston University
Courtney Karmelita, ARIO Assistant Secretary, The Pennsylvania State University
Moderator: Janet Leppala, Eastern Michigan University
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
 
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Omar Perez, NYU Langone Health
Rachel Rice Ackman, NYU Langone Health
Moderator: Jerry Engel, University of Miami
Megan Jones, University of Texas at Austin
Diana Kim, University of California, San Diego
Karen Weston MS, Mount Sinai Health System
Moderator: Rachel Mugg, Northwestern University
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
 
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM
Mike Klein, Columbia University
Mike Sanderson, University of colorado colorado Springs
Susan R. Sesack PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Moderator: Michele Kennett, University of Missouri – Columbia
12:55 PM - 1:50 PM
Shelley Bizila, Indiana University
Zach Mitchell, University of Utah
Michelle Stalilonis, ARIO Assistant Treasurer, Northwestern University
Dan Wainstock, ARIO Board Director, Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Diana Kim, University of California, San Diego
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM
 
2:00 PM - 2:55 PM
Matt Allen PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine
Julia Behnfeldt, The Ohio State University
Michelle R. Staudt, ARIO Treasurer, University of Oklahoma Health Campus
Moderator: Amy Waltz, Indiana University
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Lauran Qualkenbush, Northwestern University
Moderator: Debra Thurley, ARIO Secretary, The Pennsylvania State University
Lisa Leventhal, ARIO Secretary, Oregon State University
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM
 
3:50 PM - 4:45 PM
Rachel Mugg, Northwestern University
Blake Talbot, Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Debora Walker, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:25 PM
Rosanne Groves, The Ohio State University
Corinna Raimondo PhD, Maidstone Consulting Group, LLC
Peter Rising, Insight
Kelly Simmons, University of California, San Francisco
Moderator: Katherine Stebbins, Harvard Medical School
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
 
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM
Mike Andrews, The University of Iowa
Ann Martin Pollack, UCLA
Melissa A. Thompson JD, University of Maryland, College Park
Sheryl Johnson, University of Oregon
Kimberly Petrosky, The Pennsylvania State University
Robin Tyndall, Clemson University
Lisa Wurtzel, Tulane University
Moderator: Janet Leppala, Eastern Michigan University
1:55 PM - 2:10 PM
 
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Zach Carwile, RISC Institute (The Texas A&M University System)
Sonia Chawla, Eastern Michigan University
Allex Plank
Amy Waltz, Indiana University
Moderator: Michele Kennett, University of Missouri – Columbia
Sabina Alam, Taylor and Francis
Christina Bennett PhD, American Chemical Society
Nancy Chescheir, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Moderator: Dan Wainstock, ARIO Board Director, Harvard Medical School
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
 
3:30 PM - 4:25 PM
Tracy Wilson-Holden, ARIO President, University of Akron
Jamie Mohler, ARIO Vice President, Purdue University
Moderator: Michele Kennett, University of Missouri – Columbia
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
 
Time Zone: (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

Session descriptions and times are tentative and subject to change.