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 D.Ed., Penn State
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, 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 Assistant Treasurer PhD, CCRP, University of Oklahoma Health Campus
Moderator: Amy Waltz, Indiana University
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM
Moderator: Lauran Qualkenbush, ARIO Vice President, Northwestern University
Moderator: Debra Thurley, ARIO Secretary, The Pennsylvania State University
Moderator: Lisa Leventhal, ARIO Assistant 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
Moderator: 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, Case Western Reserve University
Jamie Mohler, 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.