Grand Rounds speaker series
This speaker series showcases leading experts in conversation on groundbreaking and cutting-edge research, innovations in health care, the role of technology to care for communities at scale and more.
Conversations on the future of medicine
ASU Health Grand Rounds was designed to offer a platform for interprofessional
academicians, researchers, clinicians, health professions students and all other
members of the health/health care team internal to ASU and external to ASU via our
community partners to learn with, from and about each other and the latest innovations
in health and health care delivery in an interprofessional format, to create a learning
ecosystem that may positively impact the health outcomes of Arizona.
We invite you to engage in dynamic discussions, share perspectives and gain insights into the most pressing issues facing the medical landscape. Grand Rounds fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and the exchange of ideas among those passionate about the medical, engineering and humanities fields. All are welcome.
Precision to Population Health: Impact across the Continuum for Metabolic Health
February 20, 2026, 9–10 a.m.
Be part of ASU Health’s signature speaker series: Grand Rounds, a platform for dynamic discussions on the innovations, breakthroughs and challenges shaping the future of health. Grand Rounds brings together leading experts to explore bold ideas, from cutting-edge research to the use of technology in improving health care at scale.
Grand Rounds fosters collaboration, critical thinking and the exchange of ideas among those passionate about the health and health care fields. We invite you to engage in dynamic discussions, share perspectives and gain insights into the most pressing issues facing the health and medical landscape. All are welcome to attend and contribute.
Join leading health experts for an engaging panel discussion on “Precision to Population Health: Impact Across the Continuum for Metabolic Health.” This dynamic conversation will explore how cutting-edge precision approaches and population health strategies are coming together to prevent, manage and improve metabolic health outcomes. Attendees will gain insights into emerging research, real-world applications and collaborative solutions that span individual care to community-wide impact. Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, policymaker or health advocate, this event offers a valuable opportunity to learn, connect and help shape the future of metabolic health.
Date
Friday, Feb. 20
Time
9–10 a.m. MST (Arizona time)
Location
Tempe Campus
John W. Schwada building
Room 228
Speakers
Matthew Buman, PhD
Professor and Director, Precision Health Research Initiatives
Arizona State University
Elvia Madrid, RD, CDCES
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Phoenix
Upcoming talks
Continuing education information
Each webinar is offered at no charge and approved for one continuing education credit.
JAICE
In support of improving patient care, Arizona State University is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
APA
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
ACE
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Arizona State University is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Board's (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Arizona State University maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 credit hour of continuing education credits per individual session.
IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Past talks
January 21, 2026
Environment and Health: Neurodegenerative Disease and Climate Change
Dr. Brad Racette, MD, is the current Kemper and Ethel Marley Chair for Neurology and Senior Vice President at Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona. As well as serving as a Professor of Translational Neurosciences for ASU, Dr. Racette is also a Professor and Chair for the University of Arizona College of Medicine (Barrow Neurological Institute Campus) and the Creighton University School of Medicine.
December 10, 2025
Immersive Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Biosensing: Converging to Transform Healthcare
Walter Greenleaf, PhD, Neuroscientist and Researcher, Stanford
November 7, 2025
People-Centered Kind Leaders: The Good Life at Work
Steve Swenson, MD, MMM, Senior Fellow of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and a Transformational Fellow at The NARBHA Institute; Former Medical Director Leadership and Organizational Development, Mayo Clinic Rochester
October 17, 2025
Tackling mTOR: From Bench to Bedside
Jason Hauptman, MD, PhD, Division Chief, Pediatric Neurological Surgery; Caroline Hoeye Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery
September 17, 2025
Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention
Holly Wilcox, PhD, Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
August 29, 2025
From Prevention to Treatment: Comprehensive Approaches to Substance and Opioid Disorders to Create Impact for Arizona
Matthew Meier, Psy.Dl
Cady Berkel, PhD Associate Professor in the Doctor of Behavioral Health Program at Arizona State University
Dan Quan, DO, Emergency Medicine Physician, Medical Toxicologist and Addiction Medicine Specialist; Guest Moderator: Craig Norquist, MD, HonorHealth
April 14, 2025
Entrepreneurship at its Intersection with Healthcare Systems Engineering
Dr. Jeanne Huddleston, MD, Professor of Medicine in Mayo Clinic
March 26, 2025
The U.S. Health System in Perspective
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, President of The Commonwealth Fund; Formerly Professor of Medicine and Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System; Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
February 19, 2025
Changing Climate, Changing Health: Valley Fever, Air Pollution, and Allergies
Bridget Barker, PhD, Professor, Northern Arizona University
John Galgiani, MD, Director, Valley Fever Center for Excellence; Professor, Medicine, College of Medicine - Tucson; Professor, BIO5 Institute; Associate-Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine - Phoenix
Matthew Rank, MD, Allergist-Immunologist, Internist and Pediatrician, Mayo Clinic
Pierre Herckes, PhD, Professor, School of Molecular Sciences; Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research; Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
January 21, 2025
Advances in Precision Oncology
David Spetzler, MS, PhD, MBA, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Caris Life Sciences
December 16, 2024
Tom X Lee, MD, Founder and CEO, Galileo
November 7, 2024
Point of care manufacturing at Mayo Clinic: The convergence of radiology, engineering, 3D printing, surgical care, and advanced visualization
Jonathan M. Morris, MD, Executive medical director for Immersive and Experiential Learning; medical director, Center for Biomedical and Scientific Visualization, Division of Experiential Learning; professor of radiology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science; medical director, Anatomic Modeling Lab, Department of Radiology; and adjunct professor neurosurgery, otolaryngology and anatomy at Mayo Clinic
October 1, 2024
Artificial Intelligence for the Practicing Physician
James Whitfill, MD, MBA, FSIIM, FACP, SVP, Chief Transformation Officer HonorHealth
April 25, 2024
Access to Essential Medicines in a Post-Pandemic World
B. Frank Gupton, PhD, CEO, co-founder of Medicines for All Institute and Floyd D. Gottwald Junior Chair of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Chair and Professor of the Department of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
March 26, 2024
The Human Virome in Clinical Disease and Public Health
Efrem Lim, Associate Professor, ASU School of Life Sciences
February 29, 2024
Integrating Humanities into the Medical Curriculum and Clinic: a case study
Jane Maienschein, ASU Professor of History of Science; Regents, President's, and Parents Association Professor; Dir., Center for Biology and Society; Faculty Leader, Human Dimensions; Distinguished Sustainability Scientist
January 29, 2024
The Strategic Landscape for the Evolution of Precision Health: Disruptive Changes in Biomedical Research, Public Health and Care Delivery
George Poste, DVM, PhD, FRC Path, FRS, Chief Scientist and Regents Professor for Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative