Organizing Committee
Caroline R. Richardson, MD, Lead Chair
Dr. Richardson currently serves as Chair of Family Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In addition, she serves as editor-in-chief of the Annals of Family Medicine. Previously, Dr. Richardson served as associate chair for research programs in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan and as the director of the Veterans Administration Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative (QUERI). She conducted a multi-site implementation study of the Diabetes Prevention Program for veterans. Dr. Richardson is a physical activity and diabetes prevention researcher who emphasizes the importance of using low-cost and scalable approaches to promoting physical activity. Her most recent research focuses on lifestyle change in type 2 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and low-carb diet coaching. She develops and tests internet-mediated behavioral interventions to increase physical activity, decrease weight and prevent diabetes. Focusing on components of web-based interventions that are interactive and individually tailored, Dr. Richardson builds interventions that are more than just static informational websites. They incorporate objective monitoring, individually tailored feedback and motivational messaging while providing online social support to motivate and engage users.
Yves A. Lussier, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, Co-Chair
Dr. Lussier, is a notable figure in biomedical informatics, currently serving as Professor and Chair of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. With a background as an engineer and physician-scientist, he’s an authority in translational bioinformatics, known for his research on informatics techniques, ontologies, artificial intelligence of micro-cohorts, and personalized medicine. Previously, he held leadership roles and initiated informatics research and service groups at Columbia University, The NIAID Northeast Biodefense Center, The University of Illinois Health Sciences, The University of Chicago Cancer Center, and The University of Arizona Health Sciences.
As a leader in the fields of translational bioinformatics and of AI-augmented precision medicine, he has launched successful companies and international conferences, authored more than 200 publications, and delivered more than 100 invited presentations in precision medicine, systems medicine, and translational bioinformatics, including 28 opening keynotes at international conferences. He has been awarded $200M in grants as principal, core leader, or co-investigator, and mentored or co-mentored over 100 graduates, postgraduate fellows, and junior faculty members. Dr. Lussier’s honors include three IBM Faculty Awards, inducted Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), 1st recipient of the Columbia University Faculty Mentoring Award, “Ambassador for Health Sciences” at the University of Sherbrooke (Canada), and 16 outstanding publication awards from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), and the Translational Bioinformatics Conference (TBC). In 2016, Dr. Lussier was invited among ten USA academic leaders invited by the White House for its Precision Medicine Summit.
Anthony Paulo Sunjaya, MD, PhD
Dr. Sunjaya’s research focuses on cardiorespiratory diseases, complex chronic diseases, primary care, and digital health, especially the development, validation and translation of decision support systems, AI, and virtual care. He has a special interest in supporting universal health coverage, improving care, especially in low-resource settings and primary care through the use of innovative evidence-based solutions.
Abiodun Otolorin, MD, M.S., FAAFP
Dr. Otolorin is an assistant professor at Howard University in the Department of Community and Family Medicine. He is a family physician and researcher with a background in Computer Science and Bioengineering. His research interests are at the intersection of primary care, data science, biomedical informatics, geospatial analysis, and health disparities. His research training includes participation in the MedStar Health Research Institute Research Scholars Program, NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute, NAPCRG Grant Generating Project Fellowship, NHLBI Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research Cardiovascular Comorbidities, Genetics, and Epidemiology.
He is a Principal Investigator on the Georgetown University/Bezos Earth Fund grant to conduct a pilot study of the use of geospatial applications of social and environmental determinants of health at the point of care. Dr. Otolorin is the Principal Investigator of the Howard University Clinical Data Repository funded via the Data and Infrastructure Capacity Building core of the AIM-AHEAD consortium. Dr. Otolorin is a co-Investigator and clinical research informatics lead on the NIMHD-funded project to establish the Howard University Clinical Research Network for Health Equity, an mHealth-centric clinical research infrastructure. He is the recipient of an NIMHD administrative supplement award to study cardiovascular disease epidemiology and statin adherence among participants in the NIH All of Us research program.
In addition, Dr. Otolorin has served as a program coordinator for the AIM-AHEAD Professional Development Program at Howard University. Dr. Otolorin is a member of the Adventist healthcare physician advisory board focused on optimization of clinical applications for improved clinical outcomes. Dr. Otolorin is an editorial fellow with the Annals of Family Medicine