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Live with Robotics as You Age

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Come meet industry partners from Amazon and Google.

Smart Apartment tour, speakers, and panel discussion. Food will also be provided.

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Featured speakers:

  • Michael D. Abramoff, MD, PhD, Robert C. Watzke, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, founder and executive chairman of Digital Diagnostics (IDx). Dr. Abramoff is a fellowship-trained retina specialist, computer engineer, and neuroscientist. He developed regulatory and reimbursement pathways for autonomous AI and the randomized controlled trials that show its direct benefits on outcomes.
  • Jing Wang, PhD, RN, FAAN, Assistant Professor, Nursing, University of New Hampshire College of Health and Human Services. Dr. Wang is a leading nursing scientist whose research focuses on long-term care, healthy aging, and person-centered dementia care, with an emphasis on global, transdisciplinary, and cross-cultural collaboration to improve the well-being of older adults and their caregivers.

Organizers:

Shayan Shams, PhD, Smart Apartment Tech Director, UTHealth Houston

Xiaoqian Jiang, PhD, AVP for Medical AI, UTHealth Houston

Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, Fellow IEEE, Professor of Ophthalmology & ECE, University of Iowa

Carolyn E. Pickering, PhD, RN, Professor and Director of Cizik Nursing Research Institute, UTHealth Houston

Event Site Link

https://uthealth.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=nKwoDfF4MGQECHrPeIW9eQ%3D%3D

When & Where

October 23, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
3rd Floor, Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston, 6901 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX, 77030 ( View in Google Map)

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Live with Robotics as You Age

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