Innovation for Healthcare Access Conference

Speakers Lineup

Keynote Speakers | Global Case Studies | Panel Discussions

To give attendees further insight into our 2025 conference, we have included a PDF highlighting our sessions and speakers at a glance.

Sessions at a glance

Keynote Speakers


October 27, 2025

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Manda Hall

Texas Department of State Health Services

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Krishna Udayakumar

Duke University

October 28, 2025

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Chethan Bachireddy

Harris Health

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Lisa Hirschhorn

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Global Case Studies


Pediatric Care

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Joseph Lubega

Texas Children's Hospital | Baylor College of Medicine

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Natasha Rhoda

Newborn Essentials Solutions & Technologies (NEST360)

Cervical Cancer

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Isabel Scarinci

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Kathleen Schmeler
Kathleen Schmeler

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Panel Discussions


Donor Panel

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Ann Barnes

Episcopal Health Foundation

Clinician Panel

Ask the Experts: Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

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Jacquelyn Alvarado

Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute

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Mary Dale Peterson

Driscoll Health System

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Kristie Wilburn-Wren

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Clinician Panel

Ask the Experts: Chronic Disease

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Omid Veiseh

Rice University

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Lechauncy Woodard

Baylor College of Medicine | University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

Innovations Panel

Innovations for Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health

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S. Rahima Benhabbour

The University of North Carolina

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Kevin McHugh

Rice University

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Juliane Sempionatto

Rice University

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Kelsey Swingle

Rice University

Innovations Panel

Innovations for Digital & Mobile Health

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Jessica Duckworth

The Rose Breast Center

Nidal Moukaddam
Nidal Moukaddam

Baylor College of Medicine | Harris Health

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Khurram Nasir

Houston Methodist Hospital | Weill Cornell Medical College

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David Persee

City of Houston

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Ashutosh Sabharwal

Rice University

Innovations Panel

Innovations for Rural Healthcare

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Fatimah Bello

UT Health Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine

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Casey Howard

Rice University

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Matthew Wettergreen

Rice University