2023 Tiny Earth Virtual Winter Symposium

Thursday, December 14th @ 12:00-3:00PM EST — Via Zoom
FREE EVENT for students, instructors, and family & friends!

Student Research Abstract Submissions: CLOSED
Registration for guests is extended until November 12th.

Join us for the Virtual Tiny Earth Winter Symposium! This international event is designed to showcase student research and engage the Tiny Earth community in learning more about antibiotic resistance and the science of discovery. This year, the virtual symposium an extension of the Tiny Earth in Titletown and is designed for students and instructors who cannot travel to Green Bay, WI.

The event will feature two Student Research Presentation sessions and a showing of the Tiny Earth in Titletown keynote from Dr. Ashok Rai, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prevea Health – a physician-led, physician-owned multispecialty health care provider working in partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin.

Schedule

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Time
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Session

12:00 PM Welcome from Tiny Earth Headquarters and the Winter Symposium Committee
1:00 PM Plenary Viewing: Dr. Ashok Rai, Prevea Health President, CEO, and Physician (Recorded live at Tiny Earth in Titletown)
1:15 PM BREAK
1:30 PM Student Research Presentations I
2:15 PM Transition Break
2:20 PM Greetings from Dr. Jo Handelsman, Tiny Earth Founder
2:25 PM Student Research Presentations II
3:00 PM Event Close

Keynote Speaker

Ashok Rai, MD

President | CEO | Internal Medicine Physician
Prevea Health

Dr. Ashok Rai is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Prevea Health – a physician-led, physician-owned multispecialty health care provider working in partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin. Prevea Health was founded in Green Bay, Wis. in 1996, and today employs more than 2,400 people, including more than 500 providers and advanced practice providers. It offers high-quality patient care in more than 30 communities across Wisconsin, as well as a health insurance plan (Prevea360) with one of the largest coordinated networks across the state.

Dr. Rai was born and raised in Michigan. He attended undergraduate school and enrolled in the “Target M.D.” program at the University of Wisconsin— Milwaukee. He completed his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and then a residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics through Michigan State University at the Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies. Following residency, Dr. Rai specialized in hospital medicine and held various leadership positions at Prevea Health before becoming the President and CEO of Prevea Health in 2009. He also continues to practice medicine, caring for patients at Woodside Lutheran Nursing Home in Green Bay and in occasional hospitalist shifts at local HSHS hospitals. Dr. Rai lives in Green Bay with his wife, Brooke. He is a proud father of three boys and three girls, and their dog, Josie.

Student Research Presentations

Submissions for Student Research Presentations are now CLOSED. Please see the Schedule above to view students’ research posters.