SPEAKER DETAILS

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Deilson Elgui de Oliveira, PhD
Associate Professor, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu School of Medicine

Deilson Elgui de Oliveira
Bio
Deilson Elgui de Oliveira, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Pathology at São Paulo State University (UNESP), where his career merges pioneering research in oncology with a deep commitment to educational innovation. He is the Principal Investigator of the Viral Carcinogenesis and Cancer Biology Research Group (ViriCan), which investigates the mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis, cancer immunobiology, and tumor progression, elucidating essential aspects of cancer biology and what drives disease aggression. A dedicated educator, he has a broad teaching portfolio across health sciences, including Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, in courses such as General and Anatomic Pathology, Cancer Biology, Scientific Reasoning, and Entrepreneurship. Since 2022, Dr. Elgui de Oliveira has been at the forefront of integrating Generative AI into higher education. He applies expert prompt engineering to build AI-based assistants that create engaging learning experiences, enhance critical thinking, and improve educational outcomes. This work is remodeling pedagogical approaches in the biomedical sciences by integrating innovative AI tools to foster more active and effective learning environments, shaping the next generation of scientists and health professionals.

Richard Landers
Bio
Richard N. Landers, Ph.D., is the John P. Campbell Distinguished Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology at the University of Minnesota and Principal Investigator of TNTLAB (Testing New Technologies in Learning, Assessment and Behavior). His research is interdisciplinary and concerns the use of innovative technologies like artificial intelligence, games, and gamification to improve psychometric assessment, employee selection, adult learning, and research methods. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), American Psychological Association, and Association for Psychological Science, as well as President-Elect (2025-2026) of SIOP. He is the incoming editor of Technology, Mind, and Behavior (2025 IF 3.2), an interdisciplinary gold open access journal published by the American Psychological Association at the intersection of psychology and computer science. He is author of two textbooks and has developed two edited scholarly volumes. He has been featured in the popular press, including Forbes, Business Insider, and Popular Science, and consults as president of Landers Workforce Science LLC (https://landers.tech) by auditing or advising on managerial systems incorporating AI.

Kimberly Lomis
Full Name
Kimberly Lomis
Bio
Kimberly D. Lomis, MD is Vice President for Medical Education Innovations at the American Medical Association. In that capacity, she guides the AMA ChangeMedEd® Initiative, partnering with medical schools, GME and CPD programs to impact over 30,000 medical learners across the United States. Themes of collaborative work include competency-based medical education, training in health systems science across the continuum, value-added roles for learners, development of master adaptive learners, coaching for health professionals, promoting diversity of the physician workforce and inclusive environments, addressing learner & faculty wellbeing, and change management.

Dr. Lomis oversees the AMA’s Precision Education portfolio of projects leveraging data and technology to personalize and enhance medical education across the continuum. Active in considering the impact of AI on medical education, Dr. Lomis leads AMA initiatives, visits institutions nationally and internationally to promote AI education, and serves as a subject matter expert for the US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Dr. Lomis previously served as Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and has held multiple national and international leadership roles in medical education.

Neil Mehta
Bio
Assoc Dean for Curricular Affairs and
Professor of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU SOM
The Jones Day Endowed Chair in Medical Education, Cleveland Clinic
Director, Center for Technology-enhanced Knowledge and Instruction, CC Education
Staff Physician, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Primary Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic
(Founding) Co-Course Director at Harvard Macy Institute, Harvard Medical School since 2013
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8342-4252

Antonio Rusiñol
Bio
Dr. Antonio E. Rusiñol is a Full Professor with Tenure in the Department of Medical Education at East Tennessee State University's (ETSU) Quillen College of Medicine (QCOM). His career combines research in biochemistry and molecular biology with a strong commitment to medical and graduate education. As an educator, Dr. Rusiñol has taught and directed foundational courses for first-year medical students, including Medical Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Medicine, and Foundations of Medical Knowledge. His teaching has been recognized with numerous awards, including the QCOM Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award and the M1 Professor of the Year Caduceus Award on multiple occasions. He is also an eight-time recipient of the Scarlet Sash Society Award, given by graduating medical students to top teaching faculty. In his role as a mentor, he has chaired Ph.D. thesis committees and served as a committee member for over forty graduate students.
Dr. Rusiñol has also contributed extensively through institutional service. He has been a member of the QCOM Admissions Committee since 2008 and has chaired its Diversity Scholarship Subcommittee since 2014. His leadership roles have included serving as Chair of the QCOM Faculty Advisory Council and Chair of the QCOM Diversity and Inclusion Council.

Laurah Turner
Bio
Dr. Laurah Turner, PhD, is the Associate Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Informatics and Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Sciences, and Medical Education at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is also co-founder of 2-Sigma, an educational technology company developing AI-powered platforms for personalized learning in healthcare.

An interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, fuzzy logic, and educational informatics, Dr. Turner leads national and international initiatives to integrate AI responsibly into medical education. Her work focuses on leveraging multi-agent architectures, learning analytics, and adaptive assessment systems to advance precision medical education and reduce disparities in training.

She has secured multiple competitive grants, holds several patents pending on AI-driven educational platforms, and has been invited to contribute to advisory committees for the AAMC, AMA, ABMS, and the International Advisory Committee on AI in Health Professions Education.

Widely recognized as a thought leader, Dr. Turner has delivered invited keynotes, grand rounds, and workshops at leading institutions around the world. Her vision is to democratize access to individualized, mastery-based medical training by harnessing AI to scale feedback, foster equity, and capture the richness of clinical reasoning.