Morning Keynote Speaker
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., ScM is the CEO of Aledade - the largest network of independent primary care practices in the country. Since founding Aledade in 2014, he has helped the company grow to serve over 3,000 practices in 48 states, accountable for the care of over 3 million patients.
Dr. Mostashari is the chair of the board of directors for Resolve to Save Lives, a global health organization focused on saving lives from cardiovascular disease and infectious disease epidemics, and is also Co-Chair of the Health Evolution Summit. He is the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services, and served as a distinguished expert at the Brookings Institute’s Engelberg Center for HealthCare Reform.
Dr. Mostashari received his MD from Yale University School of Medicine and his MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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This year Farzad Mostashari will be honored with the 2026 John D. Thompson Distinguished Visiting Fellow Award
Farzard Mostashari, MD, ScM
Co-founder and CEO, Aledade
Afternoon Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ingrid T. Katz is a nationally recognized physician-scientist and Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. In this role, she leads the expansion of global health research, clinical, and educational initiatives across Yale, working in partnership with the Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Nursing, and the Jackson School of Global Affairs. She holds a joint appointment in the Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Katz also serves as Chief of Evidence and Program Innovation in the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State.
Trained in infectious diseases, Dr. Katz’s global health expertise spans Southern Africa and Southeast Asia, where she has led federally funded initiatives focused on improving HIV care and advancing sustainable, equity-centered health interventions. For nearly 20 years, she has maintained NIH funding and long-term research partnerships with the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Her work has been recognized by UNAIDS and through her participation as an inaugural member of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS, and Pandemics.
Prior to joining Yale, Dr. Katz spent 16 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and served as Associate Faculty Director at the Harvard Global Health Institute, where she co-led efforts addressing major global health threats, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the health impacts of climate change. She has also been deeply committed to mentorship and leadership development, helping to create and fund the LEAD Fellowship supporting women global health leaders from low- and middle-income countries. Her contributions have been recognized with the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award and the Dean’s Award for an Emerging Leader in Women’s Careers.
Dr. Katz earned her bachelor’s degree from Amherst College, a Master of Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco.
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This year we are excited to have Dr. Katz as our afternoon keynote speaker.
Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS
Director of Yale Institute of
Global Health
Breakout Session Speakers
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Executive Panel
Putting the Public Back in Public Health
Robert Galvin
MD
Megan Ranney
MD, MPH, FACEP
Rachael Bedard
MD
Reed Tuckson
MD, FACP
Moderator
Professor Adjunct of Medicine and Health Policy at Yale;
CEO of The Right Doctor;
Senior Advisor at Blackstone
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Dean of Yale School of Public Health; C.-E. A. Winslow Professor of Public Health; Professor of Emergency Medicine at Yale University; Elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering; Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians
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Physician and contributing opinion writer for The New York Times
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Managing Director of Tuckson Health Connections, LLC
Morning Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1
Who Decides the Future: The role of FDA, CDC, NIH authority in a politicized healthcare system
Farzad Mostashari
MD, ScM
Moderator
​Co-founder and CEO of Aledade
Sejal Hathi
MD, MBA
Speaker
​Director of the Oregon Health Authority
Reshma Ramachandran
MD, MPP, MHS
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Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale; Co-Director of the Yale Collaboration for Regulatory Rigor, Integrity, and Transparency
Jason Schwartz
PhD
Speaker
​Associate Professor of Public Health; Associate Professor in the History of Medicine, and Associate Professor in the Institution for Social and Policy Studies
Breakout Session 2
The Price of Personalization using Big Data: Leveraging AI technology for the patient experience
Xiaoyan Huang
MD, MHCM, FACC, FACP
Moderator
​Chief Medical Officer of High Performing Network of Oregon, LLC
Bhramar Mukherjee
PhD, MS
Speaker
Senior Associate Dean of Public Health Data Science and Data Equity at Yale; Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Biostatistics; Professor of Epidemiology and of Statistics and Data Science​
Jan-Felix Schneider
MSc
Speaker
​Co-Founder and CEO of Arlo​
Prathibha Varkey
MBBS, MBA
Speaker
​Pesident of Mayo Clinic Health System
Breakout Session 3
Paying for Progress: Gene Therapies, GLP-1s, and Platform Science
Luca Maini
PhD
Michael Hund
MBA
Moderator
​Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School
Speaker
​CEO of Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Partnership (EBRP)
Kasia Lipska
MD, MHS
Speaker
​Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale; Clinical Investigator at the Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation​
Anup Sabharwal
MD, MBA, FACC, FACE, FESC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA
Speaker
​VP, Head of Research & Development and Scientific Strategy at Syneos Health
Breakout Session 4
Transforming Women’s & Maternal Health: Emphasizing Patient Experience and Empowerment
Nicola Hawley
PhD
Wendy Barr
MD, MPH, MSCE, FAAFP
Bridget Basile
PhD, MA, RN, FNP-BC
Valerie Thomas
MA
Moderator
​Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Yale; Associate Director for Dissemination and Implementation Science at Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
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​Founding Residency Program Director for the Yale Family Medicine Residency Program
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​Assistant Professor in Nursing at Yale; Lab Director of Asteria Lab at Yale School of Nursing​
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​SVP, Global Head of Patient Advocacy and Engagement at Comanche Biopharma
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 5
Innovations for Global Health: Building Global Equitability and Access in Conflict
Ingrid Katz
MD, MHS
Jennifer E. Miller
PhD
Sharon Chekijian
MD, MPH
TBA
Moderator
Director of Yale Institute of
Global Health
Speaker
Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale; Board President of Bioethics International; Director of Good Pharma Scorecard​
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Medical Director, Patient Experience, Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Yale New Haven Hospital PA/NP Post-graduate Training Program, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Breakout Session 6
From Sickcare to Signal Detection: Early Diagnostics & Population Screening at Scale
Peter Bach
MD
Moderator
​Chief Medical Officer
of Delfi Diagnostics
Cary Gross
MD
Speaker
​Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Yale;Founder and Director of Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center
Chul S. Hyun
MD, PhD, MPH
Speaker
​Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Yale; Director of Gastric Cancer Prevention and Screening Program at Yale​
Dawn Mattoon
PhD
Speaker
​CEO of Mercy BioAnalytics Inc
Breakout Session 7
Climate Change and the Future of Resilience: Forward-Thinking Solutions to a Changing Environment
TBA
Moderator
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Colleen Fitzpatrick
MD
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Shalini Shah
DO
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​Assistant Director of the Pediatric Environmental Health Center at the Boston Children's Hospital​
Muoi A. Trinh
MD
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​Medical Director of Environmental Sustainability for the Mount Sinai Health System
Breakout Session 8
Aging in America, Rebuilt for Home: Scaling Tech-Enabled Long-Term Care Before the Demographic Wave Hits
TBA
Moderator
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Scott LaRue
MBA, RD
Speaker
President and CEO of ArchCare​
Alexi Nazem
MD, MBA
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​General Partner at AlleyCorp​
TBA
Speaker
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