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2026 AAMC CGEA Conference

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Dana Hartman

1:00pm CDT

Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

4:00pm CDT

Welcome Plenary: The Irreducible Clinician: Humanism for a Changing Profession Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD., MHPE

5:30pm CDT

Poster Session and Reception Doctors Mayo Hall (level 4)

7:00am CDT

Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Section Meeting Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Colleen Hayden, EdD, MS Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

7:30am CDT

Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

8:00am CDT

Welcome and Address by the Dean Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Tracey Taylor, PhD • Komal Kochhar, MD • Nadine Alamy, EdD • Nneka Comfere, MD

8:30am CDT

Plenary: Holding Onto Humanity: The Art of Connection in a Disconnected World (Moderated Panel Discussion) Noseworthy Hall (level 3)Tane Danger • Anna Cianciolo, PhD • Sara Amini, BS • Alexander Niven, MD • Theresa Villerot, MEd, MLS(ASCP)CM

10:00am CDT

Self-Directed Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Traversing Accreditation Compliance, Artificial Intelligence, and Lifelong Learning Doctors Mayo Hall-2 (level 4)Jason Booza, PhD • Colleen Hayden, EdD, MS • Joel Shenker, MD, PhD

11:00am CDT

Lunch Noseworthy Hall (level 3) AAMC Updates Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

1:45pm CDT

Oral Presentation IME 3 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Kimberly Hu, MD, MPH • Sheela Vaswani, MD • Robert Malinowski, PhD, DVM, MA • Elle Fasteland, MBA • Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg, MEd • Patrick B. Barlow, PhD • Richard V. Thompson, PhD, MDiv, MPS, RBCC

3:00pm CDT

Oral Presentation MESRE 3 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Amulya Vankayalapati, BS • Sneha Kesaraju, BS • Emily Rush, PhD • Jessica Byram • Isabella Varea, BS Breaking Down Silos: Connection and Community Between Medical School Classes Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Lamya Augusthy, MA • Kit (Catherine G.) Knier Srivastava • Ahmad Abu-Mahfouz, BS • Sara Amini, BS

4:15pm CDT

Living with Tiers: Annual Review, Student Trust, and Residency Signaling in H/HP/P/F Systems Franciscan Sisters-2 (level 4)Monica L. Lypson, MD MHPE

5:15pm CDT

CGEA Awards & Legacy Celebration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)Live music by LaSonya Natividad with the Madison Parish Ensemble • Participatory art with Anne Labovitz: CGEA Sharables – Pieces of a Whole

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Noseworthy Hall (level 3) Registration Noseworthy Hall Atrium (Level 3)

8:00am CDT

Welcome and Housekeeping Noseworthy Hall (level 3)

8:15am CDT

Oral Presentation MESRE 4 Franciscan Sisters-3 (level 4)Naomi A Schmalz, PhD • Krista Mattern PhD MA • Tayler D. Hill, PhD • Evelyn Stuck, B.S. If We Build It, Will They Thrive? Strategies for Student Spaces that Foster Positive Learning Environments Franciscan Sisters-1 (level 4)Kristina Aldridge, PhD • Eva Waineo, MD • Adrian Peacock, BS • Donna Lancianese, PhD The New Foundational Competencies in Undergraduate Medical Education: How to Approach Threats to their Usage and Utility Doctors Mayo Hall-1 (level 4)Colleen Hayden, EdD, MS • Elissa Hall • Bill Cutrer, MD MEd • Katherine A. Forkner, EdD, MA