Quantified Self and the Future of Personal Health

Featuring Gary Wolf, Larry Smarr, and Dr. Eric Topol

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Health and healthcare are undergoing a radical shift due to the rise of personal sensing and medical tracking technologies. Personalized health is generating an new, more empowered generation of patients as well as new methods of preventive medicine. Additionally, the rapid growth in personal health and wellness tracking tools has spurred the the growth of the quantified self movement - a group of users and tool makers developing self knowledge through data collection. 

Join us at Atkinson Hall (CALIT2) for an exciting and informative panel discussion about the intersection of the quantified self movement and personalized medicine. Discussing these topics will be three leaders in their fields:

Gary Wolf is the co-founder of The Quantified Self, a global collaboration among users and makers of self-tracking tools. His is also a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he writes regularly about the culture of science and technology. His work has appeared The Best American Science Writing (2009) and in The Best AmericanScience and Nature Writing (2009). In 2010, he was awarded the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism prize. In 2005-2006 he was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.

Larry Smarr is the founding Director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), a UC San Diego/UC Irvine parnertship, and hold the Harry E. Gruber professorship in Computer Science and Engineering at UCSD's Jacobs School. Dr. Smarr has recently been profiled by Xconomy about his '10-Year Quest for Quantified Health'

Dr. Joseph Smith is the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Science Officer of the West Wireless Health Institute, Dr. Joseph M. Smith leads initiatives to identify and accelerate the use of health care innovations and technologies to advance the Institute's mission of lowering health care costs.

Dr. Smith has an extensive career at the intersection of clinical medicine and engineering. Prior to joining the Institute, he was most recently Vice President of Emerging Technologies for Johnson & Johnson in their Corporate Office of Science and Technology. He also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Guidant / Boston Scientific, Cardiac Rhythm Management.

Event Details

Date: February 7th, 2012

Location: Atkinson Halll, UCSD 

Parking: We will have parking available in the parking lot (Lot 502) to the north of Atkinson Hall. Parking will be $3. 

Schedule: 

6:00PM - Networking & Social Hour

7:00PM - Introduction to CALIT2 by Rajesh Gupta, QUALCOMM endowed chair in Embedded Microsystems in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering

7:10PM - Introduction to Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems by Kevin Patrick, Director

7:20PM - Introduction to West Wireless by Don Casey, CEO

7:30PM - Panel Discussion with Gary Wolf, Larry Smarr, Dr. Joe Smith, and Dr. Eric Topol

9:00PM - Program Ends

Directions

Directions to Atkinson Hall

Via Interstate 5 to Genessee Avenue exit

· Take Interstate I-5 and exit at Genessee Ave.

· Go West on Genessee (From I-5 North it is a left turn; from I-5 south is a right merge)

· Turn Left at North Torrey Pines Rd.

· Turn Left at North Point Dr.

· Follow North Point Dr. as it curves Right and turns into Hopkins Dr.

· Follow Hopkins Dr. to the intersection with Voigt Dr.

· If you are parking in the Hopkins Parking Structure:

o TURN RIGHT (the entrance is just up the hill on your right)

· If you are NOT parking in Hopkins TURN LEFT and follow Voigt Drive down the hill to the intersection with Engineers Lane

o If you are parking in Lot P502: TURN LEFT

Directions to Atkinson Hall

Via Interstate 5 to La Jolla Village Drive exit

· Take Interstate I-5 and exit at Genessee Ave.

· Go West on La Jolla Village Drive (From I-5 North it is a left turn; from I-5 south is a right merge)

· Turn Right at Villa La Jolla Drive

· Turn Right at Gilman Dr.

· Follow Gilman Dr. as it curves around campus, turn Left at Voigt Dr.

· At next intersection, just after Canyon Vista Pool, turn right (still on Voigt Dr.)

· Atkinson Hall will be on your left on the corner of Equality Lane and Voigt Dr.

· If you are parking in the Hopkins Parking Structure:

o CONTINUE on Voight Dr. (the entrance is just up the hill on your right

· If you are NOT parking in Hopkins TURN RIGHT at the intersection of Engineers Lane and Voigt Dr.

o If you are parking in Lot P502: TURN RIGHT

Questions? 

Contact Ernesto Ramirez with any questions.