BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1982@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250824T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250824T183000 DTSTAMP:20250814T152010Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/2025-mark-mckenna-lecture SUMMARY:2025 Mark McKenna Lecture - JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort - 24 Aug 25 16:00 DESCRIPTION:2025 Mark McKenna Lecture\nIn Collaboration with the IDN Summit \nSunday\, August 24th 2025\nJ.W. Marriott\, Desert Ridge\, Phoenix\, Ariz ona (Grand Canyon 6)\n\n4:00 Lecture followed by Reception 5:00-6:30 \n\nR egister as McKenna Lecture attendee at: https://www.idnsummit.com/Fall2025 \n\n \;\n\nJunaid Bajwa\, MBA\, MRCGP\, MRCS\, FRCP\, MBBS\, MSc\, BSc \n\nSenior Partner\, Flagship Pioneering\n\nMedicine: An Exercise of our i magination\n\nHealth systems are under increasing strain—from rising dem and and workforce shortages to fragmented care and unsustainable costs—d riving an urgent need for innovation. Artificial intelligence is emerging not just as a tool\, but as a potential collaborator and trusted teammate across the care continuum. This lecture will explore how human-centred\, r eliable AI can help transform healthcare delivery\, from diagnosis and tre atment to the logistics and supply chains that underpin clinical operation s. It will also examine how AI is enabling more personalised\, data-driven patient pathways while reshaping clinical workflows. And as AI takes on m ore predictive and administrative functions—as clinical reasoning become s widely accessible—how might the profession and practice of medicine fu ndamentally evolve?\n\nThe lecture and pre-lecture session\, ÁI in Action : A Practical Learning Experience are without cost to ASU faculty\, studen ts and the general public.\n\nDr. Bajwa will explore:\n\n The current cha llenges\, and apply a framework to analyze health systems Identify key sys temic pressures—such as workforce shortages\, fragmented care\, and risi ng costs—and explain the need for innovation in healthcare delivery.\n The potential of AI as a collaborator in the care continuum - supporting c linicians across diagnostics\, treatment planning\, logistics\, and supply chain management.\n How AI-driven tools are enabling more personalized\, data-rich\, and efficient approaches to patient care\, and how these tool s integrate into day-to-day practice.\n How the profession and practice o f medicine may change as AI assumes more predictive\, administrative\, and cognitive functions—shifting clinicians toward more strategic\, empathe tic\, and human-centric roles.\n\n \;\nDr. Junaid Bajwa\, \; Senio r Partner at Flagship Pioneering\nDr. Junaid Bajwa is a Senior Partner at Flagship Pioneering\, leading the UK division and serving as a Science Par tner for Pioneering Intelligence globally. He is also a practicing physici an with the UK’s National Health Service. Previously\, as Chief Medical Scientist at Microsoft Research\, Junaid focused on integrating trusted\, reliable\, and human-centered AI into medicine\, leading strategic partner ships and spearheading Responsible AI initiatives. With extensive experien ce in primary and secondary care\, public health\, and roles as a payer an d policy maker\, Junaid’s work spans healthcare systems across the US\, Europe\, Australia\, the Middle East\, and Singapore.\n\nAcademically\, he holds positions as a Clinical Associate Professor at University College L ondon (UCL) and as a Visiting Scientist at both the Harvard School of Publ ic Health and NTU in Singapore.\n\nhttps://www.flagshippioneering.com/peop le/junaid-bajwa\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Mark McKenna Lecture Endowment\n\n  \;The annual Mark McKenna Lecture recognizes McKenna’s contribution s to developing the health sector supply chain\, bringing key innovators a nd thought leaders in health care to ASU to speak on current health care i ssues\, and highlighting the importance of the supply chain in improving o rganizational performance and clinical practice.\n\nMcKenna\, in his role as President of Novation (1998-2006)\, was a 2004 founding member of\n\nth e Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium (HSRC-ASU) and a continuo us supporter of bringing academia and industry partners together to solve major problems across the health sector supply chain. McKenna’s career s panned both the supplier and provider sectors in healthcare\, including se nior management positions with Imed Corp.\, Baxter Healthcare Corp.\, and VHA Inc. He also served as chairman of the Health Industry Group Purchasin g Association (HIGPA) and was elected to the Bellwether League Healthcare Supply Chain Hall of Fame (2010).\n\nEvent contact: gene.schneller@asu.edu \n\nSponsored by:\n\nArizona State University\, Department of Supply Chain Management\;\n\nW.P. Carey School of Business\, CAPS Research in collabor ation with the IDN Summit\n\n \; LOCATION:JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort\, 5350 East Marriott Drive \, Phoenix\, 85054\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5350 East Marriott Drive\, Phoenix\, 85054\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=JW Marriott Pho enix Desert Ridge Resort:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20240824T160000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR