LatinXinBME 2025
The 2025 LatinXinBME Symposium was hosted at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in San Diego, California on October 8, 2025. Our fourth annual Symposium welcomed over 100 attendees from across and outside the United States to present research, share ideas and continue to build community.
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The day was filled with oral presentations, a 3-minute thesis competition entirely in Spanish, and a poster session. Our Symposium welcomed Christopher Hernandez from the University of California, San Francisco as our Keynote Speaker and Jason (Chang) Marvin, Ph.D. from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering to lead a Science Advocacy Workshop.
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Our Planning Committee would like to extend our gratitude to all Presenters, Attendees, and Sponsors who made this such a special event!
16 Posters from a range of disciplines and from multiple institutions
6 Oral Presentations and 8 3-Minute Thesis presentations in Spanish
Awards for Best Posters, Oral presentations, and 3MT
Another amazing opportunity for the LatinXinBME community to connect and celebrate
Dr. Christopher J. Hernandez
Keynote Speaker
Intersections between Mechanobiology and Microbiology
Dr. Hernandez is a Professor at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley, Director of Health Innovations Via Engineering at UCSF, and an Investigator at the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub. He previously held mechanical engineering faculty positions at Cornell and Case Western Reserve. A Fellow of AIMBE, ASME, and BMES, he has received major honors including the 2018 Fuller Albright Award, the 2023 Adele Boskey Award, and selection as a 2022 NSF BRITE Fellow. He has served on the boards of the Orthopedic Research Society and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and was named the 2021 Educator of the Year by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. His lab studies the microbiome’s impact on the musculoskeletal system, orthopedic surgery, and the biomechanics of bacteria and engineered living materials. A Fresno, California native, Dr. Hernandez continues to advance research at the intersection of engineering and health.
Dr. Jason Marvin
Workshop
A Collective Call to Action: The Importance of Advocacy and Avenues for Engagement in Biomedical Engineering
Jason Marvin, Ph.D. is the Director of Outreach and Engagement at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), where he leads advocacy efforts to strengthen federal support for biomedical research and trains scientists in policy and public engagement. He directs coalition initiatives, organizes Capitol Hill briefings, and develops educational programs to empower researchers across career stages. Dr. Marvin earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas and his Ph.D. from Cornell University as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. He completed postdoctoral training in Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, where his research uncovered immune mechanisms of tissue regeneration. Prior to AIMBE, he served as Chair of the Orthopaedic Research Society Public Outreach Committee and worked as a science policy analyst in the Texas House of Representatives.
2025 Symposium Planning Committee
Ana Valentin Cabrera
Symposium Chair
Valentina Dargam
Yan Pacheco
Ana M. Porras
Brian Aguado
Andrea Monique Rivera Laureano
Tannia M. Rodriguez
Ana Marie Perea
Rafael Ramos
2025 Symposium Sponsors
