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Karen Zaderej - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President - Axogen Corporation - Revolutionizing The Science Of Nerve Repair
December 01, 2023 21:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBKaren Zaderej is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Axogen Corporation ( https://www.axogeninc.com/ ), a leading company focused specifically on the science, development and commercialization of technologies for peripheral nerve regeneration and repair, with a primary goal of restoring peripheral nerve function and quality of life to patients with physical damage or discontinuity, providing innovative, clinically proven and economically effective repair solutions for surgeon...
Eric Olson - Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chairman - Babson Diagnostics - Re-Imagining Blood Testing To Be More Convenient, Accessible And Patient-Centered
December 01, 2023 19:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBEric Olson is Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and Chairman, of Babson Diagnostics ( https://www.babsondx.com/ ), a company bringing medically-accurate blood testing to the retail pharmacy setting, and empowering people to take charge of their health, by reimagining the entire blood testing process from ordering, collection, handling, analyzing, and reporting of results, making it less invasive and more convenient, accessible, and patient-centered. Eric is a 20-year veteran of the diagnosti...
Dr. Steven H. Landers, MD, MPH - President & CEO - Hebrew SeniorLife - Redefining The Experience Of Aging
November 30, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBDr. Steven H. Landers, MD, MPH is President and CEO of Hebrew SeniorLife ( https://www.hebrewseniorlife.org/services/profiles/steven-h-landers-md-mph ), a nonprofit Harvard Medical School affiliate offering senior living communities and senior health care services for older adults in the Boston metropolitan area. They also conduct aging research that is improving the way we grow older, and education for the next generation of health care providers and caregivers. Dr. Landers is a practicing ...
Dr. Mitchell Lee, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer, Ora Biomedical - A Million Molecule Challenge For Longevity
November 29, 2023 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBDr. Mitchell Lee, Ph.D. is the Chief Executive Officer of Ora Biomedical ( https://orabiomedical.com/ ), a biotech company developing small molecule therapeutics that extend lifespan and delay chronic illness by targeting the underlying molecular mechanisms of aging. Dr. Lee’s research interests are focused on identifying healthy aging therapeutics, understanding the connections between aging and age-related disease, and investigating how natural genetic variation modifies disease and therap...
Ashley Gaines - Vice President, Head of Breast Cancer Franchise, US Oncology Business Unit, AstraZeneca - Transforming The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Breast Cancer
November 28, 2023 21:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBAshley Gaines is Vice President, Head of Breast Cancer Franchise, US Oncology Business Unit, at AstraZeneca ( https://www.astrazeneca-us.com/az-in-us/ashley-gaines.html ) where she is responsible for overseeing commercialization in the US for ENHERTU, TRUQAP and future breast cancer assets and indications. Ashley joined AstraZeneca in 2014 and has led commercial teams across various US and Global franchises, including Infectious Disease, Women’s Cancers, Lung Cancer and Hematologic Cancers. ...
Dr. Alejandro Dorenbaum, M.D. - Chief Medical Officer, Reneo Pharmaceuticals - Developing Novel Therapies For Patients With Rare Genetic Mitochondrial Diseases
November 27, 2023 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBDr. Alejandro (Alex) Dorenbaum, M.D., is the Chief Medical Officer of Reneo Pharmaceuticals ( https://reneopharma.com/ ), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for patients with rare genetic diseases, including mitochondrial diseases, with significant unmet medical needs. Previously, Dr. Dorenbaum was Chief Medical Officer at Allakos, where he achieved proof-of-concept in clinical trials for novel therapeutic antibodies targeting inflammatory cells. ...
Dr. Julia Allen - Chief Scientist, Autonomy and ArtificiaI Intelligence, Saab - Creating Smarter Products And Solutions Through Artificial Intelligence
November 23, 2023 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBDr. Julia Allen is Chief Scientist, Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, at Saab ( https://www.saab.com/ ) where her team’s primary focus is developing AI technologies to support the organization’s customers across all U.S. Department of Defense branches, helping government research and development leaders take on their hardest challenges. Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions from military defense in all domains to civil security. Previously, Dr ...
Dr. Nigel McCracken, Ph.D. - Chief Operating Officer, Virax Biolabs - T-Cell Testing For Detecting Immune Responses & Diagnosing Viral Diseases
November 22, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MBDr. Nigel McCracken, Ph.D. is Chief Operating Officer of Virax Biolabs ( https://www.viraxbiolabs.com/ ), an innovative diagnostics and detection biotech company developing a game-changing T-Cell immunology technology platform to provide early diagnosis for post viral syndromes, and indications associated with chronic inflammation and T cell exhaustion, to enable early treatment interventions. Dr. McCracken brings over 25 years of research & development experience in drug development, within...
Dr. Josh Denny, M.D., M.S. - CEO, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Accelerating Health Research And Medical Breakthroughs, Enabling Individualized Prevention, Treatment And Care
November 21, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBDr. Josh Denny, M.D., M.S., is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program ( https://allofus.nih.gov/about/who-we-are/joshua-denny ), an initiative that seeks to enroll at least one million diverse participants to build an indispensable resource that accelerates precision medicine for all populations. Dr. Denny has been involved since the program’s inception when he was a member of the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group of ...
Jerry McLaughlin - Chief Executive Officer and Board Member - Life Biosciences, Inc. - Developing Novel Therapies To Extend Healthy Human Lifespan
November 20, 2023 21:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBJerry McLaughlin is Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Life Biosciences, Inc. ( https://www.lifebiosciences.com/ ), a private biotechnology company dedicated to developing novel therapies to extend healthy human lifespan, pursuing a platform approach to develop therapeutics that can prevent, treat, and/or reverse multiple aging-related conditions. Jerry has over 30 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and has been involved in the discovery, clinical development, and...
Christina Tobin - Founder and Chair - Free & Equal Elections Foundation - Opening The Electoral Process For All Candidates
November 17, 2023 19:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBChristina Tobin is an activist and leader in the election reform and voters’ rights movements. She is the founder and chair of the Free & Equal Elections Foundation ( https://freeandequal.org/ ), and president and chief executive officer of Free & Equal, Inc. Tobin’s non-profit the Free & Equal Elections Foundation leads national, state and local efforts to open the electoral process in the United States by hosting open all-inclusive gubernatorial, Presidential and senatorial debates; organi...
Dr. Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH - Chief Scientific Officer, U.S., Ferring Pharmaceuticals - President American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) - The Future Of Women's Health, Fertility And Fem-Tech
November 08, 2023 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBDr. Elizabeth Garner, MD, MPH, ( https://ferringusa.com/?team=elizabeth-garner-md-mph ) is Chief Scientific Officer, U.S., Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group committed to helping people around the world build families and live better lives. Ferring is a leader in reproductive medicine and maternal health, as well as in specialty areas within gastroenterology and urology, including microbiome therapeutics and orthopedics, and has been developing trea...
Dr. Wade Blair, PhD - Head of Virology & Vaccine Discovery, Vaccines & Immune Therapies, AstraZeneca - Discovering And Developing Novel Anti-Viral Therapeutic Interventions
November 06, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBDr. Wade Blair, Ph.D. is Head of Virology and Vaccine Discovery, Vaccines and Immune Therapies, at AstraZeneca ( https://www.astrazeneca.com/ ). Dr. Blair did his Ph.D. in Microbiology at University of California, Irvine - College of Medicine, did Postdoctoral Research at Duke University in HIV, and has held positions of increasing responsibility across both therapeutic and vaccine domains, including positions at both major pharma companies like BMS, Pfizer, Merck, Gilead and Genentech, as w...
Dr. Rolland Carlson, PhD - CEO, Immunexpress, Inc. - Improving Outcomes For Patients With Sepsis
November 01, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBDr. Rolland Carlson, PhD, is Chief Executive Officer of Immunexpress, Inc. ( https://immunexpress.com/company-overview/ ), a Seattle-based molecular diagnostic company committed to improving outcomes for patients suspected of having sepsis. Immunexpress' FDA cleared SeptiCyte™ technology rapidly quantifies, directly from whole blood, specific molecular markers from the patient's own immune system – the 'host response'. SeptiCyte™ LAB, is the first of its kind in using the host immune system ...
Saed Nuh Ahmed - Chairman, Medicine Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health Development - Somaliland - Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance And Pandemic Response
October 30, 2023 17:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBSaed Nuh Ahmed, MPH, B.Pharm. is Chairman of the Medicines Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health Development (MoHD), of Somaliland ( https://mohd.govsomaliland.org/ ) and National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordinator. Saed has also served a a member of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Commission of the International Pharmaceutical Federation ( https://www.fip.org/antimicrobial-resistance ). Saed has his M.Sc. in Public Health (MPH) - Epidemiology, from Amoud University, Hargeisa, Somaliland...
Dr. Sofiya Milman, MD, MS - Director, Human Longevity Studies, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
October 25, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBDr. Sofiya Milman, MD, MS ( https://www.einsteinmed.edu/faculty/12865/sofiya-milman/ ) is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Geriatrics, and is the Director of Human Longevity Studies at the Institute for Aging Research, at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Milman’s research focuses on a unique population of centenarians and their families ( https://www.superagersstudy.org/ ) who are generally free of age-related diseases, where extreme healthy lon...
Pete O’Heeron - CEO, FibroBiologics - Developing & Commercializing Fibroblast Cell-Based Therapies
October 24, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPete O’Heeron, MSHA, is the CEO of FibroBiologics ( https://fibrobiologics.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing fibroblast cell-based therapies for patients suffering from chronic diseases. Mr. O’Heeron has over 25 years of medical technology and biotech development experience and brings together the resources necessary to commercialize unique technologies with expertise from business start-ups and biologics, to medical devices and patient centered he...
Kaushik Gune - Head of Healthcare (US), Huma - Digital-First Care For Longer, Fuller Lives
October 20, 2023 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBKaushik Gune is Head of Healthcare (US) for Huma ( https://www.huma.com/ ), a global digital health technology company that uses AI to advance a digital-first care delivery and research model to help people live longer, fuller lives. Huma's regulated Software as a Medical Device is the only disease agnostic platform to hold both EU MDR (The European Union Medical Device Regulation) Class IIb and US FDA Class II regulatory status and has applications including - - Digital first care for healt...
Marcie Finney, Cleveland Cord Blood Center, & Dr. Frances Verter, Ph.D., Parent's Guide to Cord Blood Foundation - Innovating, Advocating & Advancing Cord Blood R&D
October 19, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBMarcie Finney is the Executive Director of the Cleveland Cord Blood Center ( https://clevelandcordblood.org/about-us/leadership/ ) where her responsibilities include strategic planning, finance, administration and quality product development. With an extensive background in the field of cord blood, she spent over 10 years at Case Western Reserve University where she participated in all aspects of cord blood research and she is active in the cellular therapy community, sharing knowledge and e...
Dr. Carl Dieffenbach - Director, Division of AIDS, NIAID, U.S. National Institutes of Health - Creating An “AIDS-Free Generation" And Ending The Epidemic
October 12, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBDr. Carl Dieffenbach ( https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/carl-w-dieffenbach-phd ) is the Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dieffenbach has oversight of a global HIV/AIDS research portfolio of over one billion dollars and a staff of over 150 federal employees and is responsible for planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating programs in 1) fundamental basic laboratory research, ...
Leslie Orne - President & CEO - Trinity Life Sciences - Strategic Innovation For Pharmaceutical Commercialization, Access, Coverage And Pricing
October 06, 2023 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBLeslie Orne ( https://trinitylifesciences.com/our-experts/leslie-sandberg-orne/ ) is President & Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Life Sciences, a fast-growing consultancy in the healthcare industry and with a reputation as a trusted strategic partner, delivering evidence-based solutions for the life sciences, including: advisory services, insights and analytics, and technology, to meet the unique needs of established pharmaceutical companies, and emerging biotech firms. Leslie oversees th...
Dr. Malin Grape, Ph.D. - Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, Ministry for Health and Social Affairs, Sweden - Strengthening Global Efforts Against Antimicrobial Resistance
October 06, 2023 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBDr. Malin Grape, Ph.D. is Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden ( https://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-of-health-and-social-affairs/ ), a role she has held since March 2022 ( https://www.government.se/articles/2022/10/swedens-ambassador-for-work-against-antimicrobial-resistance/ ). Previous to this position, Dr. Grape was Deputy Head of Department for Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection, and Head of Un...
Dr. Alex Colville, Ph.D. - Co-Founder and General Partner - age1 - Venture Investing To Catalyze The Next Generation Of Founder-Led, Longevity Biotech Companies
October 03, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBDr. Alex Colville, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and General Partner of age1 ( https://age1.com/ ), a venture capital firm focused on catalyzing the next generation of founder-led, longevity biotech companies, with a strategy of building a community of visionaries advancing new therapeutics, tools, and technologies targeting aging and age-related diseases. With a recent initial closing of US$35 million, age1 will be focusing on founders and companies at the earliest stages of first-money in, pre-seed ...
Linda Burger - Director, Office of Research and Technology Applications - U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) - Advancing Breakthroughs At The Intersection Of National Security And Economic Development
September 28, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBLinda Burger is Director of the Office of Research and Technology Applications ( https://www.nsa.gov/Research/Technology-Transfer-Program/Research-and-Technology-Applications/ ), at the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) where her team is focused on accelerating and improving the exchange of expertise between NSA and other government agencies, academia, and industry, to ultimately hasten national research breakthroughs. She has been with the ORTA program since 2011, serving as director sinc...
Dr. Ruth Tal-Singer, Ph.D. & Dr. Scott M. White, M.D. - ENA Respiratory - Transforming The Treatment & Prevention Of Respiratory Viral Infections Via Innate Immune Modulation
September 27, 2023 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MBENA Respiratory ( https://enarespiratory.com/ ) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing innate immune modulators for the prevention of complications associated with respiratory viral infections in at-risk populations, including the elderly, those with chronic lung conditions and individuals with occupational risk (e.g. first responders, military or essential services personnel). The company is also developing its innate immune modulators as vaccine adjuvants. ENA Respiratory is...
Dr. Marco Quarta, Ph.D. - Co-Founder and CEO - Rubedo Life Sciences; Discovering And Developing Medicines To Keep You Biologically Young
September 22, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBDr. Marco Quarta, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and CEO of Rubedo Life Sciences ( https://www.rubedolife.com/ ), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of innovative therapies engineered to target cells which drive chronic age-related diseases. The company's proprietary ALEMBIC™ drug discovery platform has engineered novel first-in-class small molecules designed to selectively target senescent cells, which play a key role in the progression of pulmonary, dermatological, oncological, ...
Dr. Peter M. Fleischut, MD - Group Senior Vice President And Chief Information & Transformation Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital - Leveraging Technology For Innovative, Patient-Centered Clinical Care
September 21, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBDr. Peter M. Fleischut, M.D., is Group Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Transformation Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian ( https://www.nyp.org/ )where he oversees the strategic vision and management of enterprise information technology, lab operations, pharmacy operations, innovation, data and analytics, artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and cybersecurity. Dr. Fleischut has led the development of the Hospital’s award-winning digital health services and the implementation of...
Dr. George R. Dodge - CEO & Co-Founder - Mechano-Therapeutics LLC - Revolutionizing Musculoskeletal Health Through Microcapsule Drug Delivery
September 20, 2023 15:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBDr. George R. Dodge, Ph.D. is CEO & Co-Founder of Mechano-Therapeutics LLC ( https://mechano-therapeutics.com/ ), a biotechnology company spun out from his lab, and the labs of his partners Dr. Rob Mauck and Dr. Daeyeon Lee, at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in microcapsule development using proprietary microfluidics for drug encapsulation, with a mission to revolutionize musculoskeletal health using an innovative platform technology to enhance delivery of therapeutics for impr...
Dr. Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D. - Medical Director, NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center - Multidisciplinary Brain Fitness Programs For CNS Disorders And Healthy Aging
September 13, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBDr. Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D. ( https://neurogrow.com/about-us/dr-majid-fotuhi-md-phd/ ) is the Medical Director of NeuroGrow Brain Fitness Center, a neurology practice dedicated for treating patients with concussion, memory loss, or attention deficit disorder. He is also an affiliate staff at Johns Hopkins Medicine ( https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/majid-fotuhi ) and teaches medical students at Harvard Medical School. He has been an active member of the American Academy of ...
Benson Kanyembo - Law Enforcement Advisor, Conservation South Luangwa - CSL, Zambia - Working On The Frontline Of Wildlife Conservation And Human-Wildlife Coexistence
September 13, 2023 20:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBMr. Benson Kanyembo is Law Enforcement Advisor, Conservation South Luangwa ( https://cslzambia.org/ ), an organization which works in partnership with Zambia’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) on the frontline of wildlife conservation and human-wildlife coexistence in the South Luangwa Valley. The organization is focused on protecting the 1,400,000 hectares of largely intact wilderness in eastern Zambia that make up the South Luangwa National Park and the surrounding Upper an...
Dr. Greg Ombach, Ph.D. - Head of Disruptive R&T and Senior Vice President, Airbus - Shaping A Decarbonised, Connected And Autonomous Future For Aerospace
September 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBDr. Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach, Ph.D. ( https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Greg-Ombach-Head-Disruptive-R-T-Senior-Vice-President-Airbus/b60db4cb-0b87-48cb-a3a0-41068d3d05ab ) is Head of Disruptive R&T ( https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/disruptive-concepts ) and Senior Vice President, at Airbus, the multinational aerospace corporation, where he is passionate about managing technological innovation from an idea to broad market adoption, and his combination of technology, leadership and commer...
Dr. Lesley Ogilvie, Ph.D. - Director, Global AMR R&D Hub Secretariat - Combating The Silent Pandemic Of Antimicrobial Resistance
August 30, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDr. Lesley Ogilvie, Ph.D. is Director, Global AMR R&D Hub Secretariat ( https://globalamrhub.org/about/global-amr-rd-hub-secretariat/ ), part of a global partnership focused on addressing challenges and improving coordination and collaboration in Global Antimicrobial Resistance R&D using a One Health approach. Dr. Ogilvie joined the Global AMR R&D Hub in February 2021, hoping to combine scientific insight with targeted action to help combat the silent pandemic of AMR, following over ten year...
Advitya Gemawat - Machine Learning Research Engineer - Responsible AI - Microsoft - Operationalizing Enterprise-Grade Responsible AI Tools
August 25, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBAdvitya Gemawat ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/agemawat/ ) is a Machine Learning Research Engineer who currently works in the Responsible AI (RAI) team as part of the Azure Machine Learning (AML) and Azure AI Studio product lines, in the Azure AI Platform org. Prior to the RAI team, he was part of the 4th cohort of the Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP), where he worked with Azure Quality, Microsoft’s Gray Systems Lab (GSL), Azure Edge & Platform, and A...
Dr. Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D.- Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH - Advancing The Science Of Translation To Improve Human Health
August 23, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBDr. Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D., ( https://ncats.nih.gov/director/bio ) is the Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences ( NCATS - https://ncats.nih.gov/ ) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she oversees the planning and execution of the Center’s complex, multifaceted programs that aim to overcome scientific and operational barriers impeding the development and delivery of new treatments and other health solutions. Under her direction, NCATS supports i...
Dr. Reshmi Ghosh, Ph.D. - Applied Scientist - Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP) - Developing High-Impact Generative AI/Machine Learning Solutions
August 22, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBDr. Reshmi Ghosh, Ph.D. ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/reshmighosh/ ) is an Applied Scientist as part of Microsoft’s AI acceleration program, under their Office of Applied Research, where she serves as a Tech Lead to drive teams towards bettering customer experience by integrating state-of-the-art machine learning capabilities in Microsoft products and services while working at the intersection of Natural Language Processing, human-centered AI, and Reinforcement Learning. ...
Dr. Jamie Jonker, Ph.D. - CSO and VP of Sustainability & Scientific Affairs, National Milk Producers Federation - Assuring Adequate Supplies Of Wholesome And Nutritious Dairy Products At Affordable Prices
August 17, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBDr. Jamie Jonker, Ph.D. ( https://www.nmpf.org/team/jamie-jonker/ ) is the National Milk Producers Federation’s Chief Science Officer and Vice President of Sustainability & Scientific Affairs where he serves as the organization’s lead scientific expert on dairy issues ranging from animal health and sustainability, to dairy farm biosecurity, air and water quality, and more. Dr. Jonker leads NMPF’s engagement with scientific groups such as the U.S. Animal Health Association, the International ...
Dr. Scott O'Neill (PhD, FAA, FAAAS) - Founder, World Mosquito Program; Protecting Communities Around The World From Mosquito-Borne Diseases
August 07, 2023 18:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBDr. Scott O'Neill (PhD, FAA, FAAAS) is Founder of the World Mosquito Program ( https://www.worldmosquitoprogram.org/en/work/about-us/team/scott-oneill ) and Professor at Monash University ( https://lens.monash.edu/@scott-oneill ), where he leads a large international research collaboration (formerly known as Eliminate Dengue), which is focused on developing the Wolbachia bacteria as a novel method to block the transmission of dengue fever and other mosquito-transmitted viral diseases, such a...
Dr. Joshua Tewksbury, Ph.D. - Director, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) - Generating Knowledge About Tropical Ecosystems And Their Importance To Human Welfare
August 04, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBDr. Joshua Tewksbury, Ph.D. is the Ira Rubinoff Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ( STRI https://www.si.edu/about/bios/joshua-tewksbury ), part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education, and research complex. He oversees more than 400 employees, with an annual budget of $35 million. Headquartered in Panama City, Panama, with field sites around the world, STRI furthers the understanding and public awareness of tropical biodiversity and its imp...
Dr. Subha Madhavan, Ph.D. - Vice President & Head of AI/ML, Quantitative & Digital Sciences, Global Biometrics & Data Management, Pfizer - Leveraging Data And Artificial Intelligence To Get Transformative Medicines to Patients Faster
August 01, 2023 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBDr. Subha Madhavan, Ph.D. is Vice President & Head of AI/ML, Quantitative & Digital Sciences, Global Biometrics & Data Management, at Pfizer ( https://www.pfizer.com/ ), where she works at the interface of science, technology, and business, helping to shape various aspects of their biopharma focus from small molecule design, to precision medicine, to global access in the future. Dr. Madhavan’s responsibilities over her career have included initiating, designing, and executing several large n...
Bill Taranto - President, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund - Episode #2 - Tips For Surviving In A Period Of "Down Rounds"
July 24, 2023 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBBill Taranto is President of both the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund ( MGHIF - https://www.merckghifund.com/ ), and Merck Global Health Private Equity (GHIPE). He is the founder of MGHIF and is responsible for leading the global health capability for Merck. The Merck Global Health Innovation Fund was established in late 2010 as a strategic response to the challenges surrounding Merck’s core business of discovering, developing and marketing innovative drugs and vaccines. Mr. Taranto has ...
Dr. Michael Roberts, Ph.D. - Chief Science Officer, International Space Station National Laboratory - Science in Space to Benefit Life on Earth
July 24, 2023 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBDr. Michael Roberts, Ph.D. is Chief Science Officer of the International Space Station National Laboratory ( https://www.issnationallab.org/ ), and Vice President at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space ( CASIS - https://www.issnationallab.org/about/center-for-the-advancement-of-science-in-space-leadership/ ), which as manager of the ISS National Laboratory in partnership with NASA, is responsible to the nation for enabling access to the International Space Station for research...
Dr. Ross Uhrich, DMD, MBA - Program Manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) - Novel Innovations for Tissue Regeneration in Osteoarthritis (NITRO)
July 21, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBDr. Ross Uhrich, DMD, MBA, is Program Manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health ( ARPA-H - https://arpa-h.gov/people/ross-uhrich/ ), which is focused on advancing high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity, accelerating better health outcomes targeting society's most challenging health problems. Under the ARPA-H portfolio, Dr. Uhrich is responsible for the recently launched Nov...
Sanford Browne - President of Research & Innovation (R&I), L’Oréal - North American Zone - Cutting-Edge Science And Technology For A Sustainable, Inclusive, Personalized Beauty Future
July 21, 2023 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBSanford Browne is President of Research & Innovation (R&I) at L’Oréal's North American Zone ( https://www.loreal.com/en/usa/news/group/loreal-appoints-sanford-browne-as-president-of-research-and-innovation/ ), where he also serves as a member of the L’Oréal USA’s Management Committee, as well as a member of the Global R&I Management Committee. Previous to this role Mr. Browne served as Senior Vice President of R&I for L’Oréal’s Asia-Pacific Zone, where he helped build a complete R&I division...
Dr. Thomas Metz, Ph.D. - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Hunting for The Other 99% Of The Universe’s Chemicals
July 20, 2023 01:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBDr. Thomas Metz, Ph.D. ( https://www.pnnl.gov/people/thomas-o-metz ) is Senior Scientist, Laboratory Fellow and Principal Investigator, in the Integrative Omics group, within the Biological Sciences Division, of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where his research focuses on development and applications of high throughput metabolomics and lipidomics methods, in conjunction with proteomics, to answer various biological questions. Currently, Dr. Metz is the director of the Paci...
Jermonica Boardley & Joseph Scrocco - Harmguard FX - Novel Harm Reduction Strategies For The Opioid Epidemic
July 19, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBJermonica Boardley is President and CEO of SIVAD Diagnostic Medical Group LLC ( https://sivadppe.com/ ), a minority-owned company dedicated to addressing the unique needs of underserved and unserved communities in the United States and globally, which most recently announced the launch of HarmGuard FX ( https://www.harmstopper.com/ ), a single, low-cost strip that provides an affordable, reliable way for people to test substances for fentanyl and xylazine (popularly known as tranq), two dang...
Dr. Pierre A. Fischer, Ph.D. - Roche - Digital Transformation To Build A Sustainable Data Culture
July 18, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBDr. Pierre A. Fischer is a Technology Leader who serves as Product Line Lead - Data Storage Technologies at Roche ( https://www.roche.com/ ), where among his various responsibilities are leading their Open Source Database strategy, to increase productivity, reduce costs, and ultimately help the various teams Roche, improve drug discovery, development, clinical trial selection, helping to get the right drugs to the right patients faster, all in a highly sustainable manner. Dr. Fischer has a ...
Liz Scott, Co-Executive Director, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer
July 13, 2023 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBLiz Scott is Co-Executive Director, of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer ( ALSF - https://www.alexslemonade.org/ ), an organization which emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of her daughter, Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, at the age of four, Alex announced that she wanted to hold a lemonade stand to raise money to help find a cure for other children with cancer, herself already bravely fighting neuroblastoma, which she was diagnosed with at age one. O...
Dr. Khalid Salaita, PhD - Emory University - Developing Novel DNA-Based Mechano-Technologies For Human Health
July 11, 2023 15:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBDr. Khalid Salaita, Ph.D. ( https://www.salaitalab.com/salaita ) is a Professor of Chemistry at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), program faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, program member of Cancer Cell Biology at Winship Cancer Institute, and most recently is the recent winner Future Insight Prize given by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ( https://www.emdgroup.com/en/research/open-innovation/futureinsightprize_streaming.html ) for his cut...
Dr. Behnaam Aazhang, Ph.D. - Director, Rice Neuroengineering Initiative (NEI), Rice University - Restoring And Extending The Capabilities Of The Human Brain
July 06, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBDr. Behnaam Aazhang, Ph.D. ( https://aaz.rice.edu/ ) is the J.S. Abercrombie Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Director, Rice Neuroengineering Initiative ( NEI - https://neuroengineering.rice.edu/ ), Rice University, where he has broad research interests including signal and data processing, information theory, dynamical systems, and their applications to neuro-engineering, with focus areas in (i) understanding neuronal circuits connectivity and the impact of learning on co...
Dr. Robert Floyd, Ph.D. - Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization - Working To End Nuclear Tests Worldwide
July 05, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBDr. Robert Floyd, Ph.D. is Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization ( CTBTO - https://www.ctbto.org/ ), the organization tasked with building up the verification regime of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, a multilateral treaty opened for signature in 1996 by which states agree to ban all nuclear explosions in all environments, for military or civilian purposes. Prior to joining CTBTO, Dr. Floyd was the Director General of the Australian Safeguar...