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Biomedical Innovation Day
September 22, 2022 — 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Join us for a day of conversation around industry partnerships, biomedical discovery and healthcare.
Agenda
8:30 am - Welcome: Wendy Rheault, PhD, President & CEO, RFUMS
8:35 am - Introduction and Meeting Goals: Ronald S. Kaplan, PhD, EVP Research, RFUMS and Vice-Dean Research, Chicago Medical School
8:50 am - Keynote: “The Role of Academic- Industry Partnerships in Biomedical Innovations”: Niels Emmerich, VP, Global Head Search and Evaluation, Abbvie (Centennial Conference Room)
9:20 - 10:50 am RFU (Centennial Conference Room) RFU Senior Faculty Track (15 minutes/faculty member and 5 minutes Q&A)
Moderator: Sandra Laney, Ph,D. - Walder Foundation - Walder Foundation Overview (10 minutes)
- Rare Genetic Diseases and ASO Platform - Michelle Hasting, PhD
- Calcium channel inhibitors for AD/TBI - Grace Stutzmann, PhD
- Diabetic Ulcer Insole - Noah Rosenblatt, PhD/R. Crews, PhD
- Biomarkers - Marc Glucksman, PhD
10:50 - 11:05 am Coffee Break
11:05 am - 12:35 pm New RFU Research Directions - Brain Diseases: (15 minutes/faculty member and 5 minutes Q&A) Room 122
Moderator: Andy Kidd, MD, President & CEO, Aptinyx - Aptinyx Overview
- Holly Hunsberger, PhD - Center for Neurodegenerative Disease
- Eun Jung Hwang, PhD - Stanson Toshok Center for Brain Function and Repair
- Nicole Ferrara, PhD - Center for Neurobiology of Stress Resilience and Psychiatric Disorders
- Monika Waszczuk, PhD - Psychology Department
12:35 - 1:20 pm Box Lunches & Networking - IRP Collaboration Zone - Centennial Conference Room
1:20 - 1:50 pm - (Centennial Conference Room) Keynote: “The Role of Midwest VC’s Funding New Biomedical Innovations” - Paul Weiss, PhD, Venture Investors
1:50 pm - 2 pm - Horizon Therapeutics Overview - Joe Whalen, Senior Vice President, Alliance and International Business Development, Horizon Therapeutics - Centennial Conference Room (Room 120)
2 pm - 3:15 pm Company Tracks (10 minutes/company and 5 minutes Q&A)
- Oncology - M. Rosen (Room 122)
- Instil Bio
- Enzyme-By-Design
- Artec Biotech
- BLR Bio
- Infections Diseases/Allergens - C. Cleary (Room 422)
- AirAnswers
- Covira Surgical
- Everyplace Labs
- Cardiovascular & Fibrotic Diseases & Fibromyalgia - J. Whalen (Centennial Conference Room)
- BioLife 4D
- Resuscitation Therapeutics
- Targacell
- Katz Diagnostics
3:15 - 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:45 pm Track 5: New RFU Research Directions - Centennial Conference Room (Room 120)
Moderator: Michelle Hoffman, PhD Chicago Biomedical Consortium; CBC Overview
- Wren Michaels, PhD - Center for Genetic Diseases
- Rahul Vijay, PhD - Center for Cancer Cell Biology, Immunology and Infection
- Christopher Connaboy, PhD - Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR)
4:45 pm - Closing Comments - Ronald S. Kaplan, PhD, EVP Research and Vice-Dean, Research, Chicago Medical School - Centennial Conference Room (Room 120)
5 - 5:30 pm - Tour of the IRP and Helix 51 - meet in Lobby of IRP