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