Day One (All times East Coast Time)
Day 1
September 8, 2020
11 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mary Woolley, President & CEO, Research!America
Elections 2020
Speaker: Steve Clemons, Editor-At-Large, The Hill
11:50 a.m.
Panel: Securing a Science-Strong Future
Moderator: Victor Dzau, MD, President, National Academy of Medicine
Panelists:
Valerie Conn, President, Science Philanthropy Alliance
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Endowed Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Centers
William N. Hait, MD, PhD, Global Head, Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Susan Hockfield, PhD, President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience, MIT
Iris Loew-Friedrich, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, UCB
1 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
Anthony S. Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Judy Woodruff, Anchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour
2 p.m.
Panel: Vaccine Development: Are we at a Turning Point?
Moderator: Esther Krofah, Executive Director, FasterCures
Panelists:
Ruth Karron, MD, Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Director of the Center for Immunization Research, and Founding Director of the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative
Myron M. “Mike” Levine, MD, DTPH, Professor and Associate Dean , University of Maryland, School of Medicine; Founder and Former Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, MPA, Director, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Gary J. Nabel, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Head of North America R&D Hub, Sanofi Genzyme
Paul A. Offit, MD, Director, Vaccine Education Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Will Zerhouni, JD, Managing Director, TRGP Investment Partners LP
3:30 p.m.
Panel: The Science of Vaccine Confidence
Moderator: Jenny Luray, MPA, Vice President of Strategy and Communications, Research!America
Panelists:
Phyllis Arthur, Vice President for Infectious Diseases and Diagnostics Policy, BIO
Bruce Gellin, MD, MPH, President, Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Sandra C. Quinn, PhD, Senior Associate Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity; Professor and Chair, Family Science, University of Maryland
Todd Wolynn, MD, MMM, Advisory Board President, Shots Heard Round the World
Day 2
September 9, 2020
11 a.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary, U.S. Health and Human Services
Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Fellow, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
11:45 a.m.
Fireside Chat: Diversity and Inclusiveness: Walking our Talk
Speakers:
Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD, President and CEO, BIO
Steve Clemons, Editor-At-Large, The Hill
12:20 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Moderator:
Frank Sesno, Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs
S
peakers:
Congresswoman Diana DeGette, (D-CO-1)
Congressman Fred Upton, (R-MI-6)
1 p.m.
Panel: Health Equity: Making Measurable Change Happen
Moderator: Sudip Parikh, PhD, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Panelists:
Patricia Mae Doykos, PhD, Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Vivian W. Pinn, MD, Senior Scientist Emerita, Fogarty International Center
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Chairman, Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions
David R. Williams, PhD, MPH, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University
2:15 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
Robert R. Redfield, MD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Frank Sesno, Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs
3 p.m.
Advocacy in Action
Wendy Rogers, MEd, MPH, will share her journey with Lupus.
3:30 p.m.
Science from the Front Lines of COVID-19
Moderator: Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Fellow, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Speakers:
Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Director, National Institutes of Health
Mikael Dolsten, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer Inc.
4:10 p.m.
Then, Now, Imagine: Path to Progress Against Diabetes
Moderator: Derek Rapp, Managing Director, RiverVest Venture Partners
Speakers:
Christina Alesci, Business and Politics Correspondent, CNN
Carol Levy, MD, CDE, Associate Professor of Medicine from the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and Director at Mount Sinai Diabetes Center and T1D Clinical Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Congressman Tom Reed, (D-NY-23)
Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MACP, Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Day 3
Sept. 10
11 a.m.
ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health Office of the Secretary
Sanjay Gupta, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University Hospital; CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
11:50 a.m.
Panel: Public Health Preparedness – Hard Lessons of COVID-19
Moderator: Georges C. Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Panelists:
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Director, Rhode Island Department of Public Health
Richard Horton, FRCP, FMedSci, Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet
Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, President & CEO, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Elias Zerhouni, MD, Former NIH Director, 2002-2008
1:10 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Speakers:
Nakela Cook, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Nancy Brown, Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association (AHA)
3:10 p.m.
Panel: Will COVID-19 Impact the Speed of Patient Innovation in the Long-Term?
Moderator: Jeff Allen, PhD, President and CEO, Friends of Cancer Research
Panel:
Ned Braunstein, MD, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management, Regeneron
Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA
Anne McDonald Pritchett, PhD, Senior Vice President, PhRMA
Rachel Sher, Vice President of Regulatory and Government Affairs, National Organization for Rare Disorders
John Taylor, JD, President and Principal, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Greenleaf Health
4:15 p.m.
Panel: Building a Science-Strong Nation: Turning Aspiration into Action
What would need to change to emerge as a nation determined to combat future pandemics and other challenges with the same sense of urgency and shared purpose as that defining our response to COVID-19? Stay tuned for further announcements.
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