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Day 1
December 16, 2020
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| 1:00 - 1:15pm |
Opening Remarks |
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Rita Colwell, PhD
President, Rosalind Franklin Society
Mary Ann Liebert
Founder, Rosalind Franklin Society
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| 1:15 - 2:00pm |
COVID-19 Research: News from the Front
Angela Rasmussen, PhD
Virologist
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Immunologist, Yale University
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| 2:00 - 3:00pm |
Best of Both Worlds: Corporate Leadership meets Corporate Responsibility
Cassandra Wesselman, MBA
Head of Clinical Solutions & Patient Empowerment
OnRamp Bioinformatics Inc.
Nicole Boice, MBA
Co-Founder, Executive Director
RARE-X
Yelena Wetherill, PhD
Director, Alliance Management, Business Development & Licensing
Novartis
Susan Tousi, MBA
SVP, Chief Product Officer
Illumina, Inc.
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| 3:00 - 4:00pm |
From PhD to CEO
Molly He, PhD
CEO and Co Founder
Element Bioscience
Kaja Wasik, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer
Variant Bio
Alice Zhang, PhD
CEO & Co-Founder, Verge Genomics
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| 4:00 - 5:00pm |
Awards: Window or Just Window Dressing?
Alexis Komor, PhD
Genome Writers Guild, Rosalind Franklin Medal
University of California, San Diego
Emily Leproust, PhD
BIO, Rosalind Franklin Award
Twist Bio
Ruth Lehmann, PhD
Vilcek Prize
Whitehead Institute at MIT
Silvi Rouskin, PhD
Vilcek Prize
Whitehead Institute, MIT
Aviv Regev, PhD
FNIH, Lurie Prize
Genentech EVP
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Day 2
December 17, 2020 |
| 1:00 - 1:15pm |
Welcome/Recap
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| 1:15 - 2:00pm |
A Worldwide Issue
Dame Jocelyn, Bell Burnell, PhD
Astrophysicist, Breakthrough Prize
Tony Hyman, PhD
(Suzanne Eaton, PhD in memoriam)
Director, Hyman Lab
Max Planck Institute
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| 2:00 - 2:30pm |
The Importance of Leadership in Creating Diverse, Inclusive, and Respectful Environments
Paula Johnson, MD, MPH
President
Wellesley College
Ashley Bear, PhD
Senior Program Officer
National Academies
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| 2:30 - 3:00pm |
Pipeline/Mentoring: Our Future
Bianca Jones Marlin, PhD
Neuroscientist
Columbia University’s, Zuckerman Institute
Johnna Frierson, PhD
Asst. Dean for Graduate & Postdoctoral Diversity and Inclusion
Duke University
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| 3:00–3:45pm |
How and When to Add Voices
Alexis Stutzman
Founder
Black in Genetics
Raven Baxter
Founder, STEMbassy
Raven the Science Maven
Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD
President & CEO
BIO.org
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| 3:45–4:30pm |
The Potential of Innovation, Entrepreneurs, and Partnerships
Rodney Priestley, PhD
Vice Dean for Innovation
Princeton University
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| 4:30 - 4:45 |
Yes, Her Legacy Lives
Rosalind Franklin, Niece
Wendy Rheault, PhD,
President & CEO
Rosalind Franklin University
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| 4:45 - 5:00 |
Closing Remarks
Rita Colwell, PhD
Mary Ann Liebert
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