2024 Speakers

Akshata Almad

Senior Scientist

Merck & Co

Andrew Kaplan

Senior Scientist & Lab Head, Neuroscience TRC

Bristol Myers Squibb

Andrew Pincetic

Director, Immuno-Neurology

Alector Pharmaceuticals LLC

Angela Minnella

Director, Neuroscience

PTC Therapeutics

Borislav Dejanovic

Director, Translational Sciences & External Innovation

Vigil Neuroscience

Choya Yoon

Associate Principal Scientist

Merck & Co

Christian Mirescu

Vice President, Head of Neuroimmunology

Vigil Neuroscience

Christopher Bunker - Speaker

Christopher Bunker

Vice President, Biopharma Business Development

Alamar Biosciences Inc.

Courtney Easley-Neal

Director, Head of Translational Models Department

Eisai

Francesca Rapino

Senior Scientist

Sanofi

Gary Romano

Chief Medical Officer

Alector Pharmaceuticals LLC

Han-Joo Kim

Chief Executive Officer

Imnewrun Biosciences Inc.

James Fink

Director, Epilepsy Lead

Quiver Bioscience

Jean-Philippe Courade

Chief Scientific Officer

Discoveric Bio

Jim Ray

Executive Director

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jonathan Levenson Speaker

Jonathan Levenson

CSO

FireCyte Therapeutics

Katia Karalis

Executive Director

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Kelly Pike

Senior Director, Head Of Translational Sciences & Disease Strategy

Ventus Therapeutics

Laurence Goffin

Director & Cluster Head, Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation

Lundbeck

Manuela Polydoro

VP, Head of Translational Medicine

Muna Therapeutics

Martin Jacko

Chief Executive Officer

Aperture Therapeutics

Michael Hendrickson Speaker

Michael Hendrickson

Vice President, Operations

BrainXell, Inc.

Michelle Rooks

Scientific Director, Inflammation & Immunology RU, Neuroinflammation Discovery Group Lead

Pfizer

Michelle Sidor

Director of Neuroscience

Alchemab Therapeutics Ltd

Neil Matharoo Speaker

Neil matharoo

mgr

bit.bio

Nellwyn Hagan

Nellwyn Hagan

Senior Principle Scienist, Lab Head

Sanofi

Nicole Coufal

Associate Professor

University of California San Diego

Olga Liaudanskaya

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

University of Cincinnati

Paul Ashton

President & Chief Executive Officer

Inflammasome Therapeutics

Peng Jiang

Associate Professor

Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Richard Ransohoff

Venture Partner

Third Rock Ventures LLC

Sarah Jolly

Senior Research Associate, Operational Leadership Team

ARUK Drug Discovery Institute

Simona Lange

Senior Scientist

Roche

So Young Yoon

Business Development Manager

AevisBio Inc.

Tarek Samad

Senior Vice President & Global Head of Research, Corporate Patents & Trademarks

Lundbeck

Thomas Tamsett

Director of Neuroscience, RU Neuroscience & Immunology

EMD Serono

Will Bernard Speaker

Will Bernard

Director, Cell Type Development

bit.bio

Xiaoyu Liu

Scientist

Biogen

Yongjie Yang

Professor, Neurology

Tufts University School of Medicine & Tufts Medical Center

Zhiqiang An

Vice President - Drug Discovery

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston