2022 WSCS AND RME COURSE SPEAKERS
Julie Allickson, PhD
Michael S. & Mary Sue Shannon Director of Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Medicine, Otto Bremer Trust Director, Biomanufacturing & Product Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Associate Professor of Regenerative Medicine
Stephen E. Alway, PhD., FACSM
Dean, College of Health Professions
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions
Joint Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine
David E Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee
Jane Andrews, PhD
Founder and CEO of Cell Bridge Strategies
Sonia Arrison
Chair of the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI)
Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Anthony Atala, MD
Director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Manju Bhat, PhD
Associate Professor and
Associate Dean, Winston-
Salem State University
Heather Bara, PhD
Director of Research & Bioanalytics
MIMEDX Group Inc.
Nir Barzilai, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Genetics, and director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rashid Bashir, PhD
Professor, Bioengineering; Dean, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rodney Bosley
Founder and CEO of Segana, Inc.
Wilson Bryan, MD
Director, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
Bryan N. Brown, PhD
Professor Departments of Bioengineering, Department o Obstetrics,Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and the Clinical & Translational Science Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
Guojun Bu, PhD
Mary Lowell Leary Professor and Chair, Department of NeuroscienceJorge and Leslie Bacardi Associate Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, FL
Arnold Caplan, PhD
Professor, Biology; Director of the Skeletal Research Center at Case Western Reserve University
Uday Chatterjee, MBA
Investor Director of Transcell Bio
Karen L. Christman, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine; Associate Dean for Faculty, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego
Abla Creasey, PhD
Vice President of Therapeutics Development at CIRM
Elizabeth M. Cosgriff-Hernandez, PhD
Professor, Biomedical Engineering; Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Tracy Criswell, PhD
Associate Professor Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Charlotte Damiano
Hogan Lovells Partner - Paris
Colleen Delaney
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer and EVP of R&D, Deverra Therapeutics, Inc., Seattle, WA
Breanna Deutsch
VP of Political Affairs for the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI)
Carrie DiMarzio
CEO - BioMedInnovations, LLC (“BMI”)
Dr. Jogin Desai
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Eyestem
Subhadra Dravida, PhD
Founder and CEO of Transcell Bio
Michael Druckman
Partner and Chair of Hogan Lovells’ Cell, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Industry Group
Peter Egelberg, PhD
CEO and founder, Phase Holographic Imaging (PHI)
Cecilia Stahlhut Espinosa
Hogan Lovells Counsel
Mexico City
Marcie Finney, MS, MBA
Executive Director Cleveland Cord Blood Center
John P. Fisher, PhD
Professor; Department Chair, Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland
Mike Fiske, MS
Principal Consultant, Cell Bridge Strategies & Vice President Manufacturing Sciences at Scorpion Biological Services
Dr. Sheng Lin-Gibson
Chief of the NIST Biosystems and Biomaterials Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Farshid Guilak, , MD
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University; Director of Research, St. Louis Shriners Hospitals for Children; Co-Director, Washington University Center of Regenerative Medicine
Joshua M. Hare, MD
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Karen A. Hasty, PhD, MS
George Thomas Wilhelm Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Campbell Clinic/UTHSC, Memphis, TN, VA Research Career Scientist, VA Medical Center
Dr. Marian Hettiaratchi
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at University of Oregon
Joshua Hunsberger, PhD
Chief Technology Officer, RegenMed Development Organization (ReMDO); Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society (RMMS)
Terry Howerton
Biotechnology Instructor, Atkins Academic & Technology High School
James Huang
Hogan Lovells Counsel - Washington, DC
John Jackson, PhD
Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Mandi Jacobson
Partner at Hogan Lovells - Sydney
Amritha Jaishankar, PhD
Executive Director Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
Alan Jakimo, JD
Senior Public Policy Research Fellow Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Robert C. Jacobson
Founder of Space Advisors®, Author: "Space Is Open for Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity"
Jason Kaplan
Associate Vice President,
Innovation Quarter
Neil Kellen, MBA
Cell Bridge Strategies, CFO & Principal Consultant – Corporate Strategy
Melissa King
Chief Operating Officer and Founding Board Member of Healthspan Action Coalition
Nancy King, JD
Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine and WFIRM; Co-Director, Center for Bioethics, Health and Society and Graduate Program in Bioethics, Wake Forest University
Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Jerome Harris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Pathology, Director, Marcus Center for Cellular Cures (MC3), Director, Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank at Duke, Co-Director, Duke Hospital Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory
Dylan Livingston
Founder and President of the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI)
Jeanne Loring, PhD
Advisor to Aspen Neuroscience, Professor Emeritus Scripps Research
David Lott, MD
Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science,
Chair, Division of Laryngology; Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Director, Head and Neck Regenerative Medicine & Transplantation Program, Associate Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine – Arizona Campus
Steven Lynum
Vice President Corporate Development & Strategy Epredia - Executive Director, Global Business Development PHC Corporation
Dr. Ram Mandalam
Founder and CEO of Citra BioConsulting Inc.
B.N. Manohar, MD
CEO of Stempeutics Research
Frank Marini, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Peter Marks, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the Food and Drug Administration
Dr. Kacey Marra
Professor of Plastic Surgery and Bioengineering, Vice Chair of Research in Plastic Surgery, at the University of Pittsburgh
Maria Millan, MD
President and CEO of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
Sean Murphy, PhD
Associate Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Gail Naughton, PhD
Chairman and CEO, Histogen, Inc.
Robert Newman
Associate Professor,
Biology, NC A&T
University
Jan A. Nolta, PhD
Director of the Stem Cell Program at University of California Davis School of Medicine
Mark Owens
President and CEO,
Greater Winston-Salem
Keith Parent, MS
Cell Bridge Strategies Partner and Principal Consultant, Founder and CEO of The Court Square Group
Graham Parker, PhD
Professor Department of Pediatrics Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI
Christopher Porada, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Matthew Porteus MD, PhD
Professor of Definitive and Curative Medicine at Stanford University
Milica Radisic, PhD
Professor; Canada Research Chair in Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, University of Toronto
Shahin Rafii, MD
Professor Chief, Division of Regenerative Medicine Department of Medicine and Director, Ansary Stem Cell Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Preveen Ramamoorthy, PhD
Advisor and Principal Consultant, Cell Bridge Strategies and Executive Director of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Mahendra Rao, MD, PhD
CEO of panCELLa Inc and Implant Therapeutics
Buddy Ratner, PhD
Professor, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Russ H. Reed, BSc. Dip. Ed, Grad. Dip. Inst. Administration, MA
Executive Director National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce (NCBW)
Ernesto Algaba Reyes
Hogan Lovells Partner Mexico City
Camillo Ricordi, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Diabetes Research Institute and Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Michael Roberts, PhD
Chief Scientist (acting) and Vice President, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space – ISS National Lab
Beth E. Roxland, JD, M.Bioethics
Senior Consultant on Law, Health Policy and Ethics
Amrita Sahu ,PhD
Scientific Coordinator,
AR3T, University of
Pittsburgh
Mikael Salmela
Hogan Lovells Partner -
Paris
Yoji Sato, PhD
Head, Division of Cell-Based Therapeutic Products
National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan
Jane Scott
Head of Global Customer Engagement and Growth for the Oracle for Startups team
Joan Schanck, MPA
Chief Education Program Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
B.J. Scheessele
Chief Commercial Officer Humacyte, Inc.
Aletta C. Schnitzler
Chief Scientific Officer at TurtleTree Labs
Carol Shao
Hogan Lovells Associate - Bejing
Arun Sharma, PhD
Principal Investigator Regenerative Medicine Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Molly Shoichet, PhD, O.C., O. Ont., FRS
University Professor and Michael E. Charles Chair in Chemical Engineering; Associate Chair, Graduate Studies, Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto
Bernard Siegel, JD
Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Foundation
Ronit Simantov, MD
Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Gamida Cell
Shay Soker, PhD
Professor, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Jana Stoudemire, PhD
Commercial Innovation Strategy Lead, Axiom Space
Dr. Renu Swarup
Former Secretary, Department of Biotechnology Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India
Spencer Szczesny, PhD
Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University
Arne Thiermann, LL.M. (LSE)
Hogan Lovells Partner
Hamburg
Gabor Tigyi, MD,PhD
Harriet Van Vleet Endowment Professor Department of Physiology,
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Global Cooperation and Industry Relations
Executive Director, Tennessee Institute of Regenerative Medicine (TennIRM)
Frances Verter, PhD
Founder, Parent’s Guide to Cord Blood Foundation
Bill Wagner, PhD
Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Franklin West, PhD
Associate Professor in the Regenerative Biosciences Center at the University of Georgia
Dr. Victoria Weis
Instructor at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM)
David Williams, DSc
Professor and Director of International Affairs, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute; Professor, Medicine & Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
Saranya Wyles, MD, PhD
Program Director Education, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative MedicineAssistant Professor, Regenerative Medicine
Randy Yerden
Chief Executive Officer, Biopherix Medical
Pamela Yelick, PhD
Professor and Director,
Craniofacial and
Molecular Genetics,
Tufts Graduate School of
Bioomedical Sciences
Eda Yildirim-Ayan, PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Toledo
James Yoo, MD, PhD
Chief Operations Program Officer, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Simon W. Young, DDS, MD, PhD
Associate Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston
Lowell M. Zeta
Hogan Lovells Partner - Washington, DC
Lu Zhou
Hogan Lovells Partner Beijing
Abba Zubair, MD, PhD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Therapy, Mayo Clinic FL