The hallmark of successful patient advocacy is COLLABORATION. Even the most well-organized and well-endowed advocacy organizations must collaborate with multiple stakeholders. But how?
Can the current and future stakeholder communities be effective while facing the future shock associated with emerging advanced technologies and societal norms?
The organizers of the 2023 World Stem Cell Summit & WFIRM Regenerative Medicine Essentials Course (June 5-9 in Winston-Salem, NC) believe in the importance of the advocacy movements around the world which are garnering vast support for funding research, advancing laws and regulations and forging a healthy ecosystem for stem cells and regenerative medicine to improve health and deliver cures.
AND NOW our field is expanding to embrace the science of biological aging to extend the healthy lifespan. Cell therapies represent a new pillar of medicine, with enormous challenges and immense promise. So, we present, as a critical component of the Summit, an array of special programming—the Patient Advocacy: Call to Action Impact Sessions and Workshops, with leading experts.
Network with the best. Sessions presented in association with the Healthspan Action Coalition. Register today.
Here are just a few of the covered topics:
- Building Sustainable Coalitions to Accelerate Cures
- Healthspan Advocacy
- Rare Disease Advocacy—The Journey from Being Discovered to Delivering Cures
- Health Equity & Distributive Justice
- The Power of Patient Narratives—Riveting Stories—Achievable Dreams
- Advocating for “Future Medicine” from Organoids to AI and Beyond
- Societal Challenges and Ethical Conundrums
- Understanding Capitol Hill: Advocates & Lobbyists
- Harnessing the Energy of the Healthspan and Longevity Movements
- Building an Effective Science Advisory Board
- CIRM Case Study—Translating Thousands of Signatures into BILLIONS in Research Dollars for Californians
- Making the News
- How Regenerative Medicine Will Save Contact Sports
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About the World Stem Cell Summit: The World Stem Cell Summit is a project of the nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Foundation. Since 2003, Regenerative Medicine Foundation has built the strongest, most comprehensive and trusted global network for Regenerative Medicine, uniting the world’s leading researchers, medical centers, universities, labs, businesses, funders, policymakers, experts in law, regulation and ethics, medical philanthropies and patient organizations. Our mission is to accelerate regenerative medicine to improve health and deliver cures. We are committed to the ethical advancement of an innovative medicine powered by regenerative, restorative, and curative technologies. All we do is in the service of health, life, and the alleviation of human suffering. To learn more, go to https://worldstemcellsummit.com
About Healthspan Action Coalition: The Coalition seeks to unite all stakeholders who have an interest in reducing the burden of diseases and conditions that affect not only the aged, but all people worldwide who experience an enormous range of health conditions, all of which impact the healthspan. Central to HSAC’s formation is the recognition that virtually all diseases involve rapid premature aging, which takes years off people’s lives, while the underlying cause of most widespread diseases is the aging process itself. Find out more by visiting https://healthspanaction.org/
About Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine: WFIRM is recognized as an international leader in translating scientific discovery into clinical therapies, with many world firsts, including the development and implantation of the first engineered organ in a patient. Over 400 people at the institute, the largest in the world, work on more than 40 different tissues and organs. A number of the basic principles of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine were first developed at the institute. WFIRM researchers have successfully engineered replacement tissues and organs in all four categories—flat structures, tubular tissues, hollow organs and solid organs—and 16 different applications of cell/tissue therapy technologies, such as skin, urethras, cartilage, bladders, muscle, kidney, and vaginal organs, have been successfully used in human patients. The institute, which is part of Wake Forest School of Medicine, is located in the Innovation Quarter in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, and is driven by the urgent needs of patients. The institute is making a global difference in regenerative medicine through collaborations with over 400 entities and institutions worldwide, through its government, academic and industry partnerships, its start-up entities, and through major initiatives in breakthrough technologies, such as tissue engineering, cell therapies, diagnostics, drug discovery, biomanufacturing, nanotechnology, gene editing and 3D printing. WFIRM Website is https://school.wakehealth.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/wake-forest-institute-for-regenerative-medicine