Presenters
Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Alexandra Ainsztein, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (GMCDB)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Tony Beck, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division for Research Capacity Building
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Jeffrey L. Caplan
Associate Professor
at the University of Delaware
Director of Bioimaging Center at Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Alison Gammie, Ph.D.
Director
Division of Training, Workforce Development and Diversity
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Rafael Gorospé M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Officer
Division for Research Capacity Building
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Susan Gregurick, Ph.D.
Associate Director
NIH Associate Director for Data Science
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Kara L. Hall, Ph.D.
Director
Science of Team Science Team
Director, Theories Initiative, Health Behaviors Research Branch
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health
Vince Kane
Director
Wilmington VA Medical Center
Allison Karpyn, PhD
Associate Professor
at University of Delaware
Senior Associate Director at Center for Research in Education and Social Policy
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS
President and CEO
Delaware Health Sciences Alliance
Irina Krasnova, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division for Research Capacity Building
Manages Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) and Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) grants
Dmitriy Krepkiy, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Biophysics, Biomedical Technology, and Computational Biosciences (BBCB)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
National Institutes of Health
Mike Rinkunas
Director
of Business Acceleration & Client Development
Delaware Innovation Space
Charles Riordan, PhD
UD Vice President for
Research, Scholarship and Innovation
University of Delaware
Judith Ross, M.D.
Associate Chair, and Director
of Clinical Research Nemours \ duPont Hospital for Children PI, DE Nemours
AIDHC IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network Site
Helen Stimson
President & CEO
Delaware BioScience Association (Delaware Bio)
Breakout Session Facilitators
Cathy Wu, PhD
Director
Unidel Edward G. Jefferson Chair in Engineering and Computer Science Professor, Computer & Information Sciences, University of Delaware
Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Delaware
Director, Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (CBCB)
Director, Data Science Institute (DSI)
Hacene Boukari, PhD
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Program
Department of Physics and Engineering
Delaware State University
Malcolm D’Souza
Professor
of Chemistry and Dean of Interdisciplinary/Collaborative Sponsored Research
Wesley College
Mary M. Lee, MD, FAAP
Enterprise Vice President and Physician-in-Chief for Delaware Valley Operations
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Julius Korley, PhD, MBA
Director of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Partnerships
College of Engineering
University of Delaware
CEO of Affinity Therapeutics
Principal investigator of UD’s DRIVEN Accelerator Hub
Kathy Janvier, Ph.D.
Vice President & Campus Director
Stanton Campus
Delaware Technical Community College
Kathleen S. Matt, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Health Sciences
University of Delaware