2024 National Health Research Forum

11:40 a.m. — Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research!America

11:45 a.m. — Washington Update

Moderator:

• Ellie Dehoney, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Research!America

Speaker:

• Sudip Parikh, PhD, CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

12:20 p.m. — Exploring Innovations in Health Systems Research

• Robert Valdez, PhD, MHSA, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

12:35 p.m. — Strengthening the STEM Workforce for a Competitive Future

Moderator:

• Keith Yamamoto, PhD, Professor Emeritus; Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy; Director,
  UCSF Precision Medicine

Speaker:

• Cortez Bowlin, PhD, Dr. Louis Sullivan Fellow, Research!America
• Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, Chief Scientific Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges
• Darío Gil, PhD, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM
• Sethuraman Panchanathan, PhD, Director, National Science Foundation

1:15 p.m. — Keynote 

• Dawn O’Connell, JD, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

1:30 p.m. — Accelerating Innovation Through Clinical Trials: Patients, Regulators, and Research

Moderator:

• Erin Schumaker, Future of Health Care Reporter, POLITICO

Speaker:

• Nakela Cook, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
• Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for the NIH
• Meghana Chalasani, MHA, Associate Director, Clinical Trial Innovation at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

2:10 p.m. — Special Remarks: CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen 

• Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

2:55 pm — Fostering Patient Engagement: A Catalyst for Research Innovation

Moderator:

• Georges Benjamin, MD, Executive Director, American Public Health Association

Speaker:

• Erika Bilger, Director of Research Advocacy, Fight Colorectal Cancer
• Katie Robertson, PhD, Disease Area Network Lead for Oncology, Roche Diagnostics

3:30 pm — Mental Health and the Ripple Effect: Navigating Comorbidities

Moderator:

• Ellen Barry, Correspondent, New York Times

Speaker:

• Arthur Evans, PhD, CEO & EVP, American Psychological Association
• Josh Gordon, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University; Executive Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute 
• Charles Nguyen, MD, Medical Director and Founder, Lorphen Medical Weight Loss Clinic
• Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD, Vice President and Chief Dental Officer, Colgate-Palmolive Company 

4:15 pm — Building Trust in Health and Science with Effective Messaging and Messengers

Moderator:

• Jenny Luray, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement, Research!America

Speaker:

• Phyllis Arthur, MBA, Chairman, Senior Vice President for Infectious Diseases and Emerging Science Policy, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
• Tracey Brown, OBE, Director, Sense About Science 
• Reed Tuckson, MD, FACP, Board Chair, Coalition for Trust in Health & Science
• Amanda Yarnell, Senior Director, Center for Health Communication, and Instructor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2:00 p.m. — Opening Remarks

• Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research!America
• Barbara Bass, MD, Walter A. Bloedorn Professor of Administrative Medicine, Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University

2:15 p.m. — Navigating the Intersection of AI and Drug Development: Opportunities and Challenges

Moderator:

• Daniel Vergano, Senior Opinion Editor, Scientific American

Speaker:

• Aida Habtezion, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer,Pfizer
• Marius Linguraru, DPhil, MA, MSc, Connor Family Professor and Chair of Research and
  Innovation, Children's National Hospital
• Laurie E. Locascio, PhD, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology; Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Dave Reese, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Amgen

3:18 p.m. — Nutrition and Health in the U.S.; A National Survey Review Fireside Chat

Moderator:

• Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research!America

Speaker:

• Pamela Schwartz, MPH, Executive Director for Community Health, Kaiser Permanante
• Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, Research Lead, Health Care by Food, American Heart Association

3:40 p.m. — Revolutionizing Medicine: The Promise of Novel Therapies and the Future of Innovation

Moderator:

• Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD, A. Eugene and Marie Washington Presidential Distinguished Professor; Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Speaker:

• Matthew Hall, PhD, Scientific Director, NCATS
• Peter Marks, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA
• Dave Soergel, MD, Global Head, Cardio-Metabolic Development, Novartis

4:28 p.m. — Keynote

• Monica Bertagnolli, MD, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

4:50 p.m — Closing Remarks

• Mary Woolley, President and CEO, Research!America

5-7 p.m. — Reception (The George Washington University)