Join Research! America for the 2020 Virtual National Health Research Forum, Straight Talk: Securing a Science-Strong Future. For more than twenty years, the National Health Research Forum has gathered top federal officials, leadership from across our broad membership, and distinguished national media to take an unvarnished look at issues that are vital to the wellbeing of our nation, our economy, and most importantly, patients.

More speakers and sessions to be announced in the coming days!

Agenda (subject to change) 

Day One (All times Eastern Daylight Time)

Day 1
Sept. 8
11:00 a.m.
Welcome with Mary Woolley and Opening Remarks

Elections 2020

Speaker:
Steve Clemons Editor-At-Large, The Hill
Day 1
Sept.8 
11:50 a.m.
Panel: Securing a Science-Strong Future
Moderator:
Victor Dzau, MDPresident, National Academy of Medicine
Panelists:
Valerie Conn President, Science Philanthropy Alliance
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Endowed Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Centers
William N. Hait, MD, PhD Global Head, Johnson & Johnson External Innovation
Susan Hockfield, PhD President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience, MIT 
Iris Loew-Friedrich, PhDExecutive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, UCB

 

Day 1
Sept. 8
1:00 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
Anthony S. Fauci, MDDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Judy WoodruffAnchor and Managing Editor, PBS NewsHour

 

Day 1
Sept. 8
2:00 p.m.
Panel: Vaccine Development: Are we at a Turning Point?
Moderator:
Esther Krofah Executive Director, FasterCures
Panelists:
Ruth Karron, MDProfessor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Director of the Center for Immunization Research, and Founding Director of the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative 
Myron M. “Mike” Levine, MD, DTPHProfessor and Associate Dean , University of Maryland, School of Medicine; Founder and Former Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, MPADirector, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Gary J. Nabel, MD, PhDChief Scientific Officer & Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development, Sanofi
Paul A. Offit, MDDirector, Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Will Zerhouni, JD
Managing Director, TRGP Investment Partners LP

 

Day 1
Sept. 8
3:30 p.m.
Panel: The Science of Vaccine Confidence
Moderator:
Jenny Luray, MPAVice President of Strategy and Communications, Research!America
Panelists:
Phyllis Arthur, MBAVice President for Infectious Diseases and Diagnostics Policy, BIO
Bruce Gellin, MD, MPHPresident, Global Immunization, Sabin Vaccine Institute
Sandra C. Quinn, PhDSenior Associate Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity; Professor and Chair, Family Science, University of Maryland
Todd Wolynn, MD, MMMAdvisory Board President, Shots Heard Round the World

Day Two

Day 2
Sept. 9
11:00 a.m.
Welcome 
Science on the Front Lines
JUST ANNOUNCED! Speakers:
Alex M. Azar IISecretary, Health and Human Services
Susan DentzerSenior Policy Fellow, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Day 2
Sept. 9 
11:45 a.m.
Fireside Chat: Diversity and Inclusiveness: Walking our Talk
Speakers:
Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD President and CEO, BIO
Steve Clemons Editor-At-Large, The Hill
Day 2
Sept. 9
12:25 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Moderator:
Frank SesnoDirector of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs
Speakers
Congresswoman Diana DeGette
(D-CO-1) 
Congressman Fred Upton
(R-MI-6)

Day 2
Sept. 9
1:00 p.m.
Panel: Health Equity: Making Measurable Change Happen
Moderator:
Sudip Parikh, PhD
CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Panelists: 
Patricia Mae Doykos, PhDDirector, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Vivian W. Pinn, MD Senior Scientist Emerita, Fogarty International Center  
Elena Rios, MD, MSPHPresident & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MDFormer Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Chairman, Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions
David R. Williams, PhD, MPHFlorence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University

 

Day 2
Sept. 9
2:15 p.m.
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
Robert R. Redfield, MDDirector, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Frank Sesno Director of Strategic Initiatives, The George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs
Day 2
Sept. 9
3:00 p.m
Advocacy in Action
Wendy Rogers, MEd, MPHCommunity Outreach and Engagement Manager, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.

 

Day 2
Sept. 9
3:30 p.m.
Science from the Front Lines of COVID-19: A conversation with NIH Director Francis Collins and Pfizer Chief Scientific Officer Mikael Dolsten
Moderator:
Susan DentzerSenior Policy Fellow, Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Duke University
Speakers:
Francis Collins, MD, PhDDirector, National Institutes of Health
Mikael Dolsten, MD, PhD Chief Scientific Officer and President, Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Pfizer Inc
Day 2
Sept. 9
4:00 p.m.
Then, Now, Imagine: Path to Progress Against Diabetes
Moderator:
Derek RappManaging Director, RiverVest Venture Partners
Speakers:
Christina AlesciBusiness and Politics Correspondent, CNN
Carol Levy, MD, CDEAssociate Professor of Medicine from the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and Director at Mount Sinai Diabetes Center and T1D Clinical Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Congressman Tom Reed(D-NY-23)
Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MACPDirector, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Day Three

Day 3
Sept. 10
11:0 a.m
Science on the Front Lines
Speakers:
ADM Brett P. Giroir, MDAssistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Sanjay Gupta, MDCNN Chief Medical Correspondent
Day 3
Sept. 10
11:50 a.m
Panel: Public Health Preparedness – Hard Lessons of COVID-19
Moderator:
Georges C. Benjamin, MD Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Panelists:
Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPHDirector, Rhode Island Department of Public Health
Richard Horton, FRCP, FMedSciEditor-in-Chief, The Lancet
Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAANPresident & CEO, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Elias Zerhouni, MDFormer NIH Director, 2002-2008
Day 3
Sept. 10
1:10 p.m.
Fireside Chat
Speakers:
Nakela Cook, MD, MPHExecutive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Nancy Brown Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association (AHA)
Day 3
Sept. 10
2:00 p.m.
Flash Talks Competition:

Featuring early-career scientists from academia and industry to convey their thesis or long-term research project in an engaging way in three minutes or less. 

Judges:
Joel Beetsch, PhDVice President of Corporate Affairs, Eisai, Inc.
The Honorable Rush D. Holt, PhD
Former Congressman (D-NJ)
Jocelyn MooreFormer Deputy Democratic Staff Director, Senate Committee on Finance
Guillermo J. "Willy" Prado, PhD Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Public Health Sciences; Director, Prevention Science and Community Health, University of Miami

 

Day 3
Sept. 10 
3:10 p.m.
Panel: Will COVID-19 Impact the Speed of Patient Innovation in the Long-Term?
Moderator:
Jeff Allen, PhDPresident and CEO, Friends of Cancer Research
Panel:
Ned Braunstein, MDSenior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Risk Management, Regeneron
Peter Marks, MD, PhDDirector, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA
Anne McDonald Pritchett, PhDSenior Vice President, PhRMA
Rachel Sher, JD, MPHVice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, National Organization for Rare Disorders
John Taylor, JD
President and Principal, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Greenleaf Health
Day 3
Sept. 10
4:15 p.m.
Panel: Building a Science-Strong Nation: Turning Aspiration into Action

What would need to change to emerge as a nation determined to combat future pandemics and other challenges with the same sense of urgency and shared purpose as that defining our response to COVID-19?Stay tuned for further announcements.

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