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Speakers

The speaker panel for the Washington Vaccine Forum 2010 is now almost complete. Speakers who have already confirmed their participation include:

Dr Robin Robinson, Director, Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority (BARDA), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response (ASPR), US Department of Health & Human Services

Merlin Robb, MD, HJF HIV Program Director, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Deputy Director (Clinical), US Military HIV Research Program (MHRP)

Dr Norman W. Baylor, Director, Office of Vaccines Research & Review (OVRR), CBER, US Food & Drug Administration

Allan Saul PhD, CEO, Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health

Dr Gary J. Nabel, Director, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH

Dr John Purves, Head of Sector, Quality of Medicines, European Medicines Agency (EMEA)

Dr Bruce G. Gellin, Director, National Vaccine Program Office, Office of Public Health & Science, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health & Human Services

Dr Allan P. Jarvis, Vice President, Corporate Development, sanofi pasteur

Dr Hartmut Ehrlich, Vice President, Global R&D, Baxter BioScience

Jon Kim Andrus, MD, Deputy Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Dr Steve G. Reed, CEO, Immune Design & Founder, IDRI

Melinda Wharton, MD MPH, Acting Director of National Centre for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Dr Joe Cohen, Vice President, Emerging Diseases & HIV Vaccines, Research & Development, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals

Dr John Boslego, Director, Vaccine Development Global Program, PATH

Dr Michael V. Callahan, Program Manager, Rapid Vaccine Assessment, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Robert V. House, PhD, President, DynPort Vaccine Company LLC, A CSC Company

Nima Farzan, Vice President of US Marketing, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Inc

Dr Jan ter Meulen, Executive Director, Vaccine Basic Research, Merck Research Laboratories

Dr Michael Perdue, Director – Influenza & Emerging Diseases Program, Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response, US Department of Health & Human Services

Stephen L. Hoffman, MD, Chief Executive & Scientific Officer, Sanaria Inc

Chris Varma, PhD, Partner, Flagship Ventures

Bruce Innis, MD, Vice President & Director, Global Clinical R&D, Vaccines for Influenza, MMR, Varicella & Dengue, GlaxoSmithKline

Susan Ano, PhD, Chief, Infectious Diseases & Medical Engineering Branch, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health

Dr Heather L. Davis, Executive Director & Ottawa Site Head, Vaccines Research, Pfizer Global R&D

Dr Alan Shaw, President & CEO, Vaxinnate Corporation

Dr Clement Lewin, Head, Strategic Immunization Planning, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Dr Linda C. Lambert PhD, Chief, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, NIAID

Vic Schmitt, Venture Partner, Bay City Capital

Dr W. James Jackson, Chief Scientific Officer, Emergent BioSolutions Inc

Diana Lanchoney, MD, Executive Director, Vaccine Research, Merck Research Laboratories

Harry Kleanthous, PhD, Senior Director & Head, Discovery USA, sanofi pasteur

Philip R. Dormitzer, MD, PhD, Senior Director, Senior Project Leader, Viral Vaccine Research, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Eric Victory, Associate Director, Business Development, MedImmune

Dr Rahul Singhvi, President & CEO, Novavax, Inc

Eric Rosenthal, MD, MPH, FAAP, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine & of Health Policy, George Washington University Medical Center, Medical Director, Municipal & Regional Affairs, Child Health Advocacy Institute, Senior Clinical Associate, Emergency Department, Children's National Medical Center

Sandy Wrobel, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Applied Strategies

Professor Alexander von Gabain, Strategic Advisor to the Board, Intercell AG

Lewellys F. Barker, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Advisor, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation

Dr Seth Rudnick, Venture Partner, Canaan Partners

Dr Mitchell H. Gold, President & CEO, Dendreon Corporation

Christian Loucq, MD, Director, The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative

Nicholas A. Kartsonis, MD, Senior Director, Clinical Research - Infectious Diseases/Vaccines, Merck & Co, Inc

Gregg C. Sylvester, MD, MPH, Head of Adult & Adolescent Vaccines for Medical Affairs & Policy, Merck Vaccines & Infectious Diseases

Michael Greenberg, MD, MPH, Director of Clinical Development, Vaccines, CSL

Jose Ochoa, Vice President Business Development, Emergent BioSolutions Inc

John Clerici, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge

Dr Alain Rolland, Executive Vice President, Product Development, Vical

Dr Nicole Frahm, Associate Laboratory Director, HVTN, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr Ginamarie Foglia, Clinical Director, Sanofi Pasteur

Michael J. Werner, Partner, Holland & Knight

Dr Alfredo Nicosia, Chief Scientific Officer, Okairos

Eddy A. Bresnitz, MD, MS, Medical Director, Adult Vaccine Medical Affairs & Policy, Merck Vaccine Division

Isabelle Claxton, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines

Harriet L. Robinson, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, GeoVax Inc

Drew Hannaman, Vice President, R&D, Ichor Medical Systems, Inc

Dr Manon Cox, COO, Protein Sciences Corporation

Dr Beth-Ann Coller, Senior Vice President for Research & Development, Hawaii Biotech, Inc

Dr Vidadi Yusibov, Executive Director, Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology

Dr Robert F. Bargatze, CSO & Executive Vice President, LigoCyte Pharmaceuticals

John Trizzino, Senior Vice President of International & Government Alliances, Novavax,

Eric Faulkner, MPH, Senior Director, US Market Access & Reimbursement, RTI Health Solutions

Dr Ronald W. Ellis, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, NasVax Ltd, Israel

Kun Yao, DVM, PhD, Associate Director, Manufacture Science & Technology, MedImmune, Inc

Fabio Bagnoli, PhD, Associate Project Leader, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics


Visit this page again soon to find out who else you will be able to hear from – and meet – in Washington DC next January.

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