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Interviews and Discussions With Fascinating People Who are Creating A Better Tomorrow For All Of Us Host - Ira S. Pastor
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Send us a Text Message.Maj. Gen. Dr. Paul Friedrichs, MD is the Inaugural Director of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, at the White House ( OPPR - https://www.whitehouse.gov/oppr/ ), a permanent executive office aimed at leading, coordinating, and implementing actions to prepare for and respond to pathogens that could lead to a pandemic or significant public health-related disruptions in the U.S., and principal advisor on pandemic preparedness and response, appointed b...
Send us a Text Message.Priya Basu ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/p/priya-basu ) is the Executive Head of The Pandemic Fund ( https://www.thepandemicfund.org/ ) Secretariat at the World Bank ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/financial-intermediary-fund-for-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response-ppr-fif ), which has a focus of financing critical investments to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capacities at national, regional, and global levels...
Send us a Text Message.Tiara Green is President of Accessia Health ( https://accessiahealth.org/ ), a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) patient assistance organization that supports individuals living with rare or chronic health conditions. Ms. Green leads the organization through strategic organizational growth that expands the nonprofit’s programs and services to meet the healthcare needs of underserved communities. Ms. Green has been with Accessia Health for over a decade and has 20 years of ex...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Jack Hoppin, Ph.D. is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ratio Therapeutics ( https://ratiotx.com/ ), a discovery through early clinical phase pharmaceutical company, employing a suite of innovative technologies to develop best-in-class targeted radiotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers. Dr. Hoppin holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona and worked as an Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellow at the Research Center Jülich, ...
Send us a Text Message.Joseph Ferra is CEO of Elevation Oncology ( https://elevationoncology.com/ ), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision oncology products, specifically antibody-drug-conjugates (ADCs), for patients with genomically defined cancers, where he brings over 20 years of financial, strategic and leadership experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. Prior to becoming CEO, he served Elevation as Chief Financial Officer and I...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Masayuki Goto, MD, PhD is Director and President of the Space Medical Accelerator ( https://space-healthcare.jp/ ), an organization founded in 2022 in Japan with a mission to keep people healthy in space and to develop terrestrial medicine by utilizing space technology and research. Dr. Goto is a Medical Doctor, a Neurosurgeon, and a Space Medicine researcher with degrees from University of Tsukuba and Yamagata University. Dr. Goto has been certified by the Japanese...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Michael Platt, Ph.D. ( https://www.drmichaelplatt.com/ ) is the James S. Riepe University Professor, University of Pennsylvania, where he has appointments as Professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine ( https://plattlabs.rocks/our-team/michael-platt ), as Professor of Psychology at the School of Arts and Sciences ( https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/people/michael-l-platt ), and as Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School ( https://marketing.whar...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Kevin Bugin, Ph.D. is Deputy Director of Operations in the Office of New Drugs ( OND - https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder/office-new-drugs ) in FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ( CDER - https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-organization/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder ), where among his many responsibilities he serves as lead for the Center for Clinical Trial Innovation ( C3TI - https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/cent...
Send us a Text Message.Ms. Rita El Zaghloul is Director of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature & People Secretariat ( HAC - https://www.hacfornatureandpeople.org/ ), an intergovernmental group of more than 100 countries, co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, and by the United Kingdom as Ocean co-chair, championing a global deal for nature and people with the central goal of protecting at least 30 per cent of land and 30% of the ocean, globally, by 2030. The 30x30 target is a global targ...
Send us a Text Message.Episode Disclaimer - The views presented in this episode are those of the speaker and do not necessarily represent the views of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) or its components. Dr. Diane DiEuliis, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Research Fellow at National Defense University ( NDU - https://www.ndu.edu/ ), an institution of higher education, funded by the United States Department of Defense, aimed at facilitating high-level education, training, and professional...
Send us a Text Message.Elizabeth Reynolds is Managing Director, US of Starburst Aerospace ( https://starburst.aero/ ), a global Aerospace and Defense (A&D) startup accelerator and strategic advisory practice championing today’s aerospace renaissance, aligning early-stage technology innovators with government and commercial stakeholders and investors to modernize infrastructure in space, transportation, communications, and intelligence. Elizabeth's team works alongside hundreds of technolo...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Roland Roesch, Ph.D. is Director, Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC), of the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA - https://www.irena.org/ ) where he oversees the Agency’s work on advising member countries in the area of technology status and roadmaps, energy planning, cost and markets and innovation policy frameworks. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is a leading global intergovernmental agency for energy transformation that serves as...
Send us a Text Message.Prof. Isabel Oliver is the Director General of Science and Research & Chief Scientific Officer, at the UK Health Security Agency ( UKHSA - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency ). The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Arti Garg, Ph.D. is Head of Technology Strategy & Evaluation, Office of the CTO and HPE Sr. Distinguished Technologist, at Hewlett Packard Enterprise ( https://www.hpe.com/us/en/home.html ). Previously Dr. Garg served as Deputy, Global CTO for Data & AI and Lead Sustainability & Edge Innovation Architect, as Chief Strategist for the AI Strategy & Solutions organization, overseeing HPE’s advanced AI technology programs, and as Emerging Market and Tech...
Send us a Text Message.Jill Pellegrino is CEO of AutoCruitment ( https://www.autocruitment.com/ ), a company with a focus on identifying, targeting, and qualifying patients for clinical trials with direct-to-patient recruitment, technology, and engagement services and which has to date been involved in randomizing over 12,000 patients into clinical trials across more than 120 conditions for clients including Pharmaceutical, Biotech, and Contract Research Organizations. Jill has over 15 years ...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Jonas Hannestad, M.D., Ph.D. is Chief Medical Officer of Gain Therapeutics ( https://www.gaintherapeutics.com/ ), a company focused on the discovery and development of groundbreaking medicines that transform lives and provide hope and improved quality of life to people suffering from debilitating neurodegenerative diseases, rare genetic disorders and cancer.Dr. Hannestad joined the Company in March 2024 and brings 25 years of translational and early clinical develop...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. David Latshaw, Ph.D. is Co-Founder and CEO of BioPhy ( https://www.biophy.ai/ ), a Philadelphia based artificial intelligence company which has developed a set of platforms that provide quantitative metrics to drug company partners about what drugs and clinical trials will ultimately succeed. Dr. Latshaw is a computational biomolecular and chemical engineer by training and most recently led the deployment of more than 20 programs that leveraged AI across several dru...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Joshua Gonzalez, M.D. is Co-Founder of Popstar Health ( https://popstarhealth.com/ ), a physician-founded sexual wellness company focused on promoting the importance of sexual health for all. Dr. Gonzalez is a board-certified urologist who is fellowship trained in Sexual Medicine and specializes in the management of male and female sexual dysfunctions. He completed his medical education at Columbia University and his urological residency at the Mount Sinai Medical C...
Send us a Text Message.Dr. Jaime Yassif, Ph.D. serves as Vice President of Global Biological Policy and Programs, at the Nuclear Threat Initiative ( https://www.nti.org/about/people/jaime-yassif-phd/ ) where she oversees work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, strengthen biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and drives progress in advancing global health security. Prior to this, Dr. Yassif served as a Program Officer at the Open Philanthropy Project, where she led the initiative...
Send us a Text Message.Bill Taranto is President of both the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund ( MGHIF - https://www.merckghifund.com/ ), and Merck Global Health Private Equity (GHIPE). He is the founder of MGHIF and is responsible for leading the global health capability for Merck ( https://www.merck.com/ ). The Merck Global Health Innovation Fund was established in late 2010 as a strategic response to the challenges surrounding Merck’s core business of discovering, developing and marketin...
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