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The NORD Breakthrough Summit will be held October 20-22, 2024
NORD is seeking expert speakers to present on the following topics:
Speaker Proposal Guidelines
As you prepare your submission, please take note of the following:
All speaker submissions must be received through the NORD website no later than Friday, March 8, 2024 at 11:59pm ET.
Deputy Director Division of Pediatric & Maternal Health, Office of New Drugs, CDER
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Rare Community Member
Rare Community Member
CSO and Head of Rare Diseases
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
Senior Program Manager, Science in Society, and Lead, Rare As One Network
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Chief Science Officer
Kabuki Syndrome Foundation
Office of Strategic Partnerships & Technology Innovation, CDRH
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Associate Chief of Genetics & Genomics
Boston Children's Hospital
Acting Director, Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation, National Center for Advnacing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
NIH
Chief Commercial Officer
Solaxa
Commissioner
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Founder and Director
Neurology Rare Disease Center
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Geneticist & Metabolist
Children's National Hospital
Senior Vice President, Research & Product Development
Alexion/AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Executive Director, Head of Global R&D and Regulatory Policy
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
Chief of Pediatrics
Boston Children's Hospital
Vice President, Government Relations
Alliance for Regenerative Medicine
General Manager, US Rare Diseases
Sanofi
VP of Corporate Relations
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Director, Patient Advocacy
Horizon Therapeutics
President & Chief Executive Officer
Travere Therapeuticcs
Chief Scientific Officer
The FamilieSCN2A Foundation
Director of Research Data and Analytics
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
N/A
N/A
Psychologist
Freedman Counseling Associates
Office of Neuroscience, Office of New Drugs, CDER
FDA
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Deep Genomics
Chief Medical Officer
Children's Tumor Foundation
Scientist
Rogers Behavioral Health
Medical Director
Progeria Research Foundation
Director, Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, OCPP, OC
FDA
Vice President, Head, GRA Global Product Strategy
CSL Behring
Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Vice President of the Rare and Orphan Disease Programs
Critial Path Institute
Principal
ATI Advisory
Chief Technology Officer
GE Healthcare
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Reata Pharmaceuticals
Senior Vice President for Healthcare Policy & Research
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)
Investigator, Professor
Broad Institute; Harvard University
Professor of Pediatrics & Chief Division of Medical Genetics
University of Utah, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Clinical Health Psychologist, Professor of Pediatrics
Children's National Hospital
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Rallybio
Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Chief of Staff, Center for Medicare
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine; OND, CDER
FDA
Vice President, Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCT)
Medidata
CEO
To Cure A Rose Foundation
Chief Medical Officer
Orchard Therapeutics
CEO & Founder
Folia Health
Head of US Rare Diseases
UCB
Director, Orphan Products Grants Program, OOPD
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Chief Medical & Scientific Officer
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Chief Global Development Officer
The Marfan Foundation
Rare Disorder Nurse Navigator
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Head of Health Equity Alliances & Partnerships, Center for Health Equity & Patient Affairs
Takeda
President & Chief Operating Officer
Rocket Pharmaceuticals
Chief Medical Officer and Director, Pediatrics & Special Populations, Centers for Devices and Radiological Health
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Sumitomo Pharma America
Director, Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Chief Executive Officer
OrphAI Therapeutics
Founder
KIF1A.ORG
Vice President, Policy & Regulatory Affairs
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Global Chairman, Healthcare Investment Banking
JP Morgan
Vice President, External Affairs
Genentech
President
Scheer & Company
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Senate Committee on Finance
Director, Center for Devices & Radiological Health
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Program Officer
NIH, NCATS, Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation
Co-Founder
EveryCure
Chief Medical Officer
Beam Therapeutics
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Director, Office of Strategy & Alliances Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Office of Medical Policy, CBER
Food & Drug Administration
Deputy Center Director for Transformation, CDRH
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Rallybio
Senior Director (Digital Health & Technology)
Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)
Vice President, Philanthropy, and Executive Director of the Deerfield Foundation
Deerfield
Director, Office of Therapeutic Products, CBER
FDA
President
United Porphyrias Association
Deputy Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research (CBER)
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Office of Clinical Evaluation, Office of Therapeutic Products , CBER
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Division of Rare Diseases & Medical Genetics, Deputy Director, Office of New Drugs, CDER
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Venture Partner
OrbiMEd