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Consortium on Translational Research in the Microbiome
Advancing Microbiome Science
to Clinical Practice
Thursday, December 10, 2020, 12:30pm-2:00pm EST
(Online, no charge)
Speakers:
Nini Fan
Founder and CEO
MaMome Inc.
Nini Fan is a microbiome researcher with expertise in genomic sequencing, bioinformatics, clinical trial, intellectual property, product development, and business administration. She earned her BS in Human Biology from SUNY Albany, MS in Molecular Biology, and an MBA candidate from Long Island University.
Karen Woodward
Karen Woodward, Ph.D.
VP, Business Development
Shoreline Biome
Dr. Woodward has developed and launched new genomic products in the microarray space at numerous Life Sciences companies including Packard BioChip, PerkinElmer and GeneXP Biosciences. Among her strategic business development and partnership efforts are genomic laboratory services at companies including Beckman Coulter Genomics, Covance and Generation Health.
She was instrumental in multimillion-dollar sales that lead to the 2009 acquisition of Cogenics by Beckman Coulter in 2009, as well as the successful commercialization and launch of Covance Genomics services after the acquisition of Merck’s Rosetta operation in Seattle. After her time with Covance Genomics, Karen was VP of Strategic Operations and Account Management at Generation Health (acquired by CVS Caremark) and its spin-out MetaDiagnostic. Her key thought leadership is in delivering molecular diagnostic test developers the key clinical utility, health outcome and cost effectiveness evidence data crucial to support their diagnostic test reimbursement by payers.
Karen received her Ph.D. in molecular genetics and microbiology from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and her B.A. in biology from Clark University.
Chair: Keith Bostian, Ph.D.
CEO, Institute for Life Science Entrepreneurship
Discussant:
Dhanuraj (Raj) Shetty, VP, Corporate Development,
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