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McCormick Place

Jun 18, 2017 8:30 AM - Jun 22, 2017 12:45 PM

2301 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Gate 4, Chicago, IL 60616

DIA 2017 Annual Meeting

Calling All Angels to the Valley of Death

Session Chair(s)

David  Vulcano, MBA, RAC

David Vulcano, MBA, RAC

Honorary President (SCRS); VP, Clinical Research Compliance and Integrity (HCA , HCA Healthcare | Society Clinical Research Sites, United States

The Valley of Death refers to the obstacles that are keeping innovative medical research discoveries from becoming new therapies or even making it to clinical trials.  Funding is necessary to bridge the gap.  This session will provide insight into strategies used by translational research scientists and funding agencies to expedite the transformation of basic research into break through clinical applications.

Learning Objective : Describe strategies used to expedite the transformation of basic research into breakthrough clinical applications.

Speaker(s)

David  Vulcano, MBA, RAC

What Angel Investors Think About Medical Product Investing

Honorary President (SCRS); VP, Clinical Research Compliance and Integrity (HCA , HCA Healthcare | Society Clinical Research Sites, United States

Christine  Colvis, PHD

NCATS Small Business Opportunities

Director, Drug Development Partnership Programs, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), United States

Ginger A Spitzer, MA

Panelist

Executive Director, Foundation of Sarcoidosis Research, United States

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