COURSE IN TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AGENDA

Steve Schachter, MD, Harvard Medical School
Stewart Factor, MD, Emory University

March 7, 2018 

9:00am – 9:10am

Overview

Stewart Factor, MD, Emory University

9:10am – 9:35am

Forming and sustaining effective collaborations between clinicians and engineers/scientists

Steve Schachter, MD, Harvard University

9:35am – 10:00am

Repurposing drugs, including regulatory aspects

Steve Collins

10:00am – 10:25am

Requirements for pharmaceuticals and devices (exclusive of repurposing)

Carlos Peña, PhD, FDA

10:25am – 10:50am

Break

10:50am – 11:15am

Identifying Stakeholders in the Healthcare Ecosystem    

Michael Gold, PPD, Global Product Development

11:15am – 11:40am

SBIR and Other NINDS Funding Opportunities and Resources for Translational Researchers, NIH funding for repurposing drugs 

Amir Tamiz, PhD, NINDS/NIH

11:40am – 12:30pm

Panel Discussion, overview of afternoon session

12:30pm – 1:50pm

LUNCH BREAK
Lunch and remainder of day with students of Training in Neurotherapeutics Discovery and Development for Academic Scientists

1:55pm – 2:20pm

The Innovation Cycle and Defining Clinical Needs

Mike Dempsey, CIMIT

2:20pm – 2:45pm

Putting Together an Action Plan to Patient: the HIITS Metrics 

John Collins, PhD, CIMIT

2:45pm – 3:35pm

IP relevant to neurotherapeutics

Jeffrey Childers