Opening Introductions
Cynthia J. Brandt, PhD
CEO and President, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
Director, Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute; Chair of Pediatrics, Stanford School of Medicine; Physician-In-Chief, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Lloyd B. Minor, MD
Dean, Stanford School of Medicine; Professor of Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery)
Rick Majzun
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Stanford Maternal & Child Health Research Institute; Professor, Dermatology
Speakers
Keynote Speaker
David A. Williams, MD
Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President; Chief of Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Leland Fikes Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
"Flipping the Switch on Fetal Globin in Sickle Cell Disease: From GWAS to Therapeutics"
Session 1: Foundation in Cell & Gene Therapy in Maternal and Child Health
Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD
Speaker/Moderator
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Medical Genetics and Stem Cell Transplantation), Stanford School of Medicine
Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
Associate Professor, Biology, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences
Adam Wilkinson, PhD
Instructor, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD
Moderator
Instructor, Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation), Stanford School of Medicine
Session 2: Scientific Advances in Diversity, Health Equity, and Social Justice
Ananta Addala, DO, MPH
Instructor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology & Diabetes), Stanford School of Medicine
Trung Pham, MD, PhD
Moderator
Instructor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Stanford School of Medicine
Juno Obedin-Maliver, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine
Venkatesh Krishnan, PhD
Moderator
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Gynecologic Oncology)
Fernando S. Mendoza, MD, MPH
Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Associate Dean for Minority Advising & Programs, Office of Student Affairs, Stanford School of Medicine
Session 3: Early Career Investigators and Trainees
Kevin Contrepois, PhD
Scientific Director, Department of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine
Mark Wilkes, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology); Stanford School of Medicine
Sharon Paige, MD, PhD
Instructor, Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford School of Medicine
Fernando S. Mendoza, MD, MPH
Moderator
Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics); Associate Dean for Minority Advising & Programs, Office of Student Affairs, Stanford School of Medicine
Victoria Ward, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Hospital Medicine); Stanford School of Medicine
David K. Stevenson, MD
Moderator
Co-Director, MCHRI; Senior Associate Dean for Maternal & Child Health; Professor, Pediatrics (Neonatalogy), Stanford School of Medicine
Ina Stelzer, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Anesthesiology, Perioperative, & Pain Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine
Session 4: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Innovations in School-Age Learning
Amy R Gerstein, PhD
Executive Director, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Stanford Graduate School of Education
C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and of Medicine (Primary Care Outcomes Research), Stanford School of Medicine
Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, MD
Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and of Health Research and Policy; Stanford School of Medicine
Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Moderator
Co-Director, MCHRI; Professor Of Dermatology, Stanford School of Medicine
Lee Sanders, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), Stanford School of Medicine
Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH
Moderator
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine