Speakers

Confirmed Speakers to the 2010 Biobanking Conference

  • Andres Metspalu, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Department of Biotechnology, University of Tartu (Estonia)
  • Amelia Wall Warner, PharmD, RPh, Head, Clinical Pharmacogenomics, Associate Director, Early Clinical Research and Experimental Medicine, Schering-Plough Research Institute
  • Barbara S. Ducatman, M.D., Professor and Chair of Pathology, Associate Dean for Faculty Services, Director, WVU National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, West Virginia University School of Medicine
  • Edward S. Kaercher, PMP, Facility and Project Management, PPD-Vaccines and Biologics
  • Hakon Gudbjartsson, PhD, VP Informatics, deCODE Genetics Inc. (Iceland)
  • Dr. Jim Vaught, Deputy Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute
  • Ken Wilke, Director, Research Planning & Integration, Merck Research Laboratories
  • Karen J. Maschke, Ph.D., Research Scholar and Editor, IRB: Ethics & Human Research, The Hastings Center
  • Kristen Rosati, JD, Partner, Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLC
  • Lisa B. Miranda, President, Biobusiness Consulting, Inc.
  • Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, MS, FAHA, FAAN, Nancy B. Willerson Distinguished Professor in Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing; Director, TexGen/CTSA Biobank
  • Marielena Mata, Principal Research Scientist, Biomarkers Centocor R&D Inc.
  • Dr. Majid Belouchi, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Genizon BioSciences Inc.
  • Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A., Deputy Associate Director, Clinical Research Policy Analysis and Coordination Program (CRpac), NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities