2019 WISER Conference in St. Louis, MO
Digital Program
Agenda
Friday, November 1, 2019
1:00-1:30 Arrival & registration
1:30-1:45 Opening Remarks- WISE GETS WISER
1:45-2:40 Panel I- LEADERS IN ST. LOUIS; WOMEN BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
2:40-3:30 Panel II- WOMEN LEADING THE WAY IN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
3:30-3:45 Break
4:00-4:30 Panel III- INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP; WOMEN MAKING THEIR MARK
4:30-5:30 Cocktail networking reception
Panelist Bios
PANEL I -LEADERS IN ST. LOUIS; WOMEN BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
Dena Ladd | Executive Director, Missouri Cures Education Foundation, Moderator
Amy Berg | President, S. M. Wilson & Co.
Sita Kedia | Chief Medical Officer, PALM Health
Ann Marr | Vice President of Global Human Resources, World Wide Technologies
Ruth Wagner | Head of Data Science & Analytics, BAYER Crop Science
PANEL II -WOMEN LEADING THE WAY IN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
Supriya Shivakumar | Head of Strategy, Gene Editing and Novel Modalities, MilliporeSigma, Moderator
Rochelle Henderson | Vice-President, Health Services Research, Express Scripts
Bettina Drake | Associate Professor of Cancer Health Equity, Washington University School of Medicine
Rachael Bradshaw | Interim Program Director, Genetic Counseling Program, Washington University; Asst. Professor, Saint Louis University
Nadia Shakoor | Sr. Scientist, Danforth Plant Science Center; Co-Founder, Agrela Ecosystems
PANEL III -INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP; WOMEN MAKING THEIR MARK
Nichole Mercier | Assistant Vice Chancellor & Managing Director, Office of Tech Transfer Washington University School of Medicine, Moderator
Kathleen Cook | Founder & CEO, Root Soil & Water Skincare
Elise Miller Hoffman | Principal, Life Science Fund, Cultivation Capital
Anne Miller | Director of Research Commercialization, Saint Louis University
Karen Mullis |Vice President of R&D Project Management, Wugen Inc.