2019 WISER St. Louis Conference

2019 WISER Conference in St. Louis, MO

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

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

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

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.