2023 Speakers

Kristyn Aalto, Chief Executive Officer, Orlance, Inc.

Juan José Albarrán, Chief Commercial Officer, Q-Vant Biosciences

Shazia Ali, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Shazia Ali | Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Javad Aman, President & CSO, AbVacc Inc.

Oved Amitay, CEO, SOLVE M.E.

Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Co-Founder, Veergen Inc. ; Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles

Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami | Co-Founder, Veergen Inc. ; Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology | University of California, Los Angeles » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia

Noam Auslander, Assistant Professor, Molecular & Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute

Scott Balsitis, Senior Director, Hepatitis B Cure Research,, Gilead Sciences

Glen Barber, Chief Executive Officer, STINGINN; Chairman and Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Miami

Glen Barber | Chief Executive Officer, STINGINN; Chairman and Professor, Department of Cell Biology | University of Miami » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Sue Behrens, President, SB Consulting, Professor in Bioprocessing, Director, Amgen Bioprocessing Center, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences

Jade Benjamin-Chung, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health,, Stanford University

Hamilton Bennett, Sr. Director Vaccine Access and Partnerships, Moderna

John Bilello, Senior Director, Biology, Gilead Sciences

Mohan Bolisetty, Associate Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Mohan Bolisetty | Associate Director | Bristol-Myers Squibb » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Tammy Boyce, Executive Director, Clinical Operations, Dynavax Technologies

Dr Jay Butler, Senior Advisor for Infectious Diseases, Office of Readiness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gaurav Byagathvalli, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Piezo Therapeutics, Inc.

Gaurav Byagathvalli | Chief Executive Officer and co-founder | Piezo Therapeutics, Inc. » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Michael Caldwell, Assoc VP Vaccine Research & Education, Meharry Medical College

Alejandro Cane, VP, US/IDM Vaccines and Antivirals Medical and Scientific Affairs Lead, Pfizer

Darrick Carter, Chief Executive Officer, PAI Life Sciences, Co-Founder & Advisor, HDT Bio Corp

Andrew Catchpole, CSO, hVIVO

Andrew Catchpole | CSO | hVIVO » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Cassia Cearley, Chief Business Officer, Icosavax, Inc.

Cassia Cearley | Chief Business Officer | Icosavax, Inc. » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Bryce Chackerian, Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Bryce Chackerian | Professor | University of New Mexico School of Medicine » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Keith Chappell, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Wendy Chen, Senior Scientist, Amgen

Trevor Clancy, Chief Scientific Officer, NEC OncoImmunity AS

Trevor Clancy | Chief Scientific Officer | NEC OncoImmunity AS » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Jason E Comer, Assistant Professor, Department Microbiology And Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch

Danny Conrad, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California San Francisco

Danielle Craig, Regulatory Affairs Lead Americas, CEPI

Danielle Craig | Regulatory Affairs Lead Americas | CEPI » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Aida Cremesti, Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, Licensing, Collaborations, Clinical Trials, Patenting, National Cancer Institute

James Crowe, Director, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center

Ricardo Da Silva Antunes, Instructor, Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Ted Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Selva Therapeutics

Kashmira Date, Global Medical Affairs Lead - Vaccines, Johnson and Johnson Global Public Health

Kashmira Date | Global Medical Affairs Lead - Vaccines | Johnson and Johnson Global Public Health » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Barry Datlof, Chief, Business Development and Commercialization, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command

Matt Davis, Senior Director, Molecular Biology and Sequencing, Gritstone Bio

Steven Deeks, Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco

Cynthia Derdeyn, Professor, Vice Chair of Research, University of Washington

Adam DeZure, VP, Clinical Development, Atea Pharmaceuticals

Adam DeZure | VP, Clinical Development | Atea Pharmaceuticals » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Don Diamond, Professor, Department Of Hematology And Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Robert Dillman, Chief Medical Officer, AIVITA Biomedical, Inc.

Joshua Dinapoli, Global Project Head mRNA Platform Development, Sanofi Pasteur

Gary Disbrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary & Director, BARDA

Joseph Dolina, Senior Scientist, Pfizer

Marek Drozdz, Director of Research,, Renbio

John Dubinion, Pharmacologist, FDA

Michael Egan, CEO/CSO, CastleVax

Michael Egan | CEO/CSO | CastleVax » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Eric Elander, Director of Business Development, Clinical Research IO (CRIO)

Eric Elander | Director of Business Development | Clinical Research IO (CRIO) » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Daniel Ellis, Senior Scientist, Computational Discovery, Icosavax, Inc.

Jesse Erasmus, Director, HDT Bio Corp

Mark Esser, Vice President, Early Vaccines & Immune Therapies R&D, Astrazeneca

Jay Evans, Chief Scientific and Strategy Officer, Inimmune

Daniel Faissol, Principal Investigator, Center for Bioengineering, Executive Director, Predictive Design of Biologics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Philip Felgner, Director, Vaccine R&D Center, University of California at Irvine

Philip Felgner | Director, Vaccine R&D Center | University of California at Irvine » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Jaime Flores-Riveros, CSO, Amerstem

Tong-Ming Fu, CSO infectious Diseases, IGM Infectious Disease

Ann Ginsberg, Deputy Director, B.M.G.F.

Jacob Glanville, Chief Executive Officer, Centivax

Allan Gobbs, Managing Partner, Atem Capital

Zelanna Goldberg, Chief Medical Officer, Replicate Bioscience, Inc.

Peter Goldstein, Executive Director, Research and Development, ILIAD Biotechnologies

Sebastian Goy, COO, EBViously (in formation)

Michael Greenberg, Head of North American Medical, Sanofi Vaccines

Michael Greenberg | Head of North American Medical | Sanofi Vaccines » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Diane Griffin, Vice President, National Academy of Sciences, Professor, Molecular Microbiology And Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Diane Griffin | Vice President, National Academy of Sciences, Professor, Molecular Microbiology And Immunology | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Riley Griffin, Health Reporter, Bloomberg

Diana Guimet, Principal Scientist, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

Diana Guimet | Principal Scientist | Inovio Pharmaceuticals » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Ju-Tao Guo, Vice President, Research Programs, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute;CSO;, Merlin Biotech

Rohit Gupta, Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Metrodora Foundation

Rohit Gupta | Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board | Metrodora Foundation » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Richard Guy, Global Business Development, ImmunAdd Inc.

Richard Guy | Global Business Development | ImmunAdd Inc. » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Paul Hallenbeck, Founder And Chief Executive Officer, Seneca Therapeutics

Ali M Harandi, Lab Head, Dpt Of Microbiology And Immunology, University of Gothenburg

Sabine Hauck, EVP Corporate Development, Leukocare AG

Sabine Hauck | EVP Corporate Development | Leukocare AG » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Bradlee Heckmann, Assistant Prof, USF Health Neuroscience Institute & Morsani College of Medicine; Scientific Co-Founder, Asha Therapeutics

Douglas Holtzman, Chief Science Officer, Icosavax, Inc.

Pamela Housh, Director of Business Development, Eyam Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Dennis Hruby, Chief Scientific Officer, SIGA Technologies, Inc.

Richard Hughes, Partner, Epstein, Becker & Green, Professorial Lecturer in Law,, The George Washington University Law School

Flonza Isa, Associate Medical Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Tyler Janzen, PGP (The Public Good Projects)

Tyler Janzen |  | PGP (The Public Good Projects) » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Ashish Jha, Former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator (2022-2023); Dean,, Brown University School of Public Health

Stephen Albert Johnston, CEO, CALVIRI

Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HHS/ASPR

Robert Kadlec, Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR),, HHS - US Department of Health & Human Services

Robert Kadlec | Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), | HHS - US Department of Health & Human Services » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Varun Kapoor, Director, Translational Medicine, Coherus BioSciences

Maria Karasarides, Vice-President, Head Early Assets & Biomarkers, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Maria Karasarides | Vice-President, Head Early Assets & Biomarkers | Bristol-Myers Squibb » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Marwah Karim, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University School of Medicine (USA)

Pravin Kaumaya, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Ed Kelley, Chief Global Health Officer, ApiJect

Estevan Kiernan, Associate Director, Emerging Clinical Applications-Oncology, Illumina

Kevin Killeen, CSO, Matrivax

Philip Kim, Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Steven King, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mosaic Immunoengineering

Niranjan Kumar, President & Chief Executive Officer, ABS Inc. USA

Andrew Lee, Vice President, Program Executive, Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

Sam Lee, President & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.

Danny Liaw, Senior Principal Scientist, Merck

Jay Lieberman, VP of Clinical Development, Meissa Vaccines

Vishwanath Lingappa, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer And Member Board Directors, Prosetta Biosciences

Vishwanath Lingappa | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer And Member Board Directors | Prosetta Biosciences » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Anuradha Lingappa Esq., Director, Oncology, Prosetta Biosciences

Zhuoming Liu, Instructor in Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Phillip Lovalenti, Director, Aridis Pharmaceuticals

Don Loveday, Head Of Business Development, SPI Pharma Inc

Jonathan Low, Medical Student, Meharry Medical College

Heinz Lubenau, Chief Drug Development Officer, NEC OncoImmunity AS

Sai Pooja Mahajan, Senior Scientist, Prescient Design

Jessica Malaty Rivera, Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins Center For Health Security

Jessica Malaty Rivera | Research Assistant | Johns Hopkins Center For Health Security » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Nina Malkevich, Senior Director and Product Development Lead - Emerging Infectious Diseases, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

David Martin, CEO, TrippBio

Byron Martina, Protinhi Therapeutics

Byron Martina |  | Protinhi Therapeutics » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Karen Martins, Chief, Antivirals and Antitoxins Division of CBRN Countermeasures, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)

Morgan Monslow, Principal Scientist, Discovery-Biology (ID-Vaccines),, Merck & Co., Inc.

Tina Morgenstein, Project Director in the Vaccine Therapeutic Unit, PPD, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Tina Morgenstein | Project Director in the Vaccine Therapeutic Unit | PPD, Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Christine Moussion, Senior Principal Scientist and Group Head, Genentech

Vel Murugan, Associate Director of Research, ASU Biodesign Institute

Mark Navin, Professor and Chair, Oakland University

Cokey Nguyen, Chief Scientific Officer, Atara Biotherapeutics

Jeffrey Nielsen, Vice President of Discovery, Eradivir, Inc.

Stephanie Noviello, CMO, ILIAD Biotechnologies

Lydia Ogden, Global Public Health R&D Policy and External Engagement Leader, Johnson & Johnson

Sara Pai, Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine

Richard Pan, Senior Policy Advisor, Board Member, Pediatrician, Former CA State Senator, Public Health Advocate, California Department of Health Care Access and Information

Richard Pan | Senior Policy Advisor, Board Member, Pediatrician, Former CA State Senator, Public Health Advocate | California Department of Health Care Access and Information » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Benedetta Pelosi, Scientific Consultant, Giant

Becky Pferdehirt, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Sylvie PICHON, Global Clinical Development Strategy Expert, Sanofi

Sylvie PICHON | Global Clinical Development Strategy Expert | Sanofi » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Heather Platt, Distinguished Scientist, Clinical Research (Pneumococcal Vaccines), Merck & Co., Inc.

Bali Pulendran, Professor, Department Of Pathology, Microbiology And Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine (USA)

Lisa Purcell, Senior Vice President, Microbiology and Virology, Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

Amy Rappaport, Director, Gritstone Bio

Milan Raska, Professor of Immunology at Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Dept. of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc

Pratima Rawat, Senior Scientist, Microbiologics

John Redd, Chief Medical Officer, The Medical Countermeasures Coalition

Steven Reed, Chief Executive Officer, HDT Bio Corp

William Remak, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Action Network Team

Nikki Romanik, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director and Chief of Staff, Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), Executive Office of The President (EOP)

Andrew Rosen, Senior Director, Integrated Evidence Team Leader, Moderna, Inc.

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Professor of Law, UC Law SF

Michael Salgaller, Supervisor, Invention Development And Marketing Unit, National Cancer Institute - NIH

Michael Salgaller | Supervisor, Invention Development And Marketing Unit | National Cancer Institute - NIH » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Subodh Samrat, Research Scientist III, University of Arizona

Dan Sanford, Research Leader, Battelle

Pete Schmidt, CMO, Invivyd

Shizuko Sei, Co-Chief, Chemopreventive Agent Development,, National Cancer Institute - NIH

Kathie Seley-Radtke, Professor Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Taylor Sexton, Executive Director, Medical Countermeasures Coaltion

Robert Shoemaker, Chief, Chemopreventive Agent Development Research Group, National Cancer Institute

Robert Sitrin, Senior Scientist, PATH

Robert Sitrin | Senior Scientist | PATH » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Jeffrey Skolnik, Senior Vice President Of Clinical Development, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

William Smith, MD/PI, Alliance for Multispecialty Research LLC

Joe Smyser, Chief Executive Officer, PGP (The Public Good Projects)

Ramji Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer, Teiko Bio Inc.

Vic Suarez, COL (Ret), US Army; Founder & Senior Partner, BluZoneBio

Xicheng Sun, Vice President, Chemistry & Manufacturing, Crestone, Inc.

Connie Tat, Senior Medical Science Director, Genentech

John Tavis, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, St Louis University School Of Medicine

Nigel Temperton, Professor, University of Kent

Marcos Tendler, Chief Executive Officer, Vacinas.net

Steve Thorne, Chief Scientific Officer, Kalivir Immunotherapeutics

Jaroslav Turánek, Head of Research and Development, NEXARS

Takeki Uehara, Corporate Officer, Senior Vice President, Drug Development and Regulatory Science Division, Shionogi & Co., Ltd

Andrew Vaillant, Chief Scientific Officer, Replicor Inc.

Bernd van Buuren, Chief Executive Officer, Protinhi Therapeutics

Renata Varnaite, Field Application Specialist, North America, Mabtech

Ekaterina Vert-Wong, Vice President, Portfolio & Alliance Management, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Jorge Villacian, Compound Development Leader, Johnson & Johnson Innovation

James Wassil, Chief Operating Officer, Vaxcyte

Ariel Weinberger, Chief Executive Officer, Autonomous Therapeutics

Daniela Weiskopf, Research Assistant Professor, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

Daniel Wolfe, Branch Chief, BARDA CBRN Vaccines, Biomedical Advanced Research And Development Authority

Lauren V Wood, Chief Medical Officer, P.D.S. Biotechnology Corp

Len Yaffe, MD, Stoc*Doc Partners

Justin Yang, Advisor, Global Health Investment Corporation

Justin Yang | Advisor | Global Health Investment Corporation » speaking at Vaccine West Coast

Timur Yarovinsky, VP of Discovery, Director of Immunology, CaroGen Corporation

Lei Zheng, Co-director, Pancreatic Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence Program, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Jiang Zhu, CSO, Uvax Bio