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Send us Fan Mail Dr. Angeli Möller, Ph. D, is Head of the Data and Integrations Generating Insights Group (DIGI) at Roche ( https://www.roche.com/ ), which is a fascinating group focused on bringing together data & technology from Roche diagnostics and pharma divisions to enable innovation for patients. Previously, Dr. Möller served as Head of Pharma Informatics International at Roche focused...

Send us Fan Mail David Zuniga is Senior Director of In-Space Solutions at Axiom Space ( https://www.axiomspace.com/ ), a space infrastructure developer headquartered in Houston, Texas, which plans human spaceflight for government-funded and commercial astronauts, engaging in in-space research, in-space manufacturing, and space exploration. The company aims to own and operate the world's first...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Brandon Berry, Ph. D. ( https://halo.dlmp.uw.edu/people/brandon-berry/ ) is a postdoctoral researcher in the Kaeberlein Laboratory at University of Washington where his research focuses on how aging and metabolism are linked. Dr. Berry is interested in how mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, contribute to and modulate functional decline that occurs during aging, and he is...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. David Carmouche, MD is Senior Vice President of Omnichannel Care at Walmart, where he leads the fleet of Walmart Health centers, Walmart Health Virtual Care, Walmart’s work to address Social Determinants of Health, and all new omnichannel healthcare offerings ( https://www.walmarthealth.com/ ). He joined Walmart in 2021, bringing a unique combination of provider, payer, and in...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mark Bailey, Ph. D. is the Department Chair of Cyber Intelligence and Data Science (CIDS) at the Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence, and the Co-Director at the Data Science Intelligence Center, at the U.S. National Intelligence University ( https://ni-u.edu/wp/ ). The National Intelligence University (NIU) is a federally chartered research university in Be...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Rita Baranwal, Ph. D. is Senior Vice President of the Energy Systems business unit of Westinghouse Electric Company, which is the nuclear power unit of Westinghouse, where her core focus is in leading the team developing and deploying their AP300 Small Modular Nuclear Reactor ( https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/Portals/0/about-2020/leadership/WEC_Bio_Dr._Rita_Baranwal_JUL22....

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Michael Ott, Ph. D. is Senior Vice President and Chief Research and Development Officer of The Clorox Company ( https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/company/corporate-governance/executive-team/michael-ott/ ). In this role, which he assumed in June 2022, Dr. Ott leads global research and development, and is responsible for product development and innovation, from concept to commerc...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Elica Kyoseva, Ph. D. is the Quantum for Bio Program Director, at Wellcome Leap ( https://wellcomeleap.org/our-team/elicakyoseva/ ), a $40M +$10M program focused on identifying, developing, and demonstrating biology and healthcare applications that will benefit from the quantum computers expected to emerge in the next 3-5 years. Wellcome Leap was established with $300 million...

Send us Fan Mail Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, J.D., CFRE is the Chief Executive Officer of the Alexander Graham Bell Association (AG Bell) for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing ( https://www.agbell.org/ ) and has served in this role since April 2014, guiding the organization in international growth and innovation. Created in 1890, the mission of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Anders Nordström, MD is Ambassador for Global Health at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden ( https://www.government.se/government-of-sweden/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/ ), Member of the Virchow Foundation for Global Health Council and Secretary of the World Health Organization's Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR). A trained physician...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Leroy Hood, MD, Ph. D. ( https://isbscience.org/bio/leroy-hood/ ) is Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer and Professor, at the Institute of Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle, as well as CEO of Phenome Health ( https://phenomehealth.org/ ), a nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering value through health innovation focused on his P4 model of health (Predictive, Preventive, P...

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE DISCLAIMER - At any time during this episode when anyone says Merck, in any context, it shall always be referring to Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Emre Ozcan, Ph. D. is VP, Global Head of Digital Health, at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ( https://www.emdgroup.com/en ), where he brings 15+ years experience in biopharma, med-tech and healthcare consulting with experie...

Send us Fan Mail EPISODE DISCLAIMER - The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the guest and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. Dr. Devi SenGupta, MD, MPhil, is Executive Director of Clinical Development at Gilead Sciences ( https://www.gilead.com/ ), where she leads the company’s HIV cure development program and during her time a...

Send us Fan Mail Helmuth Martin Reisner, is Director, Defense Resolve Department, Ministry Of Defense, Republic Of Estonia ( https://www.kaitseministeerium.ee/en ), where he leads this department at the ministry focused specifically and dedicated to monitoring and improving the defense resolve of both reservists, as well as the general population. With a Master of Arts (Honors), in Politics, from...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Antonio Tataranni, MD is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Life Sciences of PepsiCo ( https://www.pepsico.com/docs/default-source/leadership-bio/drpietroantoniotatarannibiography.pdf?sfvrsn=aa4e9fe6_15 ). As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tataranni oversees all aspects of the company's efforts to protect its global workforce, products, and communities in the fa...

Send us Fan Mail John Bencich is Chief Executive Officer, at Achieve Life Sciences ( https://ir.achievelifesciences.com/ ), a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to addressing the global smoking and nicotine addiction epidemic through the development and commercialization of the drug compound Cytisinicline. Mr. Bencich is an experienced financial executive who has spent over 20 years guidin...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kathryn Huff, Ph. D. ( https://www.energy.gov/ne/person/dr-kathryn-huff ) is Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, where she leads their strategic mission to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, environmental, and economic needs, both realizing the potential of advanced technology, and leveraging the unique role...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Erwin Gianchandani, Ph. D. is Assistant Director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, U.S. National Science Foundation, leading the newly established TIP Directorate ( https://new.nsf.gov/tip/leadership ). The TIP Directorate is focused on harnessing the nation's vast and diverse talent pool to advance critical and emerging technologies, addressing pressing societ...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. S. Indu Rupassara, Ph. D., MBA is Co-Founder, President and CEO, of FruitVaccine ( http://www.fruitvaccine.org/ ), a company developing and manufacturing novel, safe and cost-effective fruit-based vaccines, with a goal of providing immunity against globally problematic infectious diseases. FruitVaccine's lead product is a vaccine which will immunize against the human resp...

Send us Fan Mail Colonel Christopher Grice is the Acting Director, Joint Science and Technology Office, of the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency ( https://www.dtra.mil/ ), a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense (DoD), focused on countering weapons of mass destruction (WMD; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives) and their mission enables...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mang Shi, Ph. D. is a Professor at Sun Yat-sen University ( https://www.sysu.edu.cn/sysuen/ ) in Guangzhou, China, where his research is focused on the genomics of RNA viruses, and his work uses metagenomics and meta-transcriptomics tools for virus discovery and characterization, based on which he has helped re-define the diversity and evolutionary history of the RNA virospher...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Pablo Garcia Tello, Ph. D. is Section Head, New Projects & Initiatives, at the EU Office Of CERN ( https://home.cern/ ), the European Organization for Nuclear Research, an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. As section head of the CERN EU Office he is responsible for developing new EU funded projects and initia...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kyriacos M. Koupparis, Ph. D. is the Head of the Hunger Monitoring Unit at the United Nations World Food Program ( WFP - https://www.wfp.org/ ) where he leads a dynamic team of software engineers, data scientists, and food security analysts utilizing real-time data, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence to track food security globally, to support WFP’s fight agains...

Send us Fan Mail Ambassador Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Ph. D. ( https://www.state.gov/biographies/john-n-nkengasong/ ), is U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, a position he was officially sworn in on June 13, 2022, where he leads, manages, and oversees the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the largest commitment by any nation...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Peter Singer, OC, FRSC ( https://singerp.substack.com/ ) is Special Advisor to the Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, of the World Health Organization where he helps support the Director General to transform WHO into an Organization sharply focused on impact at the country level. Dr. Singer co-chaired the transition team; was the architect of WHO’s strategy and i...