Rare Disease Day 2018
Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases: Promise and Challenges
Thank you to all who joined us!
First year College of Pharmacy students and Dr. Jim Cloyd
Keynote: Drs. Beau Webber, Michelle Berg, Mark Osborn
Patient Advocacy Group
Q-A moderator, Dr Jakub Tolar
Q-A moderator, Dr Jakub Tolar
Rare Disease Day Research Awardees
Viewing Posters
Erica Barnes co-founder Chloe's Fight Rare Disease Foundation
Keynote Speakers
Beau Webber, PhD
Advancing Next Generation Gene & Cell Therapies for Epidermolysis Bullosa
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Minnesota
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Mark Osborn, PhD
Hematopoietic Lineage Cell Engineering for Rare Diseases
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
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Michelle Berg
Passion, Perspective, and Progress: One Community’s Ongoing Drive to Develop a Potential Gene Therapy for a Rare Pediatric Disease
Vice President, Patient Affairs and Community Engagement, Abeona Therapeutics
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Moderator
Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD
Dean, Medical School, University of Minnesota
Closing Remarks
James Cloyd III, PharmD
Professor, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP), University of Minnesota
Co-Sponsors of Rare Disease Day
Center for Orphan Drug Research
University of Minnesota Medical School Stem Cell Institute