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2024 Speakers

Mrs. Kim Petrella

Nurse Coordinator
Delaware Perinatal Quality Collaborative
USA

Dr. Sarkawt Hamad

Regenerative Medicine Scientist
University of Cologne
Marga-and-Walter-Boll-Laboratory
for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
Germany

PD Dr. Kurt Pfannkuche

Medical Faculty
University of Cologne
Marga-and-Walter-Boll-Laboratory
for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
Germany

Dr. Essam Abdelalim

Senior Scientist
at Qatar Biomedical
Research Institute (QBRI)
& Associate Professor at HBKU
Qatar

Prof. John Wagner, MD

Director of the Institute
for Cell Gene and Immunotherapies
University of Minnesota
USA

Dr. Gang Bao

Chair of the Department
of Bioengineering and
Foyt Family Professor
Rice University
USA

Prof. Ahmed Elhoboty

Reproductive Medicine &
Ob Gyn Consultant
HealthPlus Abu Dhabi
Fertility Center
UAE

Dr. Jeffrey Miller

Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology
Oncology and Transplantation
University of Minnesota
USA

Dr. Stefano Rivella

Kwame Ohene-Frempong
Chair on Sickle Cell Anemia
& Professor of Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
USA

Dr. Camillo Ricordi

Professor of Surgery
Director of Cell Transplant Center &
Director Emeritus of the Diabetes
Research Institute
USA

Dr. Adrian Teo

Principal Investigator
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
at A*STAR
Assistant Professor
at NUS Medicine
Singapore

Dr. Shahrukh Hashmi

Medical Director (Dean) of Research
at SSMC/Mayo Clinic
Abu Dhabi
UAE

Dr. Anthony Stein

Co-Director, Leukemia Program
Co-Director, Gehr Family Center
for Leukemia Research
Professor, Department of Hematology &
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
City of Hope
USA

Dr. Jacques Galipeau

Don and Marilyn Anderson
Professor in Oncology
Associate Dean for Therapeutics Development
University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin in Madison
USA

Dr. James Ropa

Postdoctoral Fellow
Microbiology and Immunology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
USA

Dr. Arleen Auerbach

Consultant
Rockefeller University
USA

Dr. Nupur Kohli

Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology
Khalifa University
UAE

Dr. Timo Otonkoski, MD, PhD

Professor of Medical
Stem Cell Research
University of Helsinki
Finland

Katriina Aalto-Setälä, Prof. MD, PhD

Professor of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine & Health Technology
Tampere University
Cardiologist
Heart Hospital
Tampere University Hospital
Finland

Dr. Zainab Mohamed AlShareef

Research Team Leader and
Lecturer in Molecular Genetics
at the College of Medicine
University of Sharjah (UOS)
Sharjah, UAE

Dr. Jeroen Rouwkema

Associate Professor
Department of Biomechanical Engineering
University of Twente
Netherlands

Prof. Yoshinori Yoshida

Associate Professor
Center for iPS Cell Research and Application
Kyoto University
Japan

Prof. Nadir Kadri

Assistant Professor
Regenerative Medicine & Tumour Biology
Senior Researcher Specialist
in Stem cells
Karolinksa Institutet, Stockholm
Sweden

Dr. Katarina LeBlanc

Professor of Clinical
Stem Cell Research
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden

Dr. Scott Cooper

Research Associate/Lab Manager
Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Neurological Surgery
USA