FOOD ALLERGY FUND PRESENTS

ANNUAL
INNOVATION
— and —
INVESTMENT
SUMMIT

NEW YORK CITY,
APRIL 30 2025

Join us for an in-person experience, highlighting the latest advancements and cutting-edge developments in food allergy research and innovation in 2025. 

MEET THE SPEAKERS

  • Del Afonso

    Founder & CEO
    Harmony Baby Nutrition

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  • Dr. James Baker

    Director, Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center
    Ruth Dow Doan Professor of Biologic Nanotechnology
    Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
    University of Michigan

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  • Dr. Huw Davies

    Dr. Huw Davies

    VP of Business Development
    Research Products and Services
    Owlstone Medical

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  • Dr. John Fraser

    Founder & CMO
    De Motu Cordis Pty. Ltd

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  • Dr. Daniel Haders II

    CEO and Founder 
    Model Medicines

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  • Dr. Jeffery A. Hubbell

    VP, Life Sciences and Engineering,
    New York University
    Lead, Initiative to Advance Engineering and Health
    Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Professor, Biology
    Professor, Grossman School of Medicine
    New York University

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  • Dr. Nikole Kimes

    Founder & CEO
    Siolta Therapeutics

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  • Dr. Susan Lynch

    Director, Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine 
    Professor of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco

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  • Klaus Martin

    CEO
    Nodal Therapeutics

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  • Dr. Cathryn R. Nagler

    Bunning Family Professor in the Biological Sciences Division, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College
    University of Chicago

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  • Dr. Jessica O’Konek

    William Chandler Swink Research Professor of Allergy, 
    University of Michigan


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  • Dr. Carlotta Ronda

    Principal Investigator, Microbiome Editing Applications
    Innovative Genomics Institute

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  • Dr. Yoni Savir

    Associate Professor
    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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  • Ariana Thacker

    Founder & President
    MoldCo

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  • Dr. Christopher M. Warren

    Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
    Northwestern University

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    Dr. Brian Wong

    President & CEO
    RAPT Therapeutics

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Agenda

9:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks: Food Allergy Fund Mission and Impact
Ilana Golant, Founder & CEO, Food Allergy Fund

9:10 a.m.

Exclusive Media Partnership Announcement

9:15 a.m.

Inaugural FAF Research Retreat Highlights: Novel Technologies & Drug Discovery
Moderator: Dr. Jeffery A. Hubbell, VP, Bioengineering Strategy, NYU Lead,
Initiative to Advance Engineering and Health; Professor, Chemical and 
Biomolecular Engineering, Biology, Grossman School of Medicine, NYU
Dr. Daniel Haders II, Founder & CEO, Model Medicines 
Dr. Carlotta Ronda, Principal Investigator, Microbiome Editing Applications,
Innovative Genomics Institute

9:50 a.m.

Visionaries in Research: Shaping the Future of Food Allergies
Dr. Susan Lynch, Director, Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine 
Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Dr. Yoni Savir, Associate Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (FAF Grantee)
Dr. James Baker, Director, Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center; Ruth Dow Doan Professor of Biologic Nanotechnology, Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, Medical School and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering

10:40 a.m.

Networking Break

11:00 a.m.

Keynote

11:15 a.m.

Game-Changing Devices: Breath Biopsy for Microbiome Diseases & Epinephrine Inhaler
Dr. Huw Davies, VP of Business Development, Research Products and Services, Owlstone Medical
Dr. John Fraser, Founder De Moty Cordis Pty. Ltd, Director ICU, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital (SAWMH), Co-Founder Bivacor, Founder CCRG

Immuno-Modulators: Driving the Future of Immune System Therapy
Klaus Martin, CEO, Nodal Therapeutics
Ariana Thacker, Founder & President, MoldCo
Dr. Brian Wong, President & CEO, RAPT Therapeutics

11:45 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Visionaries in Research: FAF Grantee Research Highlights
Dr. Jessica O’Konek, William Chandler Swink Research Professor of Allergy, University of Michigan (FAF Grantee)
Dr. Cathryn R. Nagler, Bunning Family Professor in the Biological Sciences Division, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago (FAF Grantee)
Dr. Christopher M. Warren, Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology, Northwestern University (FAF Grantee)

2:10 p.m.

Microbiome Exposure & Implications
Del Afonso, Founder & CEO, Harmony Baby Nutrition
Dr. Nikole Kimes,  Founder & CEO, Siolta Therapeutics

2:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Networking Session 

3:00 p.m.

Event Ends