Thank you for joining us for the D.C. Food Allergy Fund Summit featuring leading doctors and scientists, celebrity chefs, members of Congress, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and advocates for a day of learning, raising awareness, and funding research. We’re excited to share all of the programming from the Summit below. 

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Food Allergy Fund Mission

Policymakers

Panels

Research Presentations

Entrepreneur Pitches

CHRIS CILLIZZA

CNN Politics Reporter & Editor-at-Large

BIO

Speakers Included

9:00 AM Welcome Remarks: Food Allergy Fund Mission & Impact

• Emcee: Chris Cillizza, Politics Reporter & Editor-at-Large, CNN

• Ilana Golant, Founder & CEO, Food Allergy Fund 

9:30 AM Opening Keynote: Anna Abram, Deputy Commissioner, FDA

10:00 AM Research on the Hill: The Congressional Perspective 

• Remarks by Senator Richard Blumenthal 

• CNN’s Chris Cillizza in conversation with Representative Ro Khanna 

10:30 AM Remarks by Zhaire Smith, NBA Player, Philadelphia 76ers

10:35 AM Research Presentation I: Food Allergy Management During Adolescence

• Dr. Linda Herbert, Director, Psycho-Social Clinical Program; Assistant Professor, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Research Presentation II: Understanding IgE antibodies: Prime Targets for Food Allergy
Treatments

• Dr. Scott Boyd, Director, Boyd Lab for Human Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine; Associate Professor, Pathology 

Research Presentation III: Understanding Food Allergy Better as a Disease Spectrum

• Dr. Wayne Shreffler, Director, Food Allergy Center, Massachusetts General; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School  

10:55 Coffee & Networking Break 

11:10 AM Innovators Rocket Pitch & Discussion 

• Moderator: Allison Aubrey, Food & Health Correspondent, NPR

• Participants: Michelle Lobel, Co-Founder, Bryn Pharma; Michael Nelson, CEO, Intrommune Therapeutics; Dr. Bernat Olle, CEO, Vedanta Biosciences; Dr. Wendy Swanson, Chief Medical Officer, Before Brands

12:00 PM Research Presentation IV: Treating Food Allergy by Erasing IgE Memory Response

• Dr. Xiu-Min Li, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, NYMC

Research Presentation V: The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Food Allergy

• Dr. Rima Rachid, Director of Allergen Immunotheraphy; Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School 

Research Presentation VI: The Microbiome & Food Allergy

• Dr. Gary Wu, Ferdinand G. Weibrod Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Research Presentation VII: Health Disparities in Food Allergy: Serving the Underserved

• Dr. Hemant Sharma, Chief, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Children’s National, Washington DC

12:45 PM Networking Lunch 

1:30 PM The Future of Food Allergy Research

• Moderator: Roni Rabin, Health Reporter, The New York Times

• Panelists: Dr. Scott Boyd, Dr. Linda Herbert, Dr. Hemant Sharma, Dr. Wayne Shreffler 

2:10 PM Food Allergies & The Immune System 

• Moderator: Roni Rabin, Health Reporter, The New York Times

• Panelists: Dr. Xiu-Min Li, Dr. Rima Rachid, Dr. Gary Wu  

2:45 PM Agents of Change: The State of Advocacy 

• Moderator: Gwen Smith, Editor, Allergic Living

• Panelists: Erin Malawer, Executive Director, AllergyStrong, Lianne Mandelbaum, Founder, No Nut Traveler; Mary Vargas, Stein & Vargas LLP; JJ Vulopas, Founder, Land of Can 

3:25 PM Food for Thought: Innovation & Inclusion in the Food Industry 

• Katherine Miller, Vice President, Impact, James Beard Foundation in conversation with Erin McKenna, Author & Founder, Erin McKenna’s Bakery

3:55 PM Closing Remarks

• Ilana Golant

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