April 29, 2026 | NYC
Food Allergy Fund Summit Content
What’s changing in food allergy right now.
Watch conversations from the Summit.
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Meet the 2026 Summit Speakers
* Meet the 2026 Summit Speakers
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Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
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Dr. Becky Kennedy
Founder & CEO, Good Inside
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Dr. Jennifer Wallace
Journalist and New York Times best-selling author of Mattering
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Alice Bast
Founder & CEO, Beyond Celiac
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Dr. David Burkhart
Co-Founder & CEO, Inimmune
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Dr. Scott Commins
William J. Yount Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief for Allergy & Immunology
UNC School of Health -
Bertha Coombs
Fmr Senior Health Care Reporter, CNBC
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Dr. Lou DeGennaro
Former CEO, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society,
Senior Advisor, Vie Ventures -
Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth
Director, Center for Human Immunobiology
Chief of Allergy and Immunology
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine -
Maya Goldman
Health Reporter, Axios
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Tal Golan
Co-Founder & CEO, Anjo.ai
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Ilana Golant
Founder & CEO, Food Allergy Fund
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Dr. David Hill
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine -
Alex Kantrowitz
Founder, Big Technology
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Robyn Lao
ADDE Act
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Dr. Uri Lopatin
CEO, Ukko
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Dr. Ariel Munitz
Professor, The Roberts-Guthman Chair in Immunopharmacology
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University -
Michael Osso
President & CEO, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
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Dr. Samir Patel
President & CEO, Moonlight Therapeutics
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Dr. Nicole Ramsey
Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine -
Dr. Yoni Savir
Associate Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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Thomas Silvera
Co-Founder and CEO,
Elijah-Alavi Foundation, Elijah’s Law -
Dr. Steven St. Peter
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Vie Ventures
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Dr. Mimi Tang
Scientific Founder and Board Director, Prota Therapeutics
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Seth Togal
ADINA Act
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Dr. Yamini Virkud
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of UNC FAI Bioinformatics
UNC School of Health -
Dr. Joseph Zackular
Co-Director, Center for Microbial Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
AGENDA
Welcome Remarks: Food Allergy Fund Mission and Impact
Ilana Golant, Founder & CEO, Food Allergy Fund
Fast-tracking Discovery to Treatment: Repurposing Drugs and Accelerating the Path Forward
Dr. Scott Commins, William J. Yount Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Associate Chief, Allergy & Immunology, UNC School of Health
Dr. Stephanie Eisenbarth, Director, Center for Human Immunobiology; Chief of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Dr. Nicole Ramsey, Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Yamini Virkud, Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director of UNC FAI Bioinformatics, UNC School of Health
Moderator: Bertha Coombs, Fmr. Senior Health Care Reporter, CNBC
A New Funding Model: Venture Philanthropy
Alice Bast, Founder, Beyond Celiac
Dr. Lou DeGennaro, Former CEO, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Senior Advisor, Vie Ventures
Michael Osso, President & CEO, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation
Dr. Steven St. Peter, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Vie Ventures
Moderator: Ilana Golant, Founder & CEO, Food Allergy Fund
Biotech and Translation: Turning Science into Solutions
Presenters:
Dr. David Burkhart, Co-Founder & CEO, Inimmune
Dr. Uri Lopatin, CEO, Ukko
Dr. Samir Patel, President and CEO, Moonlight Therapeutics
Dr. Mimi Tang, Scientific Founder and Board Director, Prota Therapeutics
AI, Immunology, and What Comes Next: Israel’s Startup Nation
Tal Golan, Co-Founder & CEO, Anjo.ai
Dr. Ariel Munitz, Professor, The Roberts-Guthman Chair in Immunopharmacology, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Tel Aviv University
Dr. Yoni Savir, Associate Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Moderator: Alex Kantrowitz, Founder, Big Technology; CNBC Contributor
A Systems-Level Approach to Understanding the Microbiome’s Role in Food Allergy
Dr. David Hill, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Dr. Joseph Zackular, Co-Director, Center for Microbial Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Families Driving Change: From Experience to Policy
Robyn Lao, ADDE Act
Thomas Silvera, Co-Founder & CEO, Elijah-Alavi Foundation; Elijah’s Law
Seth Togal, ADINA Act
Moderator: Maya Goldman, Reporter, Axios
Fireside Chat: Care, Confidence, and the Lived Experience
Dr. Becky Kennedy, Founder & CEO, Good Inside in conversation with Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global