Speakers - Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Speakers

Researchers, clinicians and industry professionals will share a range of perspectives and their latest work into solving Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

  • Bali Pulendran, PhD

    Professor, Stanford University

    The Pulendran lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms by which the innate immune system regulates adaptive immunity and harnessing such mechanisms in the design of novel vaccines.
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  • Headshot of Dr. Carla Rothlin

    Carla Rothlin, PhD

    Professor, Yale University

    Dr. Rothlin’s research focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the regulation of inflammation and the homeostatic control of immune function.
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  • Feng Shao, PhD

    Feng Shao, PhD

    Investigator and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

    Dr. Shao’s laboratory is interested in studying mechanisms of innate immunity (pyroptosis) and its roles in infection and cancer.
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  • Headshot of Ivan Zanoni.

    Ivan Zanoni, PhD

    Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

    Dr. Zanoni’s lab studies innate immune cell biology, with the goal of understanding the earliest events that initiate immunity to infection, or drive the development of immune-mediated diseases.
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July 18-20, 2025

The Ritz-Carlton Oʻahu, Turtle Bay, Kahuku, Hawaiʻi

Registration is open through June 11 for the 2025 Innovations Symposium.

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