Join fellow researchers, trainees and clinicians from around the world for the Kenneth Rainin Foundation’s 2025 Innovations Symposium. We’ll gather on July 18-20, 2025, at The Ritz-Carlton O`ahu, Turtle Bay, in Hawai`i to hear the latest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research. This unique event offers inspiration and cross-disciplinary connection to catalyze new ideas and collaborations. Here are three reasons for you and your colleagues to attend.
1. Fuel Your Research Innovations
A robust exchange of ideas and perspectives can inspire new research. This year’s international roster of speakers offers an array of novel insights helping to advance the understanding and treatment of IBD. You’ll hear from:
- Galit Alter, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University
- Bonnie Bassler, PhD, Professor, Princeton University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
- Isaac Chiu, PhD, Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD, Professor, Harvard University
- Elaine Hsiao, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Director, UCLA Goodman Luskin Microbiome Center
- Rustem Ismagilov, PhD, Professor, CalTech
- Liza Konnikova, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Yale University
- Dan Littman, MD, PhD, Professor, New York University
- Laura MacKay, PhD, Professor, University of Melbourne
- Saurabh Mehandru, MD, Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
- Bali Pulendran, PhD, Professor, Stanford University
- Carla Rothlin, PhD, Professor, Yale University
- Feng Shao, PhD, Investigator and Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
Excellent symposium. Really enjoyed the format of an innovative lecture followed by an extensive and very interactive question and answer session.
Garth Swanson, MD, MS, Rush University Medical Center
2. Make New Connections
This annual convening connects you to a dynamic community of researchers and clinicians from academia, government and industry. You’ll join leading and emerging innovators, including members of our Scientific Advisory Board, who are catalyzing groundbreaking advances in IBD. This intimate event provides ample opportunities to engage with peers and form new collaborations. Everyone from established investigators to trainees exploring their own paths in IBD research comes away inspired.
The Symposium is also an opportunity to meet the Rainin Foundation’s Health Program Team. They are eager to hear about your research, discuss our funding opportunities and help facilitate new partnerships.
I really appreciate how the whole thing is organized with great, approachable speakers and opportunities to discuss issues surrounding IBD with brilliant attendees.
2024 Innovations Symposium attendee
3. Add Your Research To Engaging Poster Sessions
You can help invigorate our poster sessions by adding your own research to the mix. These sessions offer an opportunity to showcase your work as you network and learn from others in the field. We welcome abstract submissions by February 28, 2025, from researchers at any career level (trainees to later career) and any sector including academia, industry and government. The Rainin Foundation also offers Travel Awards to students and postdocs who present their research at the event. Applications for Travel Awards are part of the abstract submission process.
