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AGENDA
MAY 10, 2021
10:30 a.m. Introductory remarks – Steven Stice, Ph.D., University of Georgia
10:35 a.m. Keynote Presentation - "Universal Vaccines for Flu and COVID-19" - Ted Ross, Ph.D. - Director, GRA Eminent Scholar of Infectious Diseases, Professor, Animal Health Research Center, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases - University of Georgia
11:05 a.m. Julie Champion, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech
11:20 a.m. Yao Yao, Ph.D. - University of Georgia
11:35 a.m. break
11:45 a.m. Hicham Drissi, Ph.D. - Emory University
12:00 p.m. Breakout "Rooms" on Zoom (links to be provided):
Session A - Making New Drugs (Including Biologics)
Session B - Targeted Drug Delivery
Session C - Longer Acting or Enhanced Drugs
12:30 p.m. Adjourn
REM Vision
Accelerate therapeutic delivery innovation and translation to treat disease. REM’s initiative will achieve this goal, which will position Georgia as a leading innovation hub in this intellectual space and benefit Georgia’s knowledge economy, by fostering interdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborations and supporting research ranging from fundamental to translational to positively impact human health.
REM Mission
The goal of this initiative is to support drug delivery research that has high innovation and potential for translational impact among diverse investigators at Emory, Georgia Tech and University of Georgia in the areas of tissue regeneration, cell therapy, and immune modulation.