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Biomedical Innovation Fireside Chat Series: Women in Life Science and Healthcare Entrepreneurship

January 16 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The ITHS Technology Development Center is delighted to kick off the 2025 Biomedical Innovation Fireside Chat series by hosting a panel discussion with three dynamic women who are changemakers in their fields. Join us as we hear about the potential of their current innovative endeavors and take away some inspiration for ourselves!

SESSION ONE: WOMEN IN LIFE SCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
January 16, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Online Event

  • Ruchi Thanawala, MD, MS is a surgeon and informatics expert who co-founded FireFly Lab, a start-up that is helping to reshape surgical education in the US by building a system that is geared toward surgeon and surgical resident workflow.
  • Cathy Robinson, PhD is a researcher at the University of Oregon who has co-founded Keybiome, LLC, a microbiome company that aims to treat diseases of chronic inflammation such as inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Ashley Whitley oversees the Washington Center for Women in Business based in Thurston County, Washington. She invites all to the statewide INSPIRE Women’s Business Conference at the Great Wolf Lodge May 22nd, 2025.
  • Moderated by Melissa Mudd, MPH, Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Alliance Manager at Oregon Health & Science University.

The 5-part 2025 series will be held on Thursdays, 2–3pm Pacific, from January 16–March 13. One registration will sign you up for the whole series.

REGISTER FOR THE SERIES

Biomedical Innovation Fireside Chats is an annual series of free, virtual events hosted via Zoom and recorded for those who can’t attend live. In each session, a regional program leader hosts a panel of biomedical entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. These speakers will highlight their biomedical entrepreneurial journeys and share key information with attendees.

Learn more about the ITHS Technology Development Center:  https://www.iths.org/investigators/services/technology-development-center/

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