Flash Talks Competition

Flash Talks Competition Featuring early-career scientists from academia and industry to convey their thesis or long-term research project in an engaging way in three minutes or less. Moderator: Caitlin Grzeskowiak, Manager of Science Initiatives, Research!America Judges: Joel Beetsch, PhD, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Eisai, Inc. The Honorable Rush D. Holt, PhD, Former Congressman (D-NJ) Jocelyn Moore, Former Deputy Democratic Staff Director, Senate Committee on Finance Willy Prado, PhD, Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs; Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Nursing and Health Studies, Public Health Sciences, and Psychology, University of Miami Contestants: Jamal Elkhader, PhD Candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine: "Trending now: A "Netflix" approach to Drug Repositioning" Medina Colic, PhD Candidate at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Intern at Merck: "An Avenue for New Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer" Amelia Dunn, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania: "Testing kappa opioids for the treatment of cocaine addiction" Brian S. Canter, PhD Candidate at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School: "Systemic Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer That Spreads to Bone" Kathryn Messina, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Genentech: "Could synthetic polymers end the cold chain?" Jordan Cockfield, PhD Candidate at the University of Notre Dame: "Mapping Out Cell Death in Mobile Cancer Cells" Tyler N. Kambis, PhD Candidate at the University of Nebraska Medical Center: "Using the Wrong Fuel for the Right Job" Lindsay Olita, Protein Chemist NextCure Inc.: "Determination of Endotoxin in Drug Product and the Impact on Patient Safety