DxA Investigator Day 2024

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 | 8am – 3:30pm
Lisbon, Portugal
By Invitation Only
AD/PD Registration Required

DxA Investigator Day will highlight innovative and promising research from several of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s (ADDF) scientists funded through the Diagnostics Accelerator (DxA). This full-day symposium aims to facilitate networking and collaboration among our groundbreaking scientists as their research forges the path towards a combination therapy and precision medicine approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease.

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Speakers

Nicholas Ashton, PhD
Nicholas Ashton, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurochemistry at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at the University Gothenburg (Sweden)

Rhoda Au, PhD
Rhoda Au, PhD

Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology and Epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Health Systems Innovation and Policy at the Questrom School of Business, and Director of Neuropsychology at the Framingham Heart Study

Marta Barrachina, PhD, MBA
Marta Barrachina, PhD, MBA

CEO, Co-Founder & Chairman of The Board of Directors of ADmit Therapeutics

Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD
Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD

Professor and Academic Chair in Clinical Neurochemistry at University of Gothenburg, and Head of the Clinical Neurochemistry Lab at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sweden)

Niranjan Bose, PhD, MS, B Pharm
Niranjan Bose, PhD, MS, B Pharm

Managing Director of Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures

Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA
Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA

CEO and Co-Founder of C2N Diagnostics

Mylea Charvat, PhD
Mylea Charvat, PhD

Chief Medical Officer at Altoida

Jeffrey Dage, PhD
Jeffrey Dage, PhD

Senior Research Professor of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and Primary Member of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute

Robert A. Dean, MD, PhD
Robert A. Dean, MD, PhD

Consulting Pathologist at Robert A. Dean Consulting, LLC and Adjunct Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Erez Eitan, PhD, MBA
Erez Eitan, PhD, MBA

Chief Scientific Officer and Founding Scientist at NeuroDex

Howard Fillit, MD
Howard Fillit, MD

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Dilraj Grewal, MD
Dilraj Grewal, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Duke Eye Center

Andreas Jeromin, PhD
Andreas Jeromin, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer at ALZpath

Marc Jones, MS
Marc Jones, MS

CEO of Altoida

Lampros Kourtis, PhD, MSc
Lampros Kourtis, PhD, MSc

Program Director of SpeechDx, and Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Chronicles Health

Steven Krein, JD
Steven Krein, JD

CEO and Co-Founder of StartUp Health

Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS
Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS

Professor and Klorfine Family Chair of Ophthalmology at University of Washington

Nicklas Linz, PhD
Nicklas Linz, PhD

CEO and Co-Founder at ki:elements

Laura Nisenbaum, PhD, MS
Laura Nisenbaum, PhD, MS

Executive Director of Drug Development at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Mark Roithmayr
Mark Roithmayr

CEO of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD
Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Altoida, and Expert Evaluator for Brain & Mental Health and Digital Biomarkers at EIT Health

Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD
Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Altoida, and Expert Evaluator for Brain & Mental Health and Digital Biomarkers at EIT Health

Charlotte Teunissen, PhD
Charlotte Teunissen, PhD

Professor of Neurochemistry and Chair of the Neurochemistry Lab at Amsterdam UMC

Manu Vandijck
Manu Vandijck

Product Development Manager at Fujirebio Europe NV

Joseph M. Volpe, PhD
Joseph M. Volpe, PhD

Business Segment and Discipline Director of Neurology at Labcorp

Svenja Wacker, PhD
Svenja Wacker, PhD

Science Director of Neuropsychology Business Development at Cogstate

Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and University College London (UK), and a Clinical Chemist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sweden)

Nicholas Ashton, PhD
Nicholas Ashton, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurochemistry at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry at the University Gothenburg (Sweden)

Rhoda Au, PhD
Rhoda Au, PhD

Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology and Epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Health Systems Innovation and Policy at the Questrom School of Business, and Director of Neuropsychology at the Framingham Heart Study

Marta Barrachina, PhD, MBA
Marta Barrachina, PhD, MBA

CEO, Co-Founder & Chairman of The Board of Directors of ADmit Therapeutics

Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD
Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD

Professor and Academic Chair in Clinical Neurochemistry at University of Gothenburg, and Head of the Clinical Neurochemistry Lab at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sweden)

Niranjan Bose, PhD, MS, B Pharm
Niranjan Bose, PhD, MS, B Pharm

Managing Director of Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures

Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA
Joel Braunstein, MD, MBA

CEO and Co-Founder of C2N Diagnostics

Mylea Charvat, PhD
Mylea Charvat, PhD

Chief Medical Officer at Altoida

Jeffrey Dage, PhD
Jeffrey Dage, PhD

Senior Research Professor of Neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine and Primary Member of Stark Neurosciences Research Institute

Robert A. Dean, MD, PhD
Robert A. Dean, MD, PhD

Consulting Pathologist at Robert A. Dean Consulting, LLC and Adjunct Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Erez Eitan, PhD, MBA
Erez Eitan, PhD, MBA

Chief Scientific Officer and Founding Scientist at NeuroDex

Howard Fillit, MD
Howard Fillit, MD

Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Dilraj Grewal, MD
Dilraj Grewal, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Duke Eye Center

Andreas Jeromin, PhD
Andreas Jeromin, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer at ALZpath

Marc Jones, MS
Marc Jones, MS

CEO of Altoida

Lampros Kourtis, PhD, MSc
Lampros Kourtis, PhD, MSc

Program Director of SpeechDx, and Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer at Chronicles Health

Steven Krein, JD
Steven Krein, JD

CEO and Co-Founder of StartUp Health

Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS
Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS

Professor and Klorfine Family Chair of Ophthalmology at University of Washington

Nicklas Linz, PhD
Nicklas Linz, PhD

CEO and Co-Founder at ki:elements

Laura Nisenbaum, PhD, MS
Laura Nisenbaum, PhD, MS

Executive Director of Drug Development at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Mark Roithmayr
Mark Roithmayr

CEO of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF)

Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD
Ioannis Tarnanas, PhD

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Altoida, and Expert Evaluator for Brain & Mental Health and Digital Biomarkers at EIT Health

Charlotte Teunissen, PhD
Charlotte Teunissen, PhD

Professor of Neurochemistry and Chair of the Neurochemistry Lab at Amsterdam UMC

Manu Vandijck
Manu Vandijck

Product Development Manager at Fujirebio Europe NV

Joseph M. Volpe, PhD
Joseph M. Volpe, PhD

Business Segment and Discipline Director of Neurology at Labcorp

Svenja Wacker, PhD
Svenja Wacker, PhD

Science Director of Neuropsychology Business Development at Cogstate

Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD
Henrik Zetterberg, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurochemistry at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) and University College London (UK), and a Clinical Chemist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sweden)

Agenda At-A-Glance

Networking luncheon at 11:25am.

Morning Session

8:00 - 11:25am
Session I:
Breakfast poster session, presentations from DxA-funded investigators and an industry expert-led panel

Afternoon Session

12:25 - 3:30pm
Session II:
Presentations from DxA-funded investigators, an industry expert-led panel, and a lightning round

At the Lisbon Congress Centre
Lisbon, Portugal

Praça das Indústrias 1, 1300-307 Lisboa, Portugal

This year’s DxA Investigator Day will take place at the Lisbon Congress Centre (CCL).  

Registration Location: Level 1 | Auditorium II 

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