ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

Join the National Institutes of Health on Monday, December 11, at 7:00 a.m. P.T. at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Pacific Ballroom Salons 15-17 for “Funding Innovations in Hematology through the NIH Small Business Programs.”

This free educational session, which will be held in parallel with the 2023 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, will feature short presentations about funding opportunities and entrepreneurial resources from program officers representing the following Institutes:

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Attendees will also hear from the following company representatives who have successfully leveraged the small business grant program to develop their technologies through a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Steve Flaim, NHLBI Investor-in-Residence:

• Umut Gurkan, Ph.D.
  • Co-Founder and Director of Technology, BioChip Labs,
  • Chief Scientist of Microfabrication, Hemex Health,
  • Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
• Chorom Pak, Ph.D.
  • President and CEO of Lynx Biosciences
• Eileen Westerman
  • CEO of Intrinsic LifeSciences