Agenda

Autoimmunity Meets Innovation: Drugs and Devices

Thursday, April 1, 2027, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Check-in and Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome Remarks

9:00 AM ET

Welcome Remarks
Megan Prescott, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Address

9:15 AM

Keynote Address
Brian Kim, MD, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai

10:00 AM - 10:35 AM
Networking Break
10:35 AM - 12:05 PM
​​​​​​​Session I: Neural Interventions That Modulate the Immune System

10:35 AM

TBD

11:05 AM

The effect of 40 Hertz Gamma on Immune Responses in Alzheimer’s
Li-Huei Tsai, PhD, MIT

11:35 AM

TBD

12:05 PM - 12:30 PM
Session II: Short Talks
12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Networking Lunch and Poster Session
1:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Session III: Mechanisms of Neuroimmune Modulation

1:50 PM

Neuromodulation of Immunity
Anna Globig, MD,
Allen Institute

2:20 PM

Neuro-modulation of Cell Trafficking in Multiple Sclerosis
Larry Steinman, MD,
Stanford University

2:50 PM

Sensory Mechanisms of Immunity
Xinzhong Dong, PhD
, Johns Hopkins University

3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
Networking Break
3:55 PM - 4:25 PM
Session IV: Industry Updates

3:55 PM

Reprogramming the Immune System
Adam Elhofy, PhD,
COUR Pharmaceuticals

4:10 PM

FDA Approval and Clinical Trial Results of the Set Point System for Rheumatoid Arthritis
David Chernoff, MD,
SetPoint Medical

4:25 PM - 5:05 PM
Session V: From Models to Patients: Clinical Development of Bioelectronic Medicine

4:25 PM

Moderator: Kevin Tracey, MD, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

 

Panelists: 

Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research  

Chris Puleo, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   

Li-Huei Tsai, PhD, MIT 

5:05 PM - 5:15 PM
Closing Remarks

5:05 PM

Closing Remarks
Megan Prescott, PhD,
The New York Academy of Sciences

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Deadline: January 28, 2027

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