Expert Speaker Faculty

Meet the visionaries shaping the future of pain therapeutics at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit.

Pharma Leaders Driving the Future of Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics
Biotech Innovators Advancing the Next Generation of Pain Medicines
Investors & Strategic Leaders Shaping the Future of Pain Innovation
Academic & Patient Advocacy Leaders Advancing Pain Biology and Clinical Translation

Pharma Leaders Driving the Future of Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics

Headshot of William Housley, Head of Rheumatology Early Discovery at AbbVie, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

William Housley

Head of Rheumatology Early Discovery (Immunology R&D)
AbbVie
Headshot of Peter Borden, Director, Search and Evaluation at AbbVie, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Peter Borden

Director, Search & Evaluation
AbbVie
Headshot of John Markman, Vice President, Global Pain at Eli Lilly, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

John Markman

Vice President, Global Pain
Eli Lilly
Headshot of Stephen Zicha, Senior Director, Neuroscience at Eli Lilly, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Stephen Zicha

Senior Director, Neuroscience
Eli Lilly
Headshot of Florian Jakob, Head of Drug Discovery Engine at Grünenthal, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Florian Jakob

Head of Drug Discovery Engine
Grünenthal
Headshot of Darrell Henze, Executive Director at Merck, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Darrell Henze

Executive Director
Merck
Headshot of Erica Bial, Medical Director, Clinical Development Pain at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Erica Bial

Medical Director, Clinical Development Pain
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Headshot of Kavya Gopal, Senior Vice President and Disease Area Executive for Pain at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Kavya Gopal

Senior Vice President & Disease Area Executive for Pain
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Headshot of Paul Negulescu, Senior Vice President and Disease Area Executive at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Paul Negulescu

Senior Vice President & Disease Area Executive
Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Biotech Innovators Advancing the Next Generation of Pain Medicines

Headshot of Ted Price, Co-Founder of 4E Therapeutics, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Ted Price

Co-Founder
4E Therapeutics
Headshot of James Campbell, President and Chief Scientific Officer at Centrexion, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

James Campbell

President & Chief Scientific Officer
Centrexion
Headshot of James Gilligan, President and Chief Scientific Officer at Entropy Neurodynamics, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Jim Gilligan

President & Chief Scientific Officer
Entropy Neurodynamics (formerly Tryp Therapeutics)
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Bryan Moyer

Senior Vice President, Discovery
Latigo Biotherapeutics
Headshot of Simon Westbrook, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Levicept, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Simon Westbrook

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Levicept
Headshot of Shawn Fatholahi, President and Chief Executive Officer at MAXONA Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Shawn Fatholahi

President & Chief Executive Officer
MAXONA Pharmaceuticals
Headshot of Sigal Meilin, Chief Scientific Officer at MD Biosciences, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

‪Sigal Meilin‬‏

Chief Scientific Officer
MD Biosciences
Headshot of Ana Moreno, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Navega Therapeutics, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Ana Moreno

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Navega Therapeutics
Headshot of Shuai Li, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Shanghai SimR Biotechnology, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Shuai Li

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Shanghai SimR Biotechnology
Headshot of Errol Gould, Vice President, Medical Affairs at TONIX Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Errol Gould

Vice President, Medical Affairs
TONIX Pharmaceuticals
Headshot of Emilio Quetglas, Senior Director, Medical and Clinical Development at Tris Pharma, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Emilio Quetglas

Senior Director, Medical & Clinical Development
Tris Pharma
Headshot of Chris Kenney, Chief Medical Officer at Xenon Pharmaceuticals, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Christopher Kenney

Chief Medical Officer
Xenon Pharmaceuticals

Investors & Strategic Leaders Shaping the Future of Pain Innovation

Headshot of John Dyer, Managing Director at Aquilo, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

John Dyer

Managing Director
Aquilo
Headshot of Jana Obajdin, Analyst at Biogeneration Ventures, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Jana Obajdin

Analyst
Biogeneration Ventures

Vincent Nadeau

Principal
BSquared Capital
Headshot of Roman Camarda, Principal at Novo Holdings, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Roman Camarda

Principal
Novo Holdings

Academic & Patient Advocacy Leaders Advancing Pain Biology and Clinical Translation

Headshot of Cliff Woolf, Director of the FM Kirby Neurobiology Centre at Boston Children’s Hospital, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Clifford Woolf

Director, FM Kirby Neurobiology Centre
Boston Children’s Hospital
Headshot of Bruce Bean, Professor at Harvard Medical School, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Bruce Bean

Professor
Harvard
Headshot of Michael Oshinsky, Director, Office of Preclinical Pain Research at NIH, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Michael Oshinsky

Director, Preclinical Pain Research
NIH
Headshot of Luana Colloca, Interim Chair, Pain and Translational Symptom Science at the University of Maryland, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Luana Colloca

Interim Chair, Pain & Translational Symptom Science
University of Maryland
Headshot of Cindy Steinberg, Director, Policy and Advocacy at US Pain Foundation, speaking at the 2nd Non-Opioid Pain Therapeutics Summit

Cindy Steinberg

Director, Policy & Advocacy
US Pain Foundation
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