Session Abstract – PMWC 2022 Silicon Valley

Track 5 - June 30 11.15 A.M.-12.00 P.M.


Panel

 Session Chair Profile

Ph.D., CSO, Thorne HealthTech

Biography
Dr. Nathan Price is Chief Scientific Officer of Thorne HealthTech (NASDAQ: THRN). Previously he was CEO of Onegevity, an AI health intelligence company that merged with Thorne prior to the IPO in 2021. In 2019, he was named as one of the 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine, and in 2021 he was appointed to the Board on Life Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He spent much of his earlier career as Professor and Associate Director of the Institute for Systems Biology (now on leave), co-director with biotechnology pioneer Lee Hood of the Hood-Price Lab for Systems Biomedicine, and is Affiliate Faculty at the University of Washington in Bioengineering and Computer Science & Engineering. He is a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, received the 2016 Grace A. Goldsmith award for his work pioneering ‘scientific wellness’, was a co-founder of Arivale, and received a Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the National Academy of Medicine in 2020. He has co-authored more than 180 peer-reviewed scientific publications and given over 200 talks and keynotes. He also served as Chair of the NIH Study Section on Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems (MABS).


 Speaker Profile

Co-Founder and CSO, Microbiome Labs

Biography
Mr. Kiran Krishnan is a Research Microbiologist and has been involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 20 years. Kiran established a Clinical Research Organization where he designed and conducted dozens of human clinical trials in human nutrition. Most recently, Kiran is acting as a Co-Founder and the Chief Scientific Officer at Microbiome Labs, a leader in microbiome and probiotic research. He is a frequent lecturer on the Human Microbiome at Medical and Nutrition Conferences. He is an expert guest on National Radio and Satellite radio and has been a guest speaker on several Health Summits as a microbiome expert. He is currently involved in over 18 novel human clinical trials on probiotics and the human microbiome. Kiran is also on the Scientific Advisory Board for 7 other companies in the industry. Kiran has published clinical trials in peer-reviewed, scientific journals and several global patents in his name.


 Speaker Profile

Ph.D., M.P.H, CEO and Co-Founder, Cybele Microbiome

Biography
Nicole is a domain expert in the microbiome and data science with more than 20 years of experience, with the last 6 years in startups doing everything from marketing, business strategy, IP, data analysis, and fundraising. She studied at the University of Michigan and University of Chicago with Dr. Jack Gilbert, and was the first employee at Dr. Rob Knight’s microbiome startup Biota. She is cited more than 3000 times, published in prestigious journals such as Science and Nature, is the author of several book chapters and patents and is an active member of several NSF grant committees. She also serves as an advisor to several other startups in biotech.


 Speaker Profile

Founder and CEO, January AI

Biography
Noosheen Hashemi is a tech veteran, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. Noosheen started January AI to harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to predict, prevent, postpone and manage chronic disease. Noosheen also guides a family office that includes diverse investments in over 100 companies and venture capital funds. She is the founder of the HAND Foundation, focused on supporting scholars and organizations that promote discourse and socioeconomic growth among the disenfranchised. She lives in Silicon Valley.