EU Jean Monnet Project Workshop-Luncheon: Health and Innovation: “Nanotechnology for medicine”

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Wednesday, June 14 | 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Coral Gables Country Club

Under the framework of the EU Jean Monnet Project, European and American experts in Nanotechnology in medicine met with the Miami-Dade Community at large. This panel discussed the impact of nanotechnology on medicine and its implication for the future in healthcare in Europe and in the United States. During the workshop, participants had the opportunity to discover the latest calls on “Nanotechnology” offered by the European Commission under the framework programme for research and innovation, Horizon 2020.

Opening Remarks:

  • Christine I. Caly-Sanchez, Associate Director/Project Manager, Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, FIU
  • Dr. Madhavan Nair, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dept. of Immunology; Director, Institute of Neurolmmune Pharmacology, Associate Dean Bio-Medical Research; Associate VP, NanoMedicine; College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami

Presentations by:

  • Dr. Serge Braun, Chief Scientific Officer, AFM-Telethon, Evry, Member of the French National Academy of Pharmacy (France)
  • Dr. Tarek R. Fadel, Assistant Director, The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA (USA)
  • Dr. Babak Kateb, Founding Chairman of the Board of SBMT, President of Brain Mapping Foundation, Scientific Director of SBMT and Brain Mapping Foundation, Director of National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics, Senior Editor of SBMT-NeuroMapping & Therapeutics, Chairman of Neuroscience-20/G20 Summit Brain Mapping Initiative, Scientific Director and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), California Neurosurgical Institute, CA, USA
  • Viktoria Bodnarova, Regional Representative, Euraxess North America

Moderator and Presenter: Dr. Madhavan Nair, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Dept. of Immunology; Director, Institute of Neurolmmune Pharmacology, Associate Dean Bio-Medical Research; Associate VP, NanoMedicine; College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami (USA)

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