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Educate + Amplify

Season 3: Focus on Clinical Trial Diversity

Season 3 of Amplifying Scientific Innovation will feature influential leaders across Big Pharma, Biotech, Patient Communities and Non-Profits who will discuss innovative approaches for reducing health disparities.


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Season 3 Trailer: Amplifying Scientific Innovation

Two-minute trailer that highlights featured guests for the season inclusive of:  Nineteen 1x1 Discussions. Two Panel Discussions on Clinical Trial Diversity  and a Discussion with the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Season 3 will kick off during JPM Week 2021 (January 11-14) with two 5-Member Panel Discussions on innovative approaches for increasing clinical trial diversity, a major focal point for the season and future seasons of the video podcast series

Amplifying Scientific Innovation: Season 3

Guest: Ms. Sandra Amaro, Clinical Trial Diversity Operations Lead, Pfizer

In Episode 8, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Sandra (Sandy) Amaro, Clinical Trial Diversity Operations Lead at Pfizer. Here, Ms. Amaro shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey, industry outlook and her role in advancing clinical trial diversity at Pfizer, one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies. For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-sandra-amaro-trial-lead-pfizer.

Guest: Dr. Del Smith, Co-Founder and CEO, Acclinate

In Episode 7, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Del Smith,  Co-Founder and CEO of Acclinate. Here, Dr. Smith shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey, industry outlook and his company’s unique focus on integrating culture and technology to educate and engage diverse individuals to make informed decisions about clinical trial participation. For full details, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-dr-del-smith-ceo-acclinate

Guest: Ms. Kimberly Richardson, Cancer Survivor, Patient & Advocate

In Episode 6, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Kimberly Richardson, a seven year survivor of ovarian cancer who was recently diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer. Ms. Richardson has served in prominent advocacy roles with organizations such as the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA) and most recently, she is supporting the development of the Survivors Advising Scientist Educational Program (SASEP). Here, Ms. Richardson shares the importance of data-enabled patients, diversity in clinical trials and the critical role that patient advocates play as living experts for the advancement of innovative therapies and diagnostic tools particularly in cancer research.


For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-kim-richardson-cancer-patient

Guest: Dr. Gary Puckrein, CEO, National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF)

In Episode 5, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Gary Puckrein, President and CEO of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF). Here, Dr. Puckrein shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey, industry outlook and his organization’s unique focus on strengthening the capacity of local communities to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness in minority populations. For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-dr-gary-puckrein-ceo-nmqf

Guest: Laurie Cooke, CEO, Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA)

In Episode 4, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Ms. Laurie Cooke, President and CEO of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA). Here, Ms. Cooke shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey, industry outlook and her organization’s unique focus on furthering the advancement and impact of women in the business of healthcare. For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-with-laurie-cooke-ceo-hba

Guest: Kwaku Owusu, Co-Founder & CEO, DrugViu

In Episode 3, Season 3 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Kwaku Owusu, Co-Founder and CEO of DrugViu. Here, Mr. Owusu shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey as a Ghanaian-American, industry outlook and his company’s unique focus on generating the world’s most complete, diverse and inclusive clinical grade data for immunological research.  For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation-kwaku-owusu-ceo-drugviu

JPM Week 2021 2nd Panel on Clinical Trial Diversity

Special panel edition of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast that will focus on innovative approaches for optimizing clinical trial diversity during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, which is the largest and most informative healthcare investment symposium in the industry. Moderated by Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO, The Sophia Consulting Firm. Panel lineup:  

  • Mr. Bert Bruce is the Regional President, North America, Rare Disease at Pfizer, one of the world's premier biopharmaceutical companies. 
  • Dr. Gary A. Puckrein is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation), a not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1998 with the goal of  strengthening the capacity of local communities to eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness in minority populations. 
  • Mr. Craig Lipset is an Advisor and Founder of Clinical Innovation Partners and former Head of Clinical Innovation at Pfizer.
  • Ms. Janet Lynch Lambert is the CEO of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, the leading international advocacy organization dedicated to regenerative medicines and advanced therapies. 
  • Dr. Mimi Huizinga is the VP and Head, US Oncology Medical at Novartis Oncology, a leading global medicines company that is reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.  

For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-and-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovationclinical-trial-diversity-jpm-pt2

JPM Week 2021 1st Panel on Clinical Trial Diversity

Special panel edition of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast that will focus on innovative approaches for optimizing clinical trial diversity during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, which is the largest and most informative healthcare investment symposium in the industry. Moderated by Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO, The Sophia Consulting Firm. Panel lineup: 

  • Dr. Craig Tendler, VP of Clinical Development and Global Medical Affairs, Oncology at Janssen Research and Development, LLC , one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
  • Mr. Brian Loew is the CEO of Inspire.
  • Ms. Kimberly Richardson is a seven year survivor of ovarian cancer who was recently diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer. 
  • Dr. Carmen Guerra is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine and Associate Director of Diversity and Outreach at the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) at the Perelman School of Medicine, Penn.
  • Dr. Del Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Acclinate.  

For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blog...

Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast Season 2

In Episode 1, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President & CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Here, Dr. McMurry-Heath shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey, her focus on supporting Biotech Heroes and Sheroes and her outlook on the life science industry. 

Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast Season 2

Season 2 Recap

Special episode of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation video podcast that showcases analytics, featured companies and definitions of scientific innovation by the 15 guests featured on Season 2.

Guest: Dr. Anjelica Gonzalez, Co-Founder, Aero Therapeutics

In Episode 15, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Anjelica Gonzalez, a Yale Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Co-Founder of Aero Therapeutics. Here, Dr. Gonzalez shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and her company’s unique focus on helping physicians in low-resource settings treat neonatal respiratory issues with their sustainable and cost-effective medical devices.

Guest: Mr. Tan Rasab, CEO, Sigenex

In Episode 14, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Tan Rasab, CEO, Sigenex. Here, Mr. Rasab shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company’s unique focus on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enable personalized clinical genetic testing for everyone everywhere.

Guest: Dr. Doug Manion, CEO, Kleo Pharmaceuticals

In Episode 13, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Doug Manion, CEO, Kleo Pharmaceuticals. Here, Dr. Manion shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company’s unique focus on redefining antibody therapeutics via its synthetic chemistry platform.

Guest: Dr. Sophia Yen, CEO, Pandia Health

In Episode 12, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Sophia Yen, CEO & Co-Founder, Pandia Health and Stanford Clinical Associate Professor. Here, Dr. Yen shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and her company’s unique focus on making women’s lives easier through their cost-effective and accessible health technology platform.

Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast Season 2

Season 2 Trailer

Special episode of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast that showcases the 15 guests that will be featured in Season 2, which will premiere on September 29, 2020 with Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President & CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization.

Guest: Dr. Bruce Levine, Professor At Penn And Co - Founder, Tmunity

In Episode 11, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Bruce Levine, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and Co-Founder of Tmunity Therapeutics. Here, Dr. Levine shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his career dedication to advancing cellular immunotherapies for the greater good of patients all over the world.

Guest: Mr. Patrick Hughes, CCO, CluePoints

In Episode 10, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Patrick Hughes, Chief Commercial Officer, CluePoints. Here, Mr. Hughes shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company's focus unique focus on risk based quality management (RBQM) platform for clinical trial innovation.

Guest: Christian Jones, FRSC, CCO, Nanoform

Sponsored by Nanoform. In Episode 5, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Christian Jones, FRSC, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Nanoform.  Here, Mr. Jones shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; his outlook on the life science industry; and his company's focus on nanotechnology.  #smallispowerful

Guest: Mr. Steve Morris, CEO, BIOLIFE4D

In Episode 9, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Steven Morris, Founder, CEO & President, BIOLIFE4D. Here, Mr. Morris shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company's focus unique focus on 3D bioprinting

Guest: Dr. Derrell Porter, CEO, Cellevolve

In Episode 8, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Derrell Porter, Founder and CEO of Cellevolve Bio. Here, Dr. Porter shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company's unique focus on the commercialization of  innovative therapeutics.

Guest: Dr. Stephanie Manson Brown, VP, Allergan Aesthetics at AbbVie

In Episode 6, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Stephanie Manson Brown, MBBS, MRCS, MFPM, Head of Clinical Development, Allergan Aesthetics at AbbVie. Here, Dr. Manson Brown shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and her company's focus unique focus on aesthetic medicine. #ScienceofAging

Guest: Mr. James Keim, MSW, CEO, MIMOSA Therapeutics

In Episode 7, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. James Keim, CEO of MIMOSA Therapeutics. Here, Mr. Keim shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; outlook on the life science industry; and his company's focus unique focus on nature-based and cloud-based solutions with a specialty focus on psychedelics and mental health.  

Guest: Dr. Ted Love, CEO, Global Blood Therapeutics

In Episode 4, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Ted Love, CEO, Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT). Here, Dr. Love shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; his views on health disparities in sickle cell disease and other diseases that affect underrepresented populations; and his outlook on innovation in the life science industry.

Guest: Joseph (Joe) Payne, CEO, Arcturus

In Episode 2, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Mr. Joseph (Joe) E. Payne. Founder, President & CEO, Arcturus Therapeutics.  Here, Mr. Payne shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey, his company’s focus on advancing novel RNA medicines and his outlook on the life science industry.

Guest: Prof. Oded Shoseyov, Chief Scientist, CollPlant

In Episode 3, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Prof. Oded Shoseyov, Chief Scientist, CollPlant Biotechnologies.  Here, Prof. Shoseyov shares personal anecdotes of his leadership journey; his views on the growing role of plant biotechnology in fields such as regenerative and aesthetic medicine; and his outlook on the life science industry.

Guest: Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, CEO, BIO

In Episode 1, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President & CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Here, Dr. McMurry-Heath shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey, her focus on supporting Biotech Heroes and Sheroes and her outlook on the life science industry.

Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast Season 2

In Episode 1, Season 2 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, President & CEO, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Here, Dr. McMurry-Heath shares personal anecdotes of her leadership journey, her focus on supporting Biotech Heroes and Sheroes and her outlook on the life science industry. 

Amplifying Scientific Innovation Video Podcast Season 1

Season 1 Recap (One Minute Video)

In this special episode, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, the Host and Creator of The Amplifying Scientific #Innovation Podcast, shares her favorite quotes from Season 1. Nine episodes aired between June 17, 2020 and  August 17, 2020. The podcast featured global biotechnology CEOs and senior executives who shared their unique leadership story, corporate vision and industry outlook. Stay tuned for details on Season 2 of the podcast that premieres on September 29, 2020.

Guest: Ross Youngs, CEO, Biosortia Pharmaceuticals

Here, Mr. Youngs shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his CEO journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation via microbiome mining.

Guest: Yehiel Tal, CEO, CollPlant Biotechnology

Here, Mr. Tal shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his CEO journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation via its recombinant human collagen (rhCollagen) technology platform. 

Guest: Dr. Bijan Almassian, CEO, CaroGen Corporation

Here, Dr. Almassian shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his CEO journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation via its Artificial Virus for Infectious Disease and Immuno-Oncology (AVIDIO) platform technology. 

Guest: Dr. Theresa Deisher, CEO, AVM Biotechnology

Here, Dr. Deisher shares her definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of her CEO journey and her company's unique approach to scientific innovation through AVM0703, a repurposed drug that could be the first choice for no-option cancer, autoimmunity and infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Guest: Andrew Satz, CEO, EVQLV

Here, Mr. Satz shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his CEO journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation through the acceleration of biologic therapies with the power of artificial intelligence (A.I.).

Guest: Stella K. Vnook, CEO, Diverse Biotech

Here, Ms. Vnook shares her definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of her CEO journey and her company's unique approach to scientific innovation through its proprietary and patented CUSP platform for cancer research.

Guest: Daniel J. O'Connor, CEO, OncoSec

Here, Mr. O’Connor shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his CEO journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation by pioneering cytokine-based intratumoral immunotherapies.

Guest: Dr. Joseph Geraci, CEO, NetraMark

Here, Dr. Geraci shares his definition of scientific innovation, unique leadership journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation via the provision of Augmented and Quantum Intelligence of Pharmaceutical Companies.

Guest: Mr. Walt Linscott, CBO, Intec Pharma

 Here, Mr. Linscott shares his definition of scientific innovation, personal anecdotes of his leadership journey and his company's unique approach to scientific innovation via its novel drug delivery system, the Accordion Pill.

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