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COVID-19 Vaccine: What does it take?

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Conncet.JO in partnership with the The Jordanian American Association of D.C. invite you to join us on Friday June 5th to learn more about the research and development of COVID-19 vaccines with Dr. Samir Khleif, and Dr. Adnan Mjalli, moderated by Dr. Raed Samara. Titled “COVID-19 Vaccine: What Does It Take”, the webinar will focus on the science and business aspects of developing a viable COVID-19 vaccine and how it can reach the global mass.

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Meet our Panelists

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Dr. Samir Khleif

Director of The Loop Immuno-Oncology Research Laboratory at the Lombardi Cancer Center

Dr. Khleif is a practicing medical oncologist, a Biomedical Scholar, professor and director of The Loop Immuno-Oncology Research Laboratory at the Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, CEO of Evercare Global Cancer Centers and director of the Global Oncology Research and Impact institute. He is a past member of the ASCO Health Service Committee, Cancer Research Committee, IAC Advisory Group Middle East/Africa Subcommittee, and Community Research Forum Planning Committee.

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Dr. Adnan Mjalli

Executive Chairman of MIG & CEO at High Point Clinical Trails Center

Dr. Mjalli is an internationally recognized entrepreneur in the business of drug discovery and development of new medicines in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He is the founder of TransTech Pharma, LLC and High Point Pharmaceuticals, both of which are drug discovery, development and commercialization companies now under vTv Therapeutics, LLC, High Point Clinical Trials Center (HPCTC) Inc., a clinical trials research and development center that conducts human clinical trials and PharmaCore Inc., a drug manufacturing company. He currently serves as CEO of High Point Clinical Trials Center and Chairman of PharmaCore.

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Meet our Moderator

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Dr. Raed Samara

Associate Director at QIAGEN

Dr. Samara is a global product manager responsible for managing a line of genetic analysis solutions at a biotech company. Raed has extensive commercial and scientific experience in the oncology and immuno-oncology research fields. He received his doctoral degree from Georgetown University in cancer biology focusing on studying the spread of colorectal cancer to the liver, after which he trained in immuno-oncology at the National Cancer Institute studying mechanisms to enhance cancer vaccine efficacies. Raed received his Bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University in Biology & Chemistry.

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In case you have missed our previous webinar with Dr. Samir Khleif, and Dr. Adnan Mjalli you can now watch it on our Youtube channel.

 The webinar focused on the science and business aspects of the development of a viable COVID-19 vaccine and how it can reach the global mass.

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