PLENARY V: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND IMPACT

Saturday, June 14, 2025

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM HK Time

Location: Grand Hall, L3

Sponsored By

Moderator(s)

Raeka Aiyar, PhD (she/her/hers)

Community Science, LLC, United States
Ya-Wen Chen, PhD (she/her/hers)

Otolaryngology, Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
Evan Lee Graham, PhD (he/him/his)

BioLamina, United States
Christine Wells

Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences
University of Melbourne, Australia

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH IN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
Panelist: Raeka Aiyar, PhD (she/her/hers) – Community Science, LLC
Panelist: Ya-Wen Chen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Panelist: Evan L. Lee Graham, PhD (he/him/his) – BioLamina
Panelist: Christine A. Wells – University of Melbourne
FROM ADVOCACY TO ACCESS: SMA PATIENT VOICES FROM HONG KONG
Moderator: Sophelia Chan, MD – The University of Hong Kong
Patient Panelist: Josy Pui Shan Chow
Patient Panelist: The Ku Family (they/them/theirs)