Named by Forbes magazine as one of the top 30 young scientists changing the world, Dr. David Fajgenbaum, who is revolutionising the way medical research is conducted, will deliver the Keynote Address at the National Federation of Advanced Information Service's (NFAIS™) 59th Annual Conference, February 26-28, 2017 at Alexandria, VA's Hilton Old Town.
Dr. David Fajgenbaum is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Translational Medicine/Human Genetics and Associate Director of Patient Impact for the Penn Orphan Disease Center at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also the co-founder of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN) and a patient battling a rare and deadly disease – idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease – as a physician-researcher-entrepreneur-patient-advocate.
Between life-threatening relapses, Dr. Fajgenbaum has grown the CDCN into a model for international collaboration and published research that has changed the way Castleman disease is researched and treated. He is currently in his longest remission ever thanks to a precision treatment he identified through his research at Penn that had never been used before for Castleman disease. He also is PI of several clinical and translational research studies into etiology, pathogenesis, and precision medicines for Castleman disease.
Dr. Fajgenbaum has been recognized with the "Rare Champion of Hope: Science Award" by Global Genes, RareVoice Award for Federal Advocacy by EveryLife Foundation, along with the Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list. He received an MBA from The Wharton School as the Kissick Scholar and Mandel Fellow, MD from the Perelman School of Medicine as a 21st Century Gamble Scholar, MSc from the University of Oxford as the 2007 Allbritton Scholar, and a BS from Georgetown University.
The NFAIS 2017 Annual Conference theme, "The Big Pivot: Re-Engineering Scholarly Communication," centers on how innovative technical developments are creating new blueprints for optimizing the way users create, access and use data and information.
The NFAIS Annual conference aims to help attendees collaborate on addressing the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by fast-moving changes in and the overall evolution of scholarly communication and information services. Registration for the NFAIS 2017 Annual Conference is open with Early Bird rates closing on January 9, 2017. In addition, the Conference Hotel's limited block of rooms are available for special discounted rates through February 3, 2017.
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