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Meeting Info
The Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting was held entirely virtually! Sessions were scheduled across multiple days during the week of March 10, 2025.
Session Topics
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Welcome
Funder Initiatives to Foster Investigator and Community Research Partnerships
Monday, March 10, 12 – 1:30PM ET
Navigating Change: Preparing for Policy Shifts and Their Impact on Research Funding
Monday, March 10, 3 – 4 PM ET
Please note: due to the nature of this topic, the recording of this session will not be posted. Instead, a written summary of the session will be posted as a members-only download.
Professional Development in the Nonprofit Sphere: How to Advance and Grow in Your Position
Tuesday, March 11, 2 – 3PM ET
Learning Community Open House
Tuesday, March 11, 3:30 – 4:30PM ET
Due to the interactive, small group discussion-based nature of this event, the Learning Community Open House was not recorded. View a brief slide deck presented at the beginning of the session here.
The Translational Research Pipeline: Strategies for Funders to Facilitate Bench-to-Bedside Research
Wednesday, March 12, 12 – 1PM ET
The Potential for AI in Discovery Science
Thursday, March 13, 12 – 1PM ET
Thank you to the Spring 2025 Program Committee!
- Mandy Westland, HRA Members Meeting Intern
- Megan Allen, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (co-chair)
- Lindsay Redman Rivera, Health Resources in Action (co-chair)
- Michelle McLeod, Arthritis Foundation (co-chair)
- Stephanie Albin, The Kavli Foundation
- Jennifer Chang, American Brain Tumor Association
- Jacquelyn Crutchley, AACR
- Mackenzie Hinson, The V Foundation for Cancer Research
- Michelle Johnston-Fleece, PCORI
- David Leyden, Simons Foundation
- Wenchi Liang, PCORI
- Nicole Litwin, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
- Julie Logston, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Ana-Rita Mayol, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Angela McCarty, American Heart Association
- Emily Meyers, Alzheimer’s Association
- Michelle Norton, American Epilepsy Society
- Kevin Sia, Doris Duke Foundation
- Caroline Smith, The V Foundation for Cancer Research