Additional Event Info: | Online | 2026 Spring HRA Members Meeting Agenda
Meeting Info
The Spring 2026 HRA Members Meeting will be held entirely virtually. Sessions will be scheduled across multiple days during the week of April 13, 2026.
Registration is now open!
You must register for each session individually. Zoom registration links are included in the session links below, as well as in the Agenda linked above.
Session Topics
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Engaging and Partnering with Patients in Research Funding and Other Organizational Initiatives
Monday, April 13th, 1:30pm-2:30pm ET
Advancing Research through CDISC-aligned Data Registries and Repositories
Monday, April 13th, 3pm-4pm ET
Professional Development Workshop –
Defending Your Science: Communications Strategies for an Era of Misinformation and AI-Accelerated Noise
Tuesday, April 14th, 12pm-1pm ET
Open Mic: Peer Solutions for Your Research Grant Evaluation Challenges
Tuesday, April 14th, 2pm-3pm ET
Meeting the Moment: Managing the Surge in Grants Applications
Wednesday, April 15th, 1pm-2pm ET
Sustaining The Research Pipeline: Supporting Early Career Investigators in a Changing Funding Landscape
Wednesday, April 15th, 3pm-4pm ET
Science Communication in the Current Information Ecosystem: Navigating Misinformation, Media, and Public Understanding
Thursday, April 16th, 12pm-1pm ET
Thank you to the Spring 2026 Program Committee!
- Mandy Westland, HRA Project Associate
- Michelle McLeod, Arthritis Foundation (co-chair)
- David Leyden, Simons Foundation (co-chair)
- Emily Meyers, Alzheimer’s Association (co-chair)
- Eva Caballero Pindeo, American Heart Association
- Paige Cooper Byas, Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Jacquelyn Crutchley, AACR
- Carolyn Giannopoulos, American Brain Tumor Association
- Elise Hoover, Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
- Tom Jurkiw, Milken Institute
- Wenchi Liang, PCORI
- Kylie McPherson, Misophonia Research Fund
- Saira Mehra, Cure PSP
- Payal Ray, Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation
- Emily Semmel, American Society of Hematology Research Collaborative Data Hub
- Kevin Sia, Doris Duke Foundation