Thursday, March 28, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote Speaker
Kathy L. Hudson, PhD
Kathy L. Hudson, PhD, is the first CEO of the People-Centered Research Foundation; a nonprofit organization committed to accelerating patient-driven research by leading a large national clinical research network. The network seeks to transform the design, conduct, dissemination, and implementation of research to improve health and health care.
Dr. Hudson is the former Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Hudson led the science policy, legislation, communications, and outreach efforts of the NIH and served as senior advisor to the NIH director. She directed the agency’s efforts to advance biomedical science through policy development and innovative projects and partnerships. Dr. Hudson created major new strategic and scientific initiatives including the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the BRAIN Initiative, the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative, and the Cancer Moonshot. She led the development of major policies that enable science to advance more rapidly including enhancing clinical trials, data sharing, and participation of patients as partners in research. She was the key NIH architect responsible for modernizing the regulations governing research with human subjects.
Dr. Hudson’s professional experience includes serving as the Acting Deputy Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH; the NIH Chief of Staff; the Assistant Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH; and the founder and Director of the Genetics and Public Policy Center at John Hopkins University. Also, at Hopkins, Dr. Hudson was an Associate Professor in the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Hudson holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of California at Berkeley, an MS in Microbiology from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Biology from Carleton College.
