Engineering Biology for Cure: From the Bench to the Bedside and Beyond

Please join Dr. Diana Farmer and Dr. Aijun Wang as they discuss ways to engineer biology and harness the body’s own stem cells to discover cures for rare diseases. They will explain the exciting but lengthy process of taking an idea from the lab to animal models, to FDA approval, to testing the safety and effectiveness of a new stem cell therapy in human clinical trials. Dr. Farmer and Dr. Wang will also share ideas for future discoveries! 

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Diana Farmer, MD, FACS,  FRCS, FAAP, MASME 

Distinguished Professor and Pearl Stamps Stewart Chair Chair, Department of Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine Surgeon-in-Chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital Founder and Co-Director, Center for Bioengineering in Medicine PI, the CuRe Trial      

Diana L. Farmer, MD, FACS, FRCS, FAAP, MASME, is a recognized leader in pediatric and fetal surgery. Dr. Farmer is known for her surgical treatment of congenital anomalies and her expertise in cancer, airway, and intestinal surgeries in newborns. She is the principal investigator of the CuRe Trial, the world’s first clinical trial using stem cells to treat spina bifida before birth and the first FDA-regulated human trial of stem cell therapy delivered prenatally. The CuRe Phase 1 results were recently published in The Lancet.

Aijun Wang, Ph.D., FAIMBE

Chancellor's Fellow Professor of Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering, Director, Center for Bioengineering in Medicine, Vice Chair for Translational Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Surgery, Principal Investigator, Shriners Children’s, Northern California, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Co-PI, the CuRe Trial

Aijun Wang, Ph.D., FAIMBE, is a Chancellor's Fellow Professor of Surgery and of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is the Vice Chair for Translational Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for the Department of Surgery, Director of the Center for Bioengineering in Medicine (CBM) and the inaugural Dean's Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the UC Davis School of Medicine. He is also a Principal Investigator at the Shriners Children's Northern California.