Texas Life Science Forum

2026 Speakers

2026 Speakers and Panelists

Aggarwal, Ankit 2025 photo email LI
Executive Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, JP Morgan
Butler, Bruce - 2025 email
Vice President, Research & Technology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Chatterjee, MBA, Pothik 2025 LI
Executive Director, Digital Health Institute, Rice University and Methodist Hospital
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Founder, Chairman, CEO & Chief Medical Officer, Elixiron Immunotherapeutics; Founder & CEO, NeuroVantix Therapeutics
Doyle, Kristen - 2025 email
Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Eyre, Harris - photo 2026 CO
Executive Director, Global Brain Economy Initiative
Ghosh, Papia - Portrait
Director, Business Development and Commercial Strategy, Strategic Industry Ventures, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vineet Gupta, PhD
Vice President for Innovation & Tech Development & Transfer, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
Khuong, Chau Q. - photo
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, CJNV Bioventures
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Managing Director and Head of Research, Rodman & Renshaw
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Executive Vice President of Regulatory Policy, ELIQUENT Life Sciences
Reale, John (JR) from CO page 2026
Associate Vice President for Industry and New Ventures, Rice University; Executive Director, Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
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Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine; Director, Baylor Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Interim Vice President for Innovation and Chief Innovation Officer, Office of Innovation, Rice University