Speaker Profile

MBA, Managing Director, Syngap Research Fund

Biography
Mike's son was diagnosed with SYNGAP1 in 2018. He founded the SynGAP Research Fund and continues to lead it as a volunteer. Mike comes from a career in public policy, international development and strategy. Previous roles have included establishing a new program at New America, a DC think tank, Budget Planning at both the Gates Foundation Emerson Collective, healthcare consulting at BCG, developing world university support for the World Bank Group, managing a refugee program for the International Catholic Migration Commission in Zimbabwe, and teaching math in Peace Corps Namibia. Graglia has an MBA from Columbia where he was a Bronfman Fellow, an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies where he was a Soros Fellow, and a BS in mathematics from Gonzaga University, S.J.Graglia lives with his wife Ashley and two sons in Northern California.


 Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley

Track 1 - January 24 9.00 A.M.-4.45 P.M.


Track Co-Chairs:
Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
Peter Marks, FDA

  • PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony
    Pioneer Honoree: Katherine A. High, AskBio
    Pioneer Honoree: Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Piloting Interventional Genomics for Orphan Diseases
    Keynote: Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Accelerated Approval for Small Populations: Biomarkers & Endpoints (PANEL)
    Chair: Peter Marks, FDA
    - Jennifer Puck, UCSF
    - Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Tr1X
    - Katherine A. High, Rockefeller University
    - Jennifer Panagoulias, FAST (Angelman Syndrome Foundation)
    - Timothy Yu, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Novel Clinical Design Approaches in Rare Diseases (PANEL)
    Chair: Adam Shaywitz, Bridge Bio
    - Salvador Rico, Encoded Therapeutics
    - Eric Crombez, Ultragenyx
    - Elizabeth Berri Kravis, Rush University
  • Empowering Patient Advocacy in Rare Disease Therapies (PANEL)
    Chair: Yael Weiss, Mahzi Tx
    - Justin West, KCNT1 Foundation
    - Michael Graglia, Syngap Research Fund
    - Wendy Erler, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
  • Advancing the Frontier: Gene Editing for Rare Diseases (PANEL)
    Chair: Matthew Porteus, Stanford
    - James Chung, Kyverna Therapeutics
    - Lucas Harrington, Mammoth Biosciences
    - Aron Stein, Intellia Therapeutics
  • Advancing the Frontier: Gene and Cell Therapies for Rare Diseases (PANEL)
    Chair: Morten Sogaard, Astellas Gene Therapies
    - Pooja Agarwal, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
    - David Kirn, 4dmt
    - Adrian Veres, Dyno Therapeutics
    - Thomas Wechsler, J&J
  • PMWC Showcase
    - Dominic Borie, Kyverna Therapeutics

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