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class="advisor-supporter-desc">Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs.<br />Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1993.</p> </div> </a> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <a href="/" class="advisor-modal-trigger" onclick="launch_modal('ericVonHippel'); return false"> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-4 col-sm-6 advisor-supporter-block"> <span class="advisor-link">See Bio</span> <div class="advisor-pic-trigger advisor-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/ericVonHippel.jpg);"></div> </div> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-8 col-sm-6 advisor-supporter-block advisor-info"> <h5 class="advisor-supporter-name name-right">Eric von Hippel</h5> <p class="advisor-supporter-desc">Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management.</p> </div> </a> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <a href="/" class="advisor-modal-trigger" onclick="launch_modal('aaronChiechanover'); return false"> <div class="col-xxs-6 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name-left txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Robert Langer</h5> <p class="advisor-supporter-desc txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Professor, MIT.</p> </div> </a> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <a href="/" class="advisor-modal-trigger" onclick="launch_modal('leeFleming'); return false"> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-4 col-sm-6 col-lg-push-6 advisor-supporter-block"> <span class="advisor-link">See Bio</span> <div class="advisor-pic-trigger advisor-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/leeFleming.JPG);"></div> </div> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-8 col-sm-6 col-lg-pull-6 advisor-supporter-block advisor-info"> <h5 class="advisor-supporter-name name-right-xs name-right-sm-md name-left txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Lee Fleming</h5> <p class="advisor-supporter-desc txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Professor, University of California, Berkeley.</p> </div> </a> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <a href="/" 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name-right-xs name-left txt-left-xs txt-right">Maria <nobr>Carmo-Fonseca</nobr></h5> <p class="advisor-supporter-desc txt-left-xs txt-right">Former president, Instituto de Medicina Molecular<br />Professor, FMUL</p> </div> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-4 col-sm-6 col-lg-push-6 advisor-supporter-block"> <div class="supporter-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/alexandre_castro_caldas.jpg);"></div> </div> <div class="col-xxs-6 col-xs-8 col-sm-6 col-lg-pull-6 advisor-supporter-block supporter-info"> <h5 class="advisor-supporter-name name-right-xs name-right-sm-md name-left txt-left-xs txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Alexandre Castro Caldas</h5> <p class="advisor-supporter-desc txt-left-xs txt-left-sm-md txt-right">Professor and Director, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Católica Portuguesa</p> </div> </div> </li>  <li class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4"> <div class="row"> <div 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Strandburg clerked for Judge Richard Cudahy of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.</p> <a href="https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.short_biography&personid=28509" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Website</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="robertLanger" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/robertLanger.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Robert Langer</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Professor, MIT.</p> <p class="modal-p">Prof. Robert Langer is a leading bioengineer and entrepreneur. He is one of 11 Institute Professors at MIT, the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member. Langer is an internationally acclaimed inventor and engineer, with over 2000 patents and published articles. He is pioneer in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and nanotechnology. Langer's research laboratory at MIT is the largest academic biomedical engineering lab in the world, maintaining over $15 million in annual grants and over 100 researchers.</p> <a href="http://web.mit.edu/langerlab/langer.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Website</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="leeFleming" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/leeFleming.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Lee Fleming</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Professor, University of California, Berkeley.</p> <p class="modal-p">Prof. Lee Fleming is a Professor at University of California, Berkeley and the Faculty Director of the Coleman Fung Institute of Engineering Leadership. His research investigates how managers can increase their organization's chances of inventing a breakthrough, through types of collaboration, the integration of scientific and empirical search strategies, and the recombination of diverse technologies.</p> <a href="http://ieor.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/fleming" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Website</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="keldlaursen" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/keld_laursen_1_web.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Keld Laursen</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Professor, Copenhagen Business School.</p> <p class="modal-p">Keld Laursen is a professor of the Economics and Management of Innovation at Copenhagen Business School, where he serves as Head of the Department of Strategy and Innovation. He is also DNV-GL Professor II at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His research focuses on open and distributed innovation processes and on organizational practices and innovation outcomes. He has published in the leading management journal and is widely cited. He serves as a member of the European Research Council (ERC) for Social Sciences and Humanities (SH1) and is also a member of the Executive Board of the Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID).</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="margaridaOliveira" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/margarida_oliveira.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Margarida Oliveira</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Digital communications officer</p> <p class="modal-p">Margarida has studied at the French High School until 2020 and then moved to Denmark to pursue her BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management at Copenhagen Business School. She is now helping Patient Innovation to go above and beyond with our communication strategy.</p> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarida-oliveira-770827206" rel="nofollow">Linkedin</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="gemmaTria" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/gemma_tria_0.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Gemma Tria</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Research Assistant</p> <p class="modal-p">Gemma is from Barcelona. She got her Bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the Universitat de Barcelona where studied a year abroad at Nova de Lisboa’s Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. Gemma also has a Postgraduate degree in Social Assistance and did several courses on personal assistance for people with physical and cognitive disabilities.</p>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="joanaAfonso" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/joana_afonso_0.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Joana Afonso</h4> <p class="modal-position modal-pos-as">Research Assistant</p> <p class="modal-p">Joana holds a degree in General Care Nursing from Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, from which she graduated in 2019. Additionally, she is the CEO and Founder of Careceiver, a care management, training, and information platform for informal caregivers that has been in operation since 2018. She is also a Scientific Reviewer for the Journal of Nursing: Projetar Enfermagem. </p> <p class="modal-p">Joana is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Rehabilitation Nursing at Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz, which she started in 2022, as well as a student of the CLIC 1 Clinical Investigator Course offered by the Association for Professional Training and Research of the University of Aveiro and NOVA Medical School, which she began in 2023.</p>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="carlotaSantos" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/carlota_macedo_santos.jpg);"></div> <h4 class="modal-name">Carlota de Macedo Santos</h4> <p class="modal-p"></p> <p class="modal-p">Carlota is interested in areas like clinical innovation and public health, and is a research assistant at CBS within the European project HealthEConnect.</p> <p class="modal-p">She has a Masters in Biomedical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, and worked for 2 years in Data Strategy & Management at Cerebriu, a Danish start-up that uses Deep Learning to classify diseases in magnetic resonance images to optimize hospital flows in the Radiology department.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="rarissimas" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/rarissimas.png" alt="Logo Raríssimas" title="Raríssimas" /> <p class="modal-p">RARÍSSIMAS – National Association of Mental and Rare Disabilities - was founded in April 2002 with the Mission support patients, families, old friends and everyone who lives closely with rare disabilities.</p> <a href="http://www.rarissimas.pt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.rarissimas.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="alfa1" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/alfa1.png" alt="Logo Alfa 1 Association of Portugal" title="Alfa 1 Association of Portugal" /> <p class="modal-p">This association arises from the need for two families with children " Alfa " to find a way to gather and facilitate the dissemination of updated and credible information in Portuguese, available for anyone interested in the knowledge of Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (Alpha1).</p> <a href="http://www.aa1p.pt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.aa1p.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="laco" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/laco.png" alt="Logo Laço" title="Laço" /> <p class="modal-p">Laço is a non-profit association, founded in 2000 and which aim is to fight against breast cancer in Portugal. Always has sought to support and develop initiatives that provoke a strong impact on the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in Portugal.</p> <a href="http://www.laco.pt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.laco.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="apdp" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/apdp.png" alt="Logo Protective Diabetes Association of Portugal" title="Protective Diabetes Association of Portugal" /> <p class="modal-p">From the historical point of view Protective Diabetes Association of Portugal ( APDP ) was founded in 1926 to deliver insulin at national level to the poor and needy with diabetes.</p> <a href="http://www.apdp.pt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.apdp.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="apcmt" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/apcmt.png" alt="Logo Charcot Marie Tooth Portuguese Association" title="Charcot Marie Tooth Portuguese Association" /> <p class="modal-p">The Association's purpose is to disseminate and sensitize the population in general and the particular medical community about the existence of degenerative disease, Charcot Marie Tooth.</p> <a href="http://www.apcmt.org.pt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.apcmt.org.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="anea" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div 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alt="Logo Salvador Association" title="Salvador Association" /> <p class="modal-p">The Salvador Association, Private Social Solidarity Institution engaged in motor disability field, was founded by Salvador Mendes de Almeida in 2003.</p> <a href="http://www.associacaosalvador.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.associacaosalvador.com</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="apa" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/apa.png" alt="Logo Australian Patients Association" title="Australian Patients Association" /> <p class="modal-p">The Australian Patients Association is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to championing and protecting the rights and interests of patients, and improving overall patient care and health outcomes.</p> <a href="http://www.patients.org.au" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.patients.org.au</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="gaa" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/gaa.png" alt="Logo Genetic Alliance Australia" title="Genetic Alliance Australia" /> <p class="modal-p">Genetic Alliance Australia (formerly AGSA) is a peak umbrella group for rare genetic conditions/diseases, so rare they do not have their own support group. </p> <a href="http://www.geneticalliance.org.au" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.geneticalliance.org.au</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="bipp" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div 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diabetes.</p> <a href="https://www.diabetes.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.diabetes.org.uk</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="love" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/love.png" alt="Logo Association Acts of Love" title="Association Acts of Love" /> <p class="modal-p">Association "Acts of Love" is an association that brings together parents of children with malignant diseases that are treated as part of the "Children's Hospital Zagreb". The main objective of the association is to help and support children suffering from malignant diseases as well as their parents.</p> <a href="http://www.ljubavnadjelu.hr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ljubavnadjelu.hr</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="mrds" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/mrds.png" alt="Logo Malaysian Rare Disorders Society" title="Malaysian Rare Disorders Society" /> <p class="moda-p">Malaysian Rare Disorders Society (MRDS) was formed in 2004, with the help and guidance of the Genetic Unit, Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre. MRDS is a voluntary organization set-up to represent and look out for the welfare of individuals including their families that are affected by rare disorders.</p> <a href="http://www.mrds.org.my" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.mrds.org.my</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="nda" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/nda.png" alt="Logo Nevada Diabetes Association" title="Nevada Diabetes Association" /> <p class="modal-p">The Nevada Diabetes Association is a non-profit organization incorporated in April 1997 by a merger between the Diabetes Educational Center founded in 1980 and the Nevada Children’s Diabetes Association founded in 1996. The organization is an independent diabetes association and is not affiliated with any national diabetes organization.</p> <a href="http://www.diabetesnv.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.diabetesnv.org</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="norbs" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/norbs.png" alt="Logo National Organization for Rare Diseases Serbia" title="National Organization for Rare Diseases Serbia" /> <p class="modal-p">National Organization for Rare Diseases Serbia - NORBS is an alliance of associations dealing with issues of persons with rare diseases and their families , was established on 23 July 2010.</p> <a href="http://www.norbs.rs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.norbs.rs</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="pam" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/pam.png" alt="Logo Psoriasis Association Of Malaysia" title="Psoriasis Association Of Malaysia" /> <p class="modal-p">The Persatuan Psoriasis Malaysia (Psoriasis Association Of Malaysia) is a registered, non-profit, self-help, lay organization of psoriasis sufferers started in 1987 to help improve the life of people with psoriasis and their families.</p> <a href="http://www.psoriasismalaysia.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.psoriasismalaysia.org</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="positivo" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/positivo.png" alt="Logo Rede Positivo" title="Rede Positivo" /> <p class="modal-p">Rede Positivo is a Portuguese Patient community, dedicated to sharing information and to HIV-positive people from diverse backgrounds, sexualities and genders.</p> <a href="http://www.redepositivo.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.redepositivo.org</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="spem" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/spem.png" alt="Logo Portuguese Society for Multiple Sclerosis" title="Portuguese Society for Multiple Sclerosis" /> <p class="modal-p">The Portuguese Society for Multiple Sclerosis (SPEM) is a Private Institution of Social Solidarity established in 1984, whose mission is to contribute to improving the living conditions of people with MS and people with whom they live.</p> <a href="http://www.spem.pt/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.spem.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id="reuma" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <img src="/sites/default/files/pages/reuma.png" alt="Logo Portuguese League against Rheumatic Diseases" title="Portuguese League against Rheumatic Diseases" /> <p class="modal-p">The Portuguese League against Rheumatic Diseases was established in 1982 and is nationwide.</p> <a href="http://www.lpcdr.org.pt/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.lpcdr.org.pt</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="inesViegas" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <div class="team-pic modal-pic" style="background-image:url(/sites/default/files/pages/ines.png);"></div> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button> <h4 class="modal-name">Inês Viegas</h4> <p class="modal-position">Fundarising and Advancement Manager</p> <p class="modal-local">Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics</p>  <p class="modal-p">Inês is the Fundraising and Advancement Manager at Patient Innovation. 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