2025 ZTTK Global Community Conference

Welcome to day 1

Ada Lio, Executive Director, ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation

Keynote: From Patient to Change-Maker: Hope in Action for Ultra-Rare Disease Treatments

Neena Nizar, PhD, Patient Advocacy Leader, The Jansen's Foundation, ICON

Intro to Genetics and Research Basics

Raymond Belanger Deloge, MS, CGC, Translational Genomic Medicine Specialist, RSZ TNC, Boston Children's Hospital

ZTTK Syndrome: What We Know Today

Erin (Eun-Young) Ahn, PhD, Lead ZTTK Researcher, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Fueling Research with Patient Data

Elli Brimble, MSc, MS, CGC, Head of Clinical Strategy, Citizen Health

Making Drug Development Work for Patients through Patient-Biotech Partnerships

Richard Novak, PhD, CEO & Co-Founder of Unravel Biosciences

Research Panel: Rare Disease Research and Future Opportunities

Erin (Eun-Young) Ahn, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Elli Brimble, MSc, MS, CGC, Citizen Health, Maya Chopra, MBBS, FRACP, Boston Children's Hospital, Richard Novak, PhD, Unravel Biosciences, Tim Yu, MD, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital, Moderated by Nathan Guo, ZTTK Dad & Patient Advocate

Day 2 Opening Remarks

Shannon Boyle, President, ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation

Centering Your Good: Balance hopes and expectations

Jennifer Siedman, MEd, Courageous Parents Network

Parent Panel: Navigating the ZTTK journey

ZTTK Families

Day 2 Closing Remarks

Kerry Tirrell, Vice President, ZTTK SON-Shine Foundation

Thank  you for joining! Stay tuned for our next conference!

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