Thursday, April 20, 2017 · 12 - 1pm PDT
The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Dr. La Jolla, CA 92037
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and UC San Diego welcome you to a free patient advocate event about how stem cell therapies are helping patients with unmet medical needs.
Stem cell research is now providing cures and life-changing treatments to patients facing a wide array of diseases and disorders. Learn about the exciting progress being made in stem cell research and what it could mean for you, your family and loved ones.
This meeting is FREE and open to the public. We hope that you'll join us!
Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD - Director of the CIRM UCSD Alpha Stem Cell Clinic
Jennifer Briggs Braswell, PhD - Executive Director Sanford Stem Cell Clinical Center
Jonathan Thomas, PhD, JD - Chair of the CIRM Board
David Higgins, PhD - Patient advocate for Parkinson's disease on CIRM Board
CIRM's mission is to accelerate stem cell treatments to patients with unmet medical needs. California’s stem cell agency was created by the voters of California in 2004 when they passed Proposition 71, which authorized $3 billion in funding for stem cell research in California.