{"673158":{"#nid":"673158","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Pediatric Innovation Network Invited Speaker Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022Learn About What the National Consortium Provides and Opportunities to Collaborate with Children\u0027s National\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.childrensnational.org\/people\/eskandanian-kolaleh\u0022\u003EKolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nVice President and Chief Innovation Officer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nChildren\u2019s National Hospital\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nExecutive Director\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EVirtual event - \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.teams.microsoft.com\/event\/046f1161-4623-4e58-8ea3-f5261eef78f8@482198bb-ae7b-4b25-8b7a-6d7f32faa083\u0022\u003ERegister HERE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P. is Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Children\u2019s National Hospital, reporting to hospital\u2019s Executive Vice President, Physician-In-Chief and Chief Academic Officer. In this capacity, she oversees the Office of Innovation Ventures, the Sheikh Zayed Institute\u2019s R\u0026amp;D operations, and has a leadership role in the development of the Children\u2019s National Research and Innovation Campus (opening 2020).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe is also the executive director of the FDA-funded National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), focused on accelerating the path to market for pediatric devices. Eskandanian works with a large network of small and large businesses, nonprofits and government agencies \u2013addressing the unmet medical needs of children. She is the producer of an annual innovation competition that supports small businesses who demonstrate the ability to address a significant medical need in the pediatric space.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEskandanian\u2019s expertise includes the full spectrum of product development activities, having held management positions at Accenture, a global management consulting firm, where she directed major product launches for clients. Eskandanian is the co-PI on the FDA-funded Global Pediatric Clinical Trials Network grant and the CTSI-CN lead of the Orphan Product Accelerator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEskandanian\u2019s own innovations are in the market space, used by millions. She is the lead inventor of the first-ever adverse event reporting system, initially deployed in a research academic environment. This technology and its derivatives have now been in the market for over 10 years. She has had leadership roles in the development of the first web-based trouble entry management system for a Fortune 100 company in the telecommunications sector. She has been a key contributor in securing over $40 million in government funding for two large research enterprises.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to joining Children\u2019s National, Kolaleh held positions with Intelsat, Accenture and Georgetown University. Her background is in mechanical engineering with a PhD in operations science and an MBA from American University Kogod School of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Learn About What the National Consortium Provides and Opportunities to Collaborate with Children\u0027s National\u0022 - Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P. - Children\u0027s National Hospital\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Learn About What the National Consortium Provides and Opportunities to Collaborate with Children\u0027s National\u0022 - Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., M.B.A., P.M.P. - Children\u0027s National Hospital"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2024-02-26 15:37:37","changed_gmt":"2024-02-28 03:00:32","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-02-29T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-02-29T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-02-29T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-02-29 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-02-29 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-02-29 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Virtual event - see description","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. 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