Michael Kaplan, CEO of the Melanoma Research Alliance, has headed nonprofits and patient advocacy groups across the United States and internationally, as well as managed international and domestic grant-making portfolios focused on disease surveillance, prevention and treatment. In this episode, he shares how his 25 years of experience battling on the front lines of the HIV/AIDS epidemic help him now as he leads the quest to cure melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Listen in as he and Katrin discuss clinical trials, microbiomes, Artificial Intelligence and more.

Dr. David Fajgenbaum, co-founder and Executive Director of the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN), shares his personal battle with this rare disease that almost took his life four times, as well as his tireless research that led to the discovery of a life-saving treatment for himself and other patients.

Are you a hedgehog or a fox? Dr. Dave Reese, executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, discusses the importance of pivoting during a pandemic, improving future drug success rates with big data, and his advice on leadership style for those working to cure diseases. 

How salad dressing and a special summer camp lured EB Research Partnership CEO Michael Hund away from becoming an attorney and into a career in fundraising, eventually leading him into venture philanthropy and the quest to find a cure for children with the rare and excruciating skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa.