Colleen Le Prell

Company: University of Texas at Dallas

Job title: Professor & Department Head, Speech, Language & Hearing

Seminars:

Did it Work? Discussing Viable Clinical Endpoints & Objective Measures to Accurately Assess Drug Efficacy in the Inner Ear 11:40 am

With recent developments and positive clinical results with gene therapy for inherited deafness and great progress with cell therapies and small molecules showing promise as novel therapeutics for common hearing loss. a big question remains – how can you prove that your drug worked if you don’t have a checklist? This workshop will: Uncover objective…Read more

day: Workshop Day

Roundtable Discussion 11:30 am

Discovery Table: Understanding target biology and patient population characteristics, such as genotype-phenotype relations, prevalence and target amenability, for genetic vs acquired hearing disorders Preclinical Table: Developing novel in vitro and in vivo preclinical models beyond mice and replicating the underlying biology of the human inner ear structures Clinical Table: Discussing strategies to optimize clinical trial…Read more

day: Conference Day 2