Agenda

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Keynote Address: Jeff Allen, Ph.D.

Jeff Allen, Ph.D. serves as the President and CEO of Friends of Cancer Research (Friends). For over 25 years, Friends has created unique scientific partnerships, accelerated policy change, and supported groundbreaking research to deliver new therapies to patients quickly and safely. As a key thought leader on issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, healthcare, and regulatory policy, he is regularly published in prestigious medical journals and policy publications and has contributed his expertise to the legislative process on multiple occasions. Prior to joining Friends, Jeff was an endocrinology/oncology researcher at the National Institutes of Health and received his Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology from Georgetown University.