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2025 BioNJ Patient Advocacy Summit

November 17, 2025 @ 8:30 am 2:45 pm

Registration is now closed for this event. We look forward to seeing confirmed registrants on Monday at Bristol Myers Squibb. Please contact Randi Bromberg at RBromberg@BioNJ.org with questions or to be added to the wait list.

Patient Advocacy Summit

The Power of the Patient’s Voice

Monday, November 17, 2025 • 8:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m. 
Bristol Myers Squibb, 3401 Princeton Pike, Lawrence Township

Attendance is only open and free to ALL Patient Advocacy Organizations and R&D company Patient advocacy and government affairs professionals. 

Join us for BioNJ’s 10th Annual Patient Advocacy Summit — a dynamic, educational gathering designed to leave you with new tools to make a meaningful difference on behalf of Patients. This empowering day will bring together Patients, Advocacy Groups, Care Partners, Clinicians, Policymakers and R&D Professionals to connect, share and collaborate around advancing Patient-centered care.

Why Attend?

  • Gain Tools You Can Use — whether you’re helping someone navigate coverage, understand a diagnosis or access treatment.
  • Make Your Voice Heard — join the conversation with healthcare leaders, researchers and policymakers to help shape the future of care from a Patient-first perspective. 
  • Build Your Network — find community among others who truly understand the challenges and rewards of this work. 
  • Be Inspired — through powerful stories of resilience, innovation and progress you’ll leave empowered and ready to take action.

Featuring topics requested by the Patient advocacy community and a diverse roster of speakers, we hope you join us for this important conversation!

Hot Topics on the Agenda:

  • Health Literacy― Helping Patients Understand and Engage in Their Care
  • Regulatory Process ― What Does the FDA Look Like
  • Medicaid in Motion ― Understanding & Managing Evolving Requirements
  • 340B at a Crossroad ― Reform, Transparency & Accountability 
  • Resilience, Reinvention & Relentless Advocacy ― Keynote by Rob Long, Executive Director of Uplifting Athletes

Commissioner Sarah Adelman
New Jersey Department of Human Services

Ruth P. Brogden, MPH
Care Partner & Director
Public Health Programs & Grants Center for Asian Health
& Liver Center
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Michael Calvo
Vice President
Federal Government Affairs
Bristol Myers Squibb

Kim Czubaruk, JD
Vice President, Policy
CancerCare

Jayne Gershkowitz
Chief Patient
Advocate Emerita
Amicus Therapeutics

Christopher Gilligan, M.D.
Chief Medical
& Quality Officer
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Debbie Hart
President & CEO
BioNJ

Erika Kerber, Esq.
President &
Executive Director
Community Health Law Project

Rob Long
Executive Director
Uplifting Athletes

Ian McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Government Affairs & Policy
BioNJ

Catina O’Leary, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Health Literacy Media

Julie Raskin
Co-founder & CEO
Congenital Hyperinsulinism International (CHI)

Judy Saydah
Care Partner for a Child
with Rett Syndrome

William S. Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow & Director
Life Sciences Initiative
The Pioneer Institute

Julie Tierney
Former, Deputy
Director, FDA
Center for Biologics
Evaluation
& Research Principal
Leavitt Partners

Reverend
Kimberly L. Williams
President & CEO
Choose Healthy Life

Attendance is open and free to ALL Patient Advocacy Groups and R&D company Patient advocacy and government affairs professionals. 

3401 Princeton Pike
Lawrence Township, NJ 08648 United States
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