Connect With Us at the 2026 ASGCT
Nationwide Children’s is proud to be part of this year’s American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting.
Nationwide Children’s has been a global leader in gene and cell therapy innovation, discovery, and implementation for almost three decades. Learn more about current therapies, research innovation, and connect with our team.
Nationwide Children's Hospital at Booth 1481
Nationwide Children's will have over 40 team members presenting, and networking at this year's conference. Booth 1481 will be homebase; if you're interested in learning more about our program and connecting with experts from gene therapy, cell therapy, oncology, neurology, pharmacy and more, join us at booth 1481!
Attend a Presentation
Here’s where our experts will be speaking and presenting their work at ASGCT 2026:
Monday, May 11
Building a strong research program and early investigator engagement
Allison Bradbury, PhD
1:00 - 1:25pm
Panel: Collaborating with Preclinical Stakeholders – aligning on therapeutic strategies, shared decision making, and de-risking
Allison Bradbury, PhD
1:50 - 2:45pm
Developing Genome Editing to Treat Cystic Fibrosis
Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD
3:10 PM – 3:37 PM
Tuesday, May 12
Overcoming translational hurdles in musculoskeletal gene therapy (chair)
Afrooz Rashnonejad, MS, PhD
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Two systems, one mission: Therapies for pulmonary and GI diseases (Chair)
Sriram Vaidyanathan, PhD
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
How I administer commercial AAV gene therapies for DMD
Kevin Flanigan, MD
8:26 AM - 8:52 AM
Project Management and Mentorship in Research
Afrooz Rashnonejad, MS, PhD
11:33 AM - 11:59 AM
Wednesday, May 13
Future of AI modeling for oligonucleotides
Liubov Gushchina, PhD
8:00 - 8:45 AM
Controls and Outcome Analysis in Rare Disease
Diana Bharucha Goebel, MD
10:41 AM - 11:07 AM
Thursday, May 14
Lessons from DMD, early development to clinic, discovery of the gene to trials
Kevin Flanigan, MD
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Career options for cell and gene therapy researchers
Allison Bradbury, PhD (Panel)
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel Discussion: System Building for Gene Therapies
Kevin Flannigan, MD
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Join Our Team
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Connect with our physician recruiters in person at booth #1481 during exhibit hours.
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Pediatrics Nationwide Magazine published by Nationwide Children’s Hospital to advance the conversation on child health sharing highlights on the latest advances in pediatrics and featuring many clinical and research hot topics being discussed at this year’s meeting.
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Join Our Team
We have a purpose for every passion. Roles for Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors are available on the gene therapy team.
