Nikki Romanik and Ashish Jha to Present a Dallas Public Health Case Study at INNOVATE ‘26

BioRadar Co-Founders Nikki Romanik and Ashish Jha will speak at INNOVATE ‘26, MassChallenge’s innovation event in Dallas, on Nov. 17.

Their afternoon session is a case study titled “Dallas as a Leader in the New Age of Biotechnology and Public Health.” Nikki, BioRadar’s Co-Founder and President, will present with Dr. Philip Huang, Director of Dallas County Health and Human Services. Ashish, Co-Founder and CEO, will interview them.

The conversation starts with the problem: As AI speeds up biotechnology, it creates new possibilities and new biosecurity risks, and local public health departments are the ones that have to be ready for them. Nikki and Dr. Huang will then describe the wastewater pilot underway in Dallas.

Both founders have led federal pandemic response. Ashish served as White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator. Nikki was Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy.

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