Derese Getnet, PhD, D(ABMM): Derese trained at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and spent a decade in US Army leading multi-functional product development teams and has authored 35+ peer-reviewed publications. As Chief of Wound Infections Dept, at the rank of Major (O4) at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Derese directed the execution and development of novel technologies to defeat combat wound infections throughout the continuum of care After transitioning to the Army Reserves from Active duty, Derese assumed the role of CEO at Simmbion, now Chariot Biosciences, that is pioneering symbiotic biology for a long-lasting therapeutic delivery of treatments.