Speakers

Christina Lopes is the CEO and co-founder of the One Health Company, whose flagship product, FidoCure, uses AI and genomic sequencing to provide personalized treatments for pet dogs with cancer and accelerates the development of lifesaving cancer drugs for humans. Under Christina’s leadership FidoCure has expanded into over 1,350 veterinary clinics around the world and treated more than 5,000 pet dogs with cancer. In partnership with Stanford University’s AI Health leadership, Christina has built the world’s largest and most comprehensive canine cancer dataset, which consists of over 2 billion data points collected from patients in real world environments. Christina has co-authored peer reviewed research in leading scientific journals including Nature Precision Oncology that validate  FidoCure’s personalized cancer treatment efficacy by up to 3X survival times, identify novel indications for existing cancer drugs, and accelerate the development of new cancer drugs via new insights into genomics.

Christina’s work has been featured in the Washington Post, WIRED, STAT, The Times, and many other media outlets around the world. Previously, Christina was Managing Director at Cerberus Capital ($50B AUM) and helped create new financial asset classes in emerging markets. Christina is a graduate of Columbia University, was recognized at the World Economic Forum at Davos as a Young Global Leader, and an Inc. Magazine top 100 female founder. She is a Y-Combinator founder and is backed by leading investment firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Lerer Hippeau. She served as Advisory Board Director to International Planned Parenthood for the Western Hemisphere, which provides 30M health services annually and has previously participated in the United Nations Commission for the Status of Women. Christina is originally from Brazil and now lives in Palo Alto, CA with her two and four legged family.