Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine

Biography

Dr.DESIREE COX, MD, PhD – Rhodes Scholar, educated at McGill University, Oxford University and Cambridge University. She has rightly earned her place as a Thought-Leader in healthcare and education and is highly respected health consultant internationally. Her focus is on health innovation, the regulatory aspects of the global stem cell and regenerative medicine, and medical tourism. Dr. Cox has 20+ years in the healthcare field with an impressive career and a rare and unique range of skills and capacities gained from a career that has spanned clinical medicine, academia, research and development, regulatory sciences, health and social enterprise. She has worked in the UK, US, Canada and The Bahamas. Her experience in healthcare consulting includes consulting for biotech companies and major pharmaceutical companies including Amgen, GSK, and Novartis on pipeline therapeutic products and medical devices. Since 2015 she has been spearheading health innovation in The Bahamas and the development of the stem cell and regenerative industry in The Bahamas. She is the Founder and CEO of The HEALinc Health Innovation Incubator (www.thehealinc.com). She is also a Singularity University Social Impact Fellow and Ambassador/License-holder of the recently launched SingularityU Nassau Chapter fostering the use of accelerating/exponential technologies

Research Interest

Stem cell and regenerative medicine, bioethics, exponential technologies, creativity, and 'future-health' education and talent development