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After graduation, Portero will become vice president of Partnerships and Innovation at Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator, a nonprofit biotech company focused on developing clinical therapies for ultra-rare diseases. In the U.S., so-called orphan diseases are those conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people. According to Portero, the Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator focuses on the thousands of rare genetic diseases for which a therapy could be sustainably marketed but has failed to attract sufficient interest from traditional investors.
“About a month into my time at Hopkins, I connected with experienced collaborators in my field who wanted to work together to launch the Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator,” Portero explains. “I’m proud to have identified a gap in helping people with orphan diseases and I’m proud of the perseverance it has required to bring this challenging and ambitious mission into reality.”
Jamshidi and Portero will receive their degrees at the Carey Business School commencement ceremony on May 20. Jamshidi will be giving an address on behalf of the Class of 2025.
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After graduation, Portero will become vice president of Partnerships and Innovation at Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator, a nonprofit biotech company focused on developing clinical therapies for ultra-rare diseases. In the U.S., so-called orphan diseases are those conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people. According to Portero, the Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator focuses on the thousands of rare genetic diseases for which a therapy could be sustainably marketed but has failed to attract sufficient interest from traditional investors.
“About a month into my time at Hopkins, I connected with experienced collaborators in my field who wanted to work together to launch the Orphan Therapeutics Accelerator,” Portero explains. “I’m proud to have identified a gap in helping people with orphan diseases and I’m proud of the perseverance it has required to bring this challenging and ambitious mission into reality.”
Jamshidi and Portero will receive their degrees at the Carey Business School commencement ceremony on May 20. Jamshidi will be giving an address on behalf of the Class of 2025.
