Barbara Lopez Kunz is the CEO of Caidya with more than 30 years of global leadership across life sciences, clinical research, diagnostics, and public health. Known for strategic foresight and people-centered transformation, she previously served as President and CEO of the Drug Information Association, where she led a digital and organizational transformation that strengthened global regulatory engagement. She also led a multibillion-dollar health and life sciences portfolio at Battelle and held executive roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific and DuPont. Barbara serves on the boards of Werfen, Aptevo Therapeutics, and Children’s National Hospital, and holds advanced credentials in science and corporate governance.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand how leadership decisions shape the success of research and innovation ecosystems, not just individual discoveries.
  2. Recognize the evolving role of academic medical centers in translating science into societal impact.
  3. Identify practical leadership principles for navigating complexity, uncertainty, and scale in research-driven organizations.
Session date: 
04/14/2026 - 10:00am to 11:00am EDT
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  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
    Children's National Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program meets ACPE criteria for 1.00 contact hours.
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Children’s National Hospital designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    Children’s National Hospital will provide 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
  • 1.00 APA
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. All confirmed participants will earn 1.00 CE credits upon successful completion of the learning event and evaluation.
  • 1.00 ASWB
    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Children’s National Hospital is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.
    • 1.50 General
  • 1.00 Participation
    Successful completion of this continuing education activity.
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