Elizabeth Nabel

Dr. Nabel is an executive leader at ModeX Therapeutics, which develops innovative immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases. Previously, she served as the president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and was the first ever chief health and medical advisor to the National Football League. Dr. Nabel previously served as director of the National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute where one of her signature advocacy efforts was the development of the Heart Truth campaign featuring the now iconic red dress.

Dr. Nabel is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She has been named one of the nation’s top leaders in medicine by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review, and one of Boston’s 50 most powerful people by Boston magazine. She serves on the boards of Medtronic, Moderna, Lyell, and the Lasker Foundation.

She attended Weill Cornell Medical College and completed her internal medicine and cardiology training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard University.