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#521.1 SS: Spark Stage: Patient Appreciation Session: Celebrating the Patient Voice
Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
Spark Stage
Component Type: Session

The Drug Information Association (DIA) is committed to advancing patient-centered healthcare through collaboration among patients and key stakeholders. This Patient Appreciation Session recognizes the vital contributions of patient advocates to healthcare innovation.

Learning Objectives

Recognize the impact of patient advocates on research, drug development, and healthcare decision-making; Explore opportunities to engage in DIA patient-focused initiatives and collaborations; Strengthen connections among patient advocates and multidisciplinary stakeholders.

Chair

Maria Paula Bautista Acelas, MSC

Speaker

Panelist
Victoria DiBiaso, BSN, MPH, RN

Panelist
Robyn Bent, BSN, MS, RN

Panelist
Gloria Stone, MBA, MS

Panelist
Stacy Hurt, MBA, MHA


Speakers
avatar for Maria Paula Bautista Acelas

Maria Paula Bautista Acelas

Scientific Program Manager, Research Partnerships, DIA, United States
Maria Paula offers expert guidance in scientific content development and project management for DIA’s global research partnerships, meetings, and programs. She is dedicated to advancing impactful, patient-centric scientific content that generates evidence to support the integration... Read More →
avatar for Robyn Bent

Robyn Bent

Director, Patient Focused Drug Development, OCD, CDER, FDA, United States
Robyn Bent, MS, RN, is the director of the Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Program in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). . Ms. Bent also serves as an FDA representative to the Management Committee of the International... Read More →
avatar for Victoria DiBiaso

Victoria DiBiaso

Head of Patient Informed Development & Health Value Translation, Sanofi, France
Vicky has 25+ years of clinical research experience. She holds a Master of Public Health, is a nurse by training. Her work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, she has been recognized as one of the Top 20 Industry Innovators, through integrating patient communities into... Read More →
avatar for Stacy Hurt, MBA, MHA

Stacy Hurt, MBA, MHA

Chief Patient Officer, Parexel, United States
Stacy is a globally recognized advocate in patient communities, ensuring patients/caregivers voice their experience & feedback at early stages to improve drug development. She promotes clinical research accessibility for people with disabilities and equal access to better treatments... Read More →
avatar for Gloria Stone

Gloria Stone

Owner, G. Stone Connections, L.L.C., United States
Tuesday June 16, 2026 11:45am - 12:45pm EDT
Spark Stage The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
  11: Spark Stage, Session

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