Posts classified under: NTH Leadership

Jo-na Hunt, BS

Jo-na is a Sr Grants & Contracts Analyst in the Whiting School of Engineering’s Business Office at Johns Hopkins University. She began her Grants career in 2016 when she was selected as one of a cohort of 5 (out of 100+ applicants) to be a part of the Johns Hopkins University’s Research Administration Training Program. Her expertise has been gained through submitting and managing multiple grants from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering.  Her portfolio has included a variety of sources and consisted of some of the most complex funding components such as pharma clinical trial contracts, T32 training grants, P30 Center Core Grants, and U54 Cooperative Agreements & Specialized Centers. In addition to a sponsored portfolio, Jo-na also has managed international, Pharma, and Industry awards as well as unit operating budgets and gifts. Jo-na holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University.

Henry Brem, MD

Henry Brem is the Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Department of Neurosurgery, and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief. He also is a professor of Oncology, Ophthalmology, and Biomedical Engineering. Brem received his undergraduate degree from New York University, his medical degree from Harvard, and trained in neurosurgery at Columbia. He has built one of the largest brain tumor research and treatment centers in the world. He has trained numerous researchers who have revolutionized the fields of intraoperative imaging, angiogenesis, immunotherapy, and controlled release polymers for drug delivery to the brain. His work has been continuously funded by the NIH since 1982 and is currently funded by several active grants. He has published over 350 research papers, 57 book chapters, 11 patents, and an H index of 93 with over 35,000 citations.

Dr. Brem is committed to collaboration across disciplines to inspire and facilitate the translation of scientific advances for direct patient benefit. As such, he has helped found Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute and was co-principal investigator of the Johns Hopkins Coulter Foundation “Translational Research Partners Program” which funded innovative biomedical engineering projects across disciplines that have the potential to rapidly develop into useful products for patients. Henry Brem has developed new tools and techniques that have changed the field of neurosurgery. Brem carried out the pivotal clinical study that introduced navigational imaging into the neurosurgical suite. His work led to the FDA’s approval of the first image guidance computer system for intraoperative localization of tumors. Furthermore, he has changed the surgical armamentarium against brain tumors by inventing and developing Gliadel® wafers to intraoperatively deliver chemotherapy to brain tumors.

Robert Storey

Bob Storey is a managing partner at The LaunchPort™, a medtech manufacturing accelerator. He has extensive experience in working with NIH initiatives in innovation and investment. He is one of the eight national portfolio managers for the NIBIB RADx program and has been the sole medical device instructor for the biannual national NIH I-Corps program since its inception in 2014. These activities, combined with operations of LaunchPort, have resulted in the assessment of hundreds of early stage medtech and life sciences companies and technologies each year. Storey’s involvement with Johns Hopkins University and its School of Medicine has included a number of neuroscience and technology deployments. LaunchPort, under Storey’s leadership, will support NeuroTech Harbor’s equitech vision and its innovators.