Speaker
Allison Proffitt
Editorial Director
Bio-IT World
Allison Proffitt is the editorial director of Bio-IT World and other titles under the
Healthtech Publishing umbrella and the producer of the Breaking Health podcast,
Medtech Talk podcast, and more in the healthcare and healthtech space. She is a
science writer with a background in biology and chemistry, research experience in
cancer biology, and an expanding repertoire in biotech, AI, and battery chemistry.
Previously she worked at Chemical & Engineering News, Modern Drug Discovery,
and Forbes. She has a bachelor’s degree in the communication of science, engineering,
and technology from Vanderbilt U