KeynoteSpeaker&Honoree

Dr.AnnabelleManalo-Morgan,PhD

A native of Canada, Annabelle Manalo-Morgan, PhD balances life as a scientist, educator, author, and mother of five. An alumni of Dillard University and graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, Dr. Annabelle has completed an NIH clinical trial certification and began her graduate work at Georgetown University in Neuroscience. Dr. Annabelle has a doctorate in Cell and Development Biology from Vanderbilt University and focuses on genetic mutations that mimic the offset effects that chemotherapy has on heart disease. She has presented and published on the resulting cardiotoxicity as well as on the developing cardiac mesothelium. In 2016, Dr. Annabelle savedher own son’s life using a cannabinoid formulation that she created and now pursues the possibilities of implementing cannabis and/or plant compounds into current modern medicine. She served as Tikun Olam USA’s Chief Scientific Officer and started her own company, Masaya Medical Inc. in 2019. She is on the board of directors and the lead scientific officer of a Nasdaq company called Flora Growth Corp. Dr. Annabelle consults on legislation and is lead on multiple clinical trials around the globe at both the government and academia level. While advocating as an international speaker for medical cannabis backed by scientific rigor, Dr. Annabelle’s focus is on a collaborative effort in translational science with contributions towards precision-based medicine. She was selected as a Most Influential Filipina Women in the World 2022, and her book Mighty Flower, has recently published with Forbes Books this February 2023.