2016 Speaker List
Gyorgy
Abel, M.D.,
Ph.D., Dir Clinical Chemistry, Pathology & Lab Med, Lahey Hospital & Medical Ctr
Edward
Abrahams, Ph.D.,
President, Personalized Medicine Coalition
Chrystal
Adams, Asst
VP, Product Marketing, XIFIN, Inc.
Daniel
Adams, Sr
Research Scientist, Creatv MicroTech, Inc.
Ajay
Agarwal, Head,
UltraMobile Product Mgmt & Marketing,
Philips Healthcare
Mohit
Agnihotri, Assoc Dir, NBR IT, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc.
Nishant
Agrawal, Prof
& Dir Surgery, Head & Neck
Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Ingrid
Akerblom, Ph.D.,
Exec Dir Analytics, Collaboration & User Experience, Amgen, Inc.
Mark
Akeson, Assoc
Adjunct Prof, Ctr for Biomolecular
Science & Engineering, Univ Of
California Santa Cruz
Rosemary
Akhurst, Prof
in Residence, Comprehensive Cancer Ctr,
Univ of California San Francisco
Satnam Alag, Ph.D., Vice President, Software Development, Enterprise Informatics
Gregory
Alberts, Global
Subject Matter Expert, Lonza Walkersville,
Inc.
Mary
Alikian, Research
Asst, Ctr for Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital
Catherine
Alix-Panabieres, Assoc Prof & Dir Lab Rare Human Circulating Cells, Cellular & Tissular Biopathology of Tumors,
Institut Univ de Recherche Clinique IURC
Stephen Andrews, Ph.D., CSO, AboGen
Ash
Alizadeh, Asst
Prof, Oncology, Stanford Univ
Robert
Anders, Ph.D.,
M.D., Assoc Prof, Pathology, Johns
Hopkins Univ
Stephen
Andrews, CSO,
AboGen, Inc.
Bernard
Andruss, Ph.D.,
VP Diagnostic Dev, Diagnostic Dev, Asuragen,
Inc.
Donald
Apanovitch, Head Functional Genomics & Biolomics, Functional Genomics & Biolomics, Pfizer, Inc.
Akwasi
Apori, CEO
& CoFounder, Correlia Biosystems
Patrick
Arensdorf, PrInc.ipal, Halteres Associates LLC
Tom
Arneman, VP,
Informatics, PerkinElmer
Mara
Aspinall, Exec
Chairman, GenePeeks
Chloe
Atreya, Asst
Clinical Prof, Gastrointestinal Oncology
Program, Univ of California San Francisco
Steven
Averbuch, VP
Dev Oncology & Pharmacodiagnostics, Dev
Oncology & Pharmacodiagnostics, Bristol
Myers Squibb Co
Victoria Lin
Bae-Jump, Asst
Prof, Clinical Research & Gynecologic
Oncology Program, Univ Of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Leonora
Balaj, Ph.D.,
Research Fellow, Neurology, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Sharmila
Bapat, Independent
Project Investigator and Group Head, National
Ctr for Cell Science, Univ Of Pune
David
Barkan, Investigator
II, Infectious Diseases, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research
Michael
Bassik, Asst
Prof, Genetics, Stanford Univ
Keith
Batchelder, M.D., CEO & Founder, Genomic Healthcare Strategies
Joseph M. Beechem, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Research & Development, NanoString Technologies
John
Beeler, VP
Bus Dev, Bus Dev, Inivata
Piraye Beim, Founder
& CEO, Celmatix, Inc.
Michael
Berger, Ph.D.,
Assoc Dir, Marie Josee & Henry R Kravi Ctr, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr
Chetan
Bettegowda, Asst Prof, Neurological Surgery,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Gabriel
Bien-Willner, Medical Dir, MolecularHealth, Inc.
William
Biggs III, Ph.D., Head, Sequencing Operations, Human Longevity, Inc.
Farideh
Bischoff, Exec
Dir Scientific Affairs, Scientific
Affairs, Silicon Biosystems
Mina
Bissell, Distinguished
Scientist, Life Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab
Kenneth
Bloom, M.D.,
CMO, Clarient,
Inc.
Christian
Blumenroehr, Senior Scientist, Innovation Ctr,
F Hoffmann La Roche AG
Robert
Boland, Assoc
Dir Emerging Science & Innovation Strategy, Emerging Science & Innovation Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
Dirk
Brockstedt, Ph.D., Sr VP R&D, R&D, Aduro
BioTech, Inc.
Andrew
Brooks, Ph.D.,
COO RUCDR Infinite Biologics & Assoc Prof,
Genetics, Rutgers
Univ
Wesley Buckingham, Manager, Diagnostic Assay Development, NanoString Technologies
Kenneth
Buetow, Ph.D.,
Dir & Prof, Computational Science & Informatics Core, Arizona State Univ
Brian
Burke, Ph.D.,
Head, Bus
Dev, Horizon Discovery Ltd
Benjamin
Busby, Coordinator,
Genomics Outreach, NIH NCBI
Susan
Butler-Wu, Assoc Prof Clinical Pathology & Dir, Clinical Microbiology, Univ of
Southern California
Atul
Butte, M.D.,
Ph.D., Prof, Pediatrics, Univ
of California San Francisco
Lisa
Butterfield, Prof Medicine Surgery & Immunology, Research Pavilion, Univ of
Pittsburgh
Martina
Canestraro, Research Scientist, Preclinical
Biology, Immunocore Ltd
Alan
Carter, Consultant,
Sales Talent Optimization, Sales Performance Intl
Benjamin
Casavant, VP
Operations, Operations, Tasso, Inc.
C Thomas
Caskey, Prof,
Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Lon
Castle, M.D.,
CMO, Molecular
Genetics & Personalized Medicine, CareCore
Natl LLC
Arijit
Chakravarty, Ph.D., Head & Dir Modeling &
Simulation, Modeling & Simulation,
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Chester
Chamberlain, Assoc Specialist, Diabetes Ctr,
Univ of California San Francisco
Mark
Chance, Vice
Dean & Dir, Proteomics & Bioinformatics,
Case Western Reserve Univ
Ken
Chang, Ph.D.,
Clinical Assay Dev & Outsourcing Lead,
Clinical Biomarkers & Diagnostics, Merck & Co
Kyle
Chard, Sr
Researcher & Fellow, Computation
Institute, Univ of Chicago
Christopher
Cheadle, Dir
Genomics Research, R&D Solutions,
Elsevier, Inc.
Sidi
Chen, Asst
Prof Genetics & Cancer & Stem Cell Ctr, Integrated Science & Technology Ctr, Yale Univ
Elaine
Cheung, Dir
Strategic Partnerships, Strategic
Partnerships, Illumina, Inc.
Jesus
Ching, CTO,
Coyote Bio
Charles
Chiu, M.D.,
Ph.D., Assoc Prof, Lab Medicine, Univ
of California San Francisco
Wendy
Chung, Assoc
Prof, Pediatrics & Molecular Genetics,
Columbia Univ
B Melina
Cimler, Ph.D.,
Sr VP Regulatory & Quality, Regulatory & Quality, Adaptive Biotechnologies
Anderson
Clark, Dir
Translational In Vivo Pharmacology, Oncology
TIP, EMD Serono R&D Institute
Thomas
Cohen, CoFounder
& CEO, Nanopore Diagnostics LLC
Kevin
Coker, CEO,
MolecularMatch
Matthew
Coleman, Ph.D.,
Sr Scientist, Physics & Life Sciences, Lawrence
Livermore Natl Lab
Bruce
Conklin, Sr
Investigator & Prof, Medical Genetics,
Univ of California San Francisco
Chris
Connelly, Ph.D.,
R&D Scientific Mgr, Molecular Technology, Streck, Inc.
Bill
Cook, President,
WECA
Peter
Covitz, Sr
Dir Research & Translational IT, Research
& Translational IT, Biogen
Ian
Cree, Prof,
Pathology, Univ Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire
Leslie
Crews, Ph.D.,
Asst Project Scientist, Catriona Jamieson Labs, Univ of California San Diego
Pieter R. Cullis, Ph.D., FRSC, Chair, Personalized Medicine Initiative,
Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia
Mark
Curran, Ph.D.,
VP Systems Pharmacology & Biomarkers,
Immunology Therapeutic Area, Janssen R&D LLC
Colleen
Cutcliffe, CEO & Co Founder, Whole Biome, Inc.
Robert
Daber, VP
Genomics Operations & Dev, Lab
Medicine, BioReference Labs
Peter
Dailey, Sr
Technical Officer, Foundation for
Innovative New Diagnostics
William
Dalton, M.D.,
Ph.D., CEO, M2Gen
Stephen
Dann, Scientist,
Oncology Research Unit, Pfizer, Inc.
Ronald
Davis, Prof,
Biochemistry & Genetics, Stanford Univ
Brady
Davis, Sr
Dir Market Dev, Enterprise Informatics,
Illumina, Inc.
Ramana
Davuluri, Ph.D.,
Prof Preventive Medicine, Health & Biomedical Informatics, Northwestern Univ
Wulan
Deng, Graduate
Student, Univ of Pennsylvania
Jerome
Denis, Scientist,
Biochemistry & Oncology, Hopital de la Pitie Salpetriere
Nilesh
Dharajiya, M.D., Chief Lab Officer &
Medical Dir, Pathway Genomics Corp
Luis
Diaz, M.D.,
Assoc Prof, Oncology & Cancer Biology, Johns
Hopkins Univ
Mischa
Dick, VP,
Healthcare Excellence Institut
Paul
Diehl, Ph.D.,
Dir Marketing & Bus Dev, Marketing & Bus Dev, Cellecta, Inc.
Maximilian
Diehn, M.D.,
Ph.D., Asst Prof, Radiation Oncology, Stanford Univ
Jennifer
Dien Bard, Dir Clinical Microbiology Lab, Pathology
& Lab Medicine, Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles
Peter
DiLaura, President
& CEO, Second Genome, Inc.
Brad
Dispensa, Sr
Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Svcs LLC
Anna
Dixon, Mgr,
Research, Atlas
Genetics
John
Doench, Assoc
Dir, Genetic Perturbation Platform,
Broad Institute
Jay
Dorsey, Asst
Prof, Radiation Onoclogy, Univ Of Pennsylvania
Thomas
Dubensky Jr, CSO, Aduro BioTech, Inc.
Philippe
Duchateau, CSO, Cellectis SA
Eric
Duncavage, M.D., Asst Prof, Pathology & Immunology, Washington Univ
Jessica Dunne, Painter & Artist, San Francisco Bay Area
Mathias
Ehrich, Ph.D.,
Sr VP R&D, R&D, SEQUENOM, Inc.
Michael
Elliott, CEO,
Atrium Research
Kenneth
Emancipator, M.D., Exec Dir CDx, CDx, Merck
Research Labs
Mark
Erlander, Ph.D.,
CSO, Trovagene,
Inc.
Malek
Faham, M.D.,
Ph.D., CSO, Adaptive Biotechnologies
Daniel
Farkas, Chief
Clinical Lab Officer, Celmatix, Inc.
Scott Fahrenkrug, Ph.D. Founder & CEO Recombinetics, Parent company of Surrogen
Todd
Fehniger, Assoc
Prof of Medicine, Oncology, Washington Univ
Bonnie
Feldman, CEO
& Chief Growth Officer, DrBonnie360
Lauren
Feldman, Sr
Consultant, Terminology & Strategy,
American Medical Association
Helen
Fernandes, Ph.D., Assoc Prof, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Cornell Univ
Julio
Fernandez Banet, PrIncipal Scientist, Computational
Biology Oncology Research Unir, Pfizer
Global R&D
Joseph
Ferrara, President,
Global Consulting, Boston Healthcare Associates Inc.
Sean
Ferree, Dir,
Prod Dev, NanoString
Technologies
Brian
Feth, CEO
& Founder, Xcell Biosciences, Inc.
Kyle
Fetter, VP
Advanced Diagnostics, Advanced
Diagnostics, XIFIN, Inc.
Andrew
Fish, J.D.,
Exec Dir, AdvaMedDx
Graeme
Forrest, Assoc
Prof of Medicine, Infectious Diseases,
Portland VA Medical Ctr
Tim
Forshew, Co
Founder & Head, Technology Dev,
Inivata
Bernard
Fox, Endowed
Chair & Chief, Molecular & Tumor
Immunology, Earle A Chiles Research
Institute
Gus
Frangou, Ph.D.,
Dir, Clinical
Diagnosis, Cellecta, Inc.
Kristopher
Frese, Assoc
Scientist, Clinical & Experimental
Pharmacology, Cancer Research UK
Manchester Institute
Lyssa
Friedman, Owner,
Lyssa Friedman Consulting LLC
Birgit
Funke, Ph.D.,
Dir Clinical R&D, Clinical R&D, Partners HealthCare
Rob
Futrick, CTO,
Cycle Computing LLC
Joshua
Galanter, Asst
Prof, Pulmonology, Univ of California San Francisco
David
Galas, PrInc.ipal
Scientist, Pacific Northwest Diabetes
Research Institute
David
Gandara, Prof
& Assoc Dir Clinical Research, Hematology
& Oncology, Univ of California Davis
Amy
Gargis, Molecular
Microbiologist, Ctrs for Disease Control
& Prevention
Russell
Garlick, Ph.D.,
CSO, R&D,
SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc.
Doug
Garrett, Research
Leader, NGS Pipeline Development Group,
Genentech, Inc.
Dimitra
Georganopoulou, VP R&D, R&D, Ohmx Corp
Elad
Gil, CEO,
Color Genomics
Eric
Glassy, Pathologist
& Medical Dir, Affiliated
Pathologists Medical Grp
Harry
Glorikian, Healthcare Consultant
Martin
Gollery, CEO,
Tahoe Informatics
Neal
Goodwin, Ph.D.,
VP Corp R&D, Corp R&D, Champions Oncology, Inc.
Tobias
Gorges, Research
Scientist, Tumor Biology, Univ of Hamburg
Martin
Graf, Dir,
Charles River Labs
Jeremy
Graff, Sr
VP Research, Research, Biothera
Gamiel
Gran, Chief
Strategy Officer, SOASTA
Paul
Grossman, Venture
Partner, Telegraph Hill Partners
Daniel
Grosu, M.D., MBA, CMO,
Medical Affairs, SEQUENOM, Inc.
Zhenglong
Gu, Assoc
Prof, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell Univ
Alberto
Gutierrez, Ph.D., Dir, Ofc of In Vitro Diagnostics & Radiological Health,
FDA CDRH
Jill
Hagenkord, M.D., CMO, 23andMe, Inc.
Juergen
Hammer, Ph.D.,
M.B.A., Global Head Data Science, Pharma Research & Early Dev Informatics, Roche
Byron
Hann, Research
Scientist & Lab Dir, Preclinical
Therapeutics Core, Univ of California San
Francisco
John
Hanna, VP
Endocrinology, Endocrinology, Veracyte
Glen
Hansen, Hennepin
County Medical Ctr
Josephine
Harada, Ph.D.,
Sr Dir Strategic Alliances, Strategic Alliances, 10X Genomics
Olaf
Hardt, Miltenyi
Biotec GmbH
Timothy
Harkins, Exec
VP Product Dev, Product Dev, Swift Biosciences, Inc.
Richard Harrison, Ph.D., CSO, Product Management, Thomson Reuters
Erol
Harvey, CEO,
MiniFAB Pty Ltd
David
Haussler, Ph.D.,
Prof, Biomolecular
Science & Engineering, Univ of
California Santa Cruz
Rachael Hawtin, Ph.D., SVP of Research, Nodality
Brian
Haynes, Sr
Scientist & Mgr, Bioinformatics,
Asuragen, Inc.
Joe Don
Heath, VP
Market Dev & Diagnostics, Market Dev
& Diagnostics, NuGEN Technologies, Inc.
Priti Hegde, Ph.D., Anti-angiogenesis and Cancer Immunotherapy Franchises Biomarker Lead, Oncology Biomarkers, Genentech
Chris
Heid, Board
Member, Berkeley Angel Network
Michael
Heller, Prof,
Nanoengineering & Bioengineering, Univ of California San Diego
Guido
Hennig, Sr
Global Scientific Affairs Mgr, Molecular
& Microbiology Business, Siemens
Healthcare Diagnostics Holding GmbH
Henry
Hepburne-Scott, Dir Bus Dev, Bus Dev, Serametrix Corp
Stephen
Hewitt, M.D.,
Ph.D., Clinical Investigator, Pathology Lab, NIH
NCI
David
Hillyard, Medical
Dir Molecular Hepatitis & Retrovirus Lab, Molecular Infectious Diseases Lab, ARUP
Labs
Diane
Hirigoyen, Tech Specialist, Molecular
Diagnostics, Hennepin County Medical Ctr
Timothy
Hoctor, VP
Life Sciences Svcs, Life Sciences Svcs,
Elsevier, Inc.
Jens
Hoefkens, Dir
Research Strategic Marketing, Research
Strategic Marketing, PerkinElmer
Noah
Hoffman, M.D.,
Ph.D., Assoc Prof, Lab Medicine, Univ
of Washington
Robert
Hoffman, Prof,
Surgery, Univ
of California San Diego
Michael
Hogan, Applied
DNA Sciences
Eric
Holland, Dir,
Solid Tumor Translational Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
Andrew
Hollinger, Application Scientist, Broad
Genomics Platform, Broad Institute
Bob
Holt, Mgr,
MGS, Hologic,
Inc.
David
Hoon, Ph.D.,
Chief Scientific Intelligence & Dir, Molecular Oncology & Sequencing Ctr, John Wayne Cancer Institute
Andrew
Hryckowian, PostDoc Fellow Sonnenburg Lab, Microbiology
& Immunology, Stanford Univ
James
Huggett, Ph.D.,
PrInc.ipal Scientist, Nucleic Acid Metrology, LGC Genomics Ltd
Romney
Humphries, Asst Clinical Prof, Pathology &
Lab Medicine, Univ of California Los
Angeles
Hatim
Husain, M.D.,
Asst Prof, Medical Oncology, Univ of California
San Diego
Ralf Huss, M.D., CMO, Definiens
Jeff
Hutchins, Ph.D.,
VP Pre Clinical Research, Pre Clinical Research, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Embriette
Hyde, PostDoc
Scholar Pediatrics & Project Mgr, American
Gut Project, Univ of California San Diego
Nicholas
Iannotti, Mgr,
R&D Informatics, Pfizer, Inc.
Brian Idoni, Genomics Sales Specialist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
James
Inglese, Ph.D.,
Head, PreClinical
Innovation, NIH NCATS
Daniel
Irimia, Asst
Prof, Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Alexander Ivliev, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Thomson Reuters
Yuval
Itan, Research
Assoc, Human Genetics of Infectious
Diseases Lab, Rockefeller Univ
Manu
Jain, Asst
Attendee Optical Imaging Specialist, Dermatology,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr
Francois
Jean, Assoc
Prof & Scientific Dir, Microbiology
& Immunology, Univ of British
Columbia
Stefanie
Jeffrey, M.D.,
John & Marva Warnock Prof, Surgery, Stanford
Univ
Elaine
Jeter, M.D.,
Contractor & Medical Dir, Palmetto GBA LLC
Hanlee
Ji, M.D.,
Asst Prof, Medical Oncology, Stanford Univ
Dave John, Product Manager, Translational Product Management, PerkinElmer
Loren
Joseph, Dir
Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Pathology,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr
Raghu
Kalluri, Prof
& Chair, Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Marcia
Kean, Chairman,
Strategic Initiative, Feinstein Kean Healthcare
James
Keck, Sr
Dir In Vivo Pharmacology Svcs, In Vivo
Pharmacology Svcs, Jackson Lab
Peter Keeling, Chief Executive Officer, Diaceutics Group
Gregory
Keenan, Head
Medical Officer & VP Medical Affairs, Medical Affairs, AstraZeneca
Shana
Kelley, Prof,
Biochemistry, Univ of Toronto
Anthony
Kerlavage, Chief, Cancer Informatics Branch, Center
for Biomedical Informatics & IT, NIH
NCI
Purvesh
Khatri, Asst
Prof Research, Ctr for Biomedical
Informatics, Stanford Univ
James
Killeen, Clinical
Dir Informatics Fellowship & Assoc Dir, Information Svcs, Univ of California
San Diego
Young Kim, Ph.D., Lead Application Scientist, Seegene Technologies
Michael
King, Daljit
S. & Elaine Sarkaria Prof, Biomedical
Engineering, Cornell Univ
Stephen
Kingsmore, President & CEO, Pediatric
Genomics & Systems Medicine Institute, Rady Childrens Hospital San Diego
Nefize Sertac
Kip, Med
Dir Lab Medicine & Pathology, Lab
Medicine & Pathology, Geisinger
Health System
Eric
Klee, Assoc
Dir, Bioinformatics, Mayo Clinic & Foundation
Roger
Klein, M.D.,
J.D., Medical Dir, Molecular Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Michael
Klepser, Pharm.D.,
Prof, Pharmacy,
Ferris State Univ
Christiaan
Klijn, Assoc
Scientist, Computational Biology, Genentech, Inc.
Andrzej
Kloczkowski, Ph.D., Faculty, Battelle Ctr for Mathematical Medicine, Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Andreas
Kogelnik, Founder,
Exec, Open
Medicine Institute
Holbrook
Kohrt, Asst
Prof, Oncology, Stanford Univ
Farida
Kopti, Dir
Global Chemistry & Pharmacology, HTS
Informatics & MRL IT, Merck Research
Labs
Casey
Kozlowski, Dir Diagnostic Testing Product Dev, Pharmacy
Transformation, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
Savitri
Krishnamurthy, Prof, Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Rajaram
Krishnan, Ph.D.,
CEO, Bioengineering,
Biological Dynamics, Inc.
Harjit Kullar, Ph.D., MBA, Vice President, Marketing, Transgenomic
Rajiv
Kumar, Medical
Dir Clinical Informatics & Asst Prof, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes, Stanford Univ
Winston
Kuo, VP
Research & Global Bus Dev, Research
& Global Bus Dev, Predicine, Inc.
Eric
Lai, Ph.D.,
Sr VP & Head, Pharmacogenomics, Takeda
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Hugo
Lam, Sr
Dir Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics,
Bina Technologies, Inc.
Brandon
Lamarche, Research
Scientist, ACEA Biosciences, Inc.
Jelveh
Lameh, Ph.D.,
Exec Dir BioPharma Svcs, BioPharma Svcs, Genoptix,Inc.
Andrew
Lane, PostDoctoral
Fellow, Molecular & Cell Biology,
Univ of California Berkeley
Julie
Lang, Assoc
Prof, Surgery, Univ of Southern California
Joshua
Lang, Asst
Prof, Hematology & Oncology, Univ of Wisconsin Madison
Raymond
Langley, Asst
Prof, Pharmacology, Univ Of South Alabama
David
Largaespada, Prof, Genetics & Cell Biology
& Dev, Univ of Minnesota Twin Cities
Christopher
Larkin, CTO,
GE Healthcare
Ted
Laurence, Physical
Biosciences Institute, Lawrence Livermore
Natl Lab
Rebecca
Leary, Lab
Head & Research Investigator, Genomics
Grp & Next Generation Diagnostics, Novartis
Institutes for BioMedical Research Inc.
Nathan
Ledeboer, Ph.D.,
Asst Prof of Pathology & Medical Dir,
Clinical Microbiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Katya
Ledin, Dir,
Solano County Public Health Lab
Peter
Lee, Executive
Chairman, Osel, Inc.
L James
Lee, Prof
& Helen C Kurtz Chair, Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State Univ
Hakho
Lee, Asst
Prof, Radiology & Ctr for Systems
Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
David
Lester, CEO,
NIESM Pty Ltd
Richard
Levenson, M.D.,
Prof & Vice Chair for Strategic Technologies,
Pathology & Lab Medicine, Univ of California Davis
Bruce
Levy, Visting
Assoc Prof, Clinical Pathology, Univ Of Illinois Chicago
Xueying Sharon
Liang, Reviewer,
FDA CDRH
J Leonard
Lichtenfeld, Deputy CMO, American Cancer Society
Michael
Liebman, Ph.D.,
Managing Dir & CoFounder, IPQ Analytics LLC
Jason
Lih, PrInc.ipal
Scientist, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.
Kate
Lillard Tunstall, Ph.D., CSO, Indica Labs
John C. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President & CSO, Rinat, Pfizer
Herman
Lo, CEO,
ViewsIQ, Inc.
Xing-Jian
Lou, Program
Dir, Small Business Innovation Research
Dev Ctr, NIH NCI
Tom Lowery, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, T2 Biosystems
Elaine
Lyon, Ph.D.,
Medical Dir Molecular Genetics, Molecular Genetics, ARUP Labs
Avi
Ma'ayan, Ph.D.,
Professor, Pharmacology & Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert
Mabry, Dir
Protein Sciences & Antibody Technology, Protein Sciences & Antibody Technology, Jounce Therapeutics, Inc.
Philip
Mack, Assoc
Adjunct Prof, Hematology & Oncology,
Univ of California Davis
Ravi
Madduri, Project
Mgr, Mathematics & Computer Science,
Argonne Natl Lab
Holden
Maecker, Assoc
Research Prof, Microbiology &
Immunology, Stanford Univ
Piers
Mahon, Dir
Global Alliances, Global Alliances,
Cancer Commons
Kathleen
Mahoney, Clinical
Instructor, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Ctr
Dipankar Manna, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, LucigenDx
Henning
Mann, Nortis,
Inc.
James
Mansfield, Global Head, Imaging &
Quantitative Pathology Solutions, PerkinElmer
Elizabeth
Marlowe, Asst
Dir Microbiology & Molecular Testing, Microbiology & Molecular Testing, Kaiser Permanente
Scott
Marshall, Ph.D.,
Managing Dir, Precision Analytics, Precision for
Medicine
John Martignetti, M.D., Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Departments of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and Oncological Sciences
Stuart
Martin, Assoc
Prof Physiology, Oncology Program,
Univ of Maryland Baltimore
Andreas
Matern, VP
Partnerships & Innovation, Partnerships
& Innovation, BioReference Labs
Chad
May, Dir
Targeted Immunotherapy, Targeted
Immunotherapy, Pfizer, Inc.
David
Mayhew, Scientific
Investigator Computational Biology, Target
Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline
Robert
McBurney, CEO,
Accelerated Cure Project for MS
John
McCarthy Jr, CEO, ZS Genetics, Inc.
Abigail
McElhinny, VP, Assay and Reagent Development,
Ventana Medical Systems
Vlada Melnikova, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Research & Development, Trovagene
Hestia
Mellert, Sr
Scientist, Product Dev, Biodesix, Inc.
Rainer
Metzger, VP
Global Bus Dev Pharma, Global Bus Dev
Pharma, QIAGEN GmbH
Matthew
Meyer, Chief
Business Officer, CareDx, Inc.
Steve
Miller, M.D.,
Ph.D., Assoc Prof, Lab Medicine, Univ
of California San Francisco
Peter
Miller, COO,
Genomic Healthcare Strategies
Glenn
Miller, Ph.D.,
President, CDx Vision LLC
Jeffrey
Miller, Prof
Hematology & Oncology, Masonic Cancer
Ctr, Univ Of Minnesota Twin Cities
Jean-Francois
Mirjolet, Ph.D.,
Dir Technology, Technology, Oncodesign SA
Ben
Moga, President,
Tasso, Inc.
Adrian
Moody, Dir
& Head of PHC Application Dev, MDx
Assay Dev & R&D Europe, QIAGEN
Manchester Ltd
Arturo
Morales, Ph.D.,
VP Technology & Corp Dev, Technology & Corp Dev, Beryllium
Richard
Morgan, Ph.D.,
VP Immunotherapy, Immunotherapy, bluebird bio
Stuart
Morton, Research
Scientist, LRL IT Health Informatics,
Eli Lilly & Co
Sterghios
Moschos, Assoc
Prof & Reader, Biomedical Sciences,
Univ of Westminster
Peter
Mouritzen, VP R&D, R&D, Exiqon AS
Medhanie Mulaw, Ph.D., Junior Professor, Institute of Experimental Cancer Research, Medical Faculty, University of Ulm
Spyro Mousses, Ph.D., Co-Founder, President & CSO, Systems Imagination Inc.
Michelle
Munson, President
& CEO & CoFounder, Aspera An IBM
Company
Pamela
Munster, Prof,
Hematology & Oncology, Univ of California San Francisco
Muhammed
Murtaza, Research
Asst Prof & Co Leader, Ctr for
Noninvasive Diagnostics, TGen
Translational Genomics Research Institute
Mark
Musen, Prof
Medical Informatics, Ctr for Biomedical
Informatics Research, Stanford Univ
Chris Myatt, Founder & CEO, MBio Diagnostics
LInc.oln
Nadauld, Dir
Cancer Genomics, Medical Oncology,
Intermountain Healthcare
Sunitha
Nagrath, Asst
Prof, Chemical Engineering, Univ of Michigan
Peter
Nagy, Asst
Prof, Pathology & Cell Biology,
Columbia Univ
Steven
Nathasingh, Managing Dir, Vaxa, Inc.
Brad
Nelson, Dir
& Distinguished Scientist, Deeley
Research Ctr, BC Cancer Agcy
Eric
Neumann, VP
Knowledge Informatics, Knowledge
Informatics, Foundation Medicine, Inc.
Olivier
Nolan-Stevaux, Sr Scientist, Oncology, Amgen, Inc.
Susan
Novak-Weekley, Ph.D., Dir Microbiology, Administration, Kaiser
Permanente
Natko
Nuber, Lab
Head, R&D, Novartis Biologics
Mark
Nunes, Medical
Genetics Chief & Assoc Prof, Pediatrics,
Kaiser Permanente
Pankaj
Oberoi, Ph.D.,
VP Commercial Assays, Commercial Assays, Meso Scale Discovery
John
O'Leary, Prof,
Histopathalogy, Trinity College
Gabriel
Otte, Cornell
Univ
Geoff
Otto, Sr
Dir, Molecular Biology & Sequencing,
Foundation Medicine, Inc.
Vlado
Ovtcharov, Senior Algorithm Engineer, Indica
Labs
Aydogan
Ozcan, Ph.D.,
Prof, Electrical
Engineering, Univ of California Los
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John
Palma, Dir
Medical Affairs, Medical Affairs, Roche Molecular Diagnostics
Jonathan
Pan, Ph.D.,
Sr Marketing Dir Worldwide Insulin Delivery,
Worldwide Insulin Delivery, Johnson & Johnson
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Student, Quakes Grp Lab, Stanford Univ
Liron
Pantanowitz, M.D., Clinician & Physician,
Pathology, Univ of Pittsburgh
Klaus
Pantel, M.D.,
Chair, Institute
of Tumor Biology, Univ of Hamburg
Pamela
Paris, Prof,
Urology, Univ
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Joel
Parker, Asst
Prof, Genetics, Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Sonya
Parpart-Li, Manager Lab Operations, Enterprise
Solution, Personal Genome Diagnostics Inc.
Abhijit
Patel, M.D.,
Ph.D., Asst Prof, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Univ
Kamlesh Ken
Patel, Mgr,
Advanced Systems Engineering & Deployment,
Sandia Natl Labs
Rudi
Pauwels, Ph.D.,
Exec Chairman & CEO, Biocartis NV
Cloud
Paweletz, Ph.D.,
Head Translational Research Lab, Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Gitte
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Pablo
Perez-Pinera, Asst Prof, Bioengineering, Univ Of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Brad
Perkins, CMO,
Human Longevity, Inc.
John
Pfeifer, Prof,
Pathology & Immunology, Washington Univ
Kathryn
Phillips, Ph.D.,
Prof Health Economics & Health Svcs Rsch,
Clinical Pharmacy, Univ of California San Francisco
Enrico
Picozza, Venture
Partner, HLM Venture Partners
German
Pihan, M.D.,
Chief, Hematology
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Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr
Jamie
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VP Genomic Solutions, Genomic Solutions, Molecular Pathology Lab Network Inc.
Christopher
Polage, Assoc
Prof Clinical Pathology, Pathology &
Lab Medicine, Univ of California Davis
Matthew
Porteus, Assoc
Prof of Pediatrics, Stem Cell
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Kristin
Pothier, Managing
Dir & Head, Life Sciences, Parthenon EY
Murali
Prahalad, President
& CEO, Epic Sciences Inc.
Victoria
Pratt, Ph.D.,
Dir Pharmacogenomics, Medical & Molecular Genetics, Indiana Univ
Corrado
Priami, Ph.D.,
President & CEO, Microsoft Research Univ of Trento
Nathan
Price, Ph.D.,
Prof & Assoc Dir, Institute for Systems Biology
Colin
Pritchard, M.D., Ph.D., Asst Prof & Assoc
Dir, Lab Medicine & Clinical
Molecular Genetics Lab, Univ of
Washington
Girish
Putcha, Dir
Lab Science, MolDx, Palmetto GBA LLC
Miguel
Quinones-Mateu, Assoc Prof, Pathology & Medicine,
Case Western Reserve Univ
Gail
Radcliffe, President, Consulting, Radcliffe Consulting, Inc.
Jerald
Radich, Prof,
Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
Stanley
Radio, Prof,
Pathology & Microbiology, Univ Of Nebraska Omaha
Derek
Raghavan, President,
Levine Cancer Institute, Carolinas Healthcare System
Bala
Raja, CoFounder
& CEO, Luminostics Inc.
Deepak
Rajpal, D.V.M.,
Ph.D., Dir Computational Biology, Computational Biology, GlaxoSmithKline
David
Raulet, Prof
of Immunology, Molecular & Cell
Biology, Univ of California Berkeley
Divyaa
Ravishankar, Sr Industry Analyst, Healthcare,
Frost & Sullivan, Inc.
David
Rawlings, Prof
& Chief, Pediatric Immunology,
Seattle Childrens Hospital Research Institute
Mary
Redman, Lead
Statistician Lung Map Trial, Public
Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
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Andreas
Reinisch, PostDoc
Fellow, Majeti Lab, Stanford Univ
Christoph
Reschreiter, Founder & CEO, Cube Dx GmbH
Andrew
Rhim, Asst
Prof, Internal Medicine, Univ of Michigan
Gregory
Richmond, PrInc.ipal
Scientist, IRIDICA Abbott
David
Rimm, M.D.,
Ph.D., Prof, Pathology, Yale
Univ
Rachel Rimsky, Associate Director, Research Partnerships, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
Kirk
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Margo
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Kite Pharma, Inc.
Daniel
Robertson, Ph.D., Sr Dir LRL IT Research,
LRL IT Research, Eli Lilly & Co
Heinrich Roder, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Research & Development, Biodesix
Scott
Rodig, Assoc
Prof, Pathology, Brigham & Womens Hospital
Gustavo
Rohde, Assoc
Prof, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon Univ
Stanley
Rose, CEO,
Transplant Genomics, Inc.
Mark
Roskey, VP
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Jason
Ross, Sr
Research Scientist & Team Leader, Animal
Food & Health Sciences, CSIRO
Mollie
Roth, Managing
Partner & Exec, PGx Consulting
Marco
Ruella, Clinical
PostDoc Fellow, Cellular Immunotherapy
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John
Ryals, President
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Linda
Sabatini, Dir
Molecular Diagnostics, Molecular
Diagnostics, NorthShore Univ HealthSystem
Adrian
Sacher, Clinical
Fellow, Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Hakan
Sakul, Ph.D.,
Exec Dir & Head, Diagnostics, Pfizer,
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Mohamed
Salama, Prof,
Pathology, Univ of Utah
Stephen
Salipante, Asst Prof, Lab Medicine, Univ of Washington
Marc
Salit, Ph.D.,
Leader of Genome Scale Measurements Grp, Biosystems & Biomaterials, NIST
Lidia
Sambucetti, Sr Dir Cancer Biology, Cancer
Biology, SRI Intl
Sabita
Sankar, Dir
Bus Dev, Bus Dev, Biodesix, Inc.
Avni
Santani, Ph.D.,
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Kurt
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Research Scientist, Pathology, Yale Univ
Sabine
Schefzick, Sr Mgr, Research Informatics,
Pfizer, Inc.
Howard
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Chief & Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Oncology & Solid Tumor Medicine,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr
John
Schiel, Research
Chemist, Bioanalytical Science Grp,
NIST
John
Schiel, Research
Scientist, Research & Development,
GE Healthcare Dharmacon, Inc.
Richard
Schilsky, CMO,
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Jonathan
Schimmel, President,
Seegene Technologies, Inc.
Richard
Schlegel, Prof
& Oscar B. Hunter Chair, Pathology,
Georgetown Univ
Nicholas
Schork, Ph.D.,
Prof & Dir Human Biology, Human Biology, J
Craig Venter Institute
Cecilia
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Head Bus Dev, Personalized Medicine, AstraZeneca
Stephan
Schurer, Ph.D.,
Research Asst Prof Molecular Cellular
Pharmacology, Ctr for Computational
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Anil
Sethi, Founder
& CEO, Gliimpse
Ajay
Shah, Dir
Research Informatics, Research
Informatics, City of Hope Natl Medical
Ctr
Nina
Shah, Asst
Prof, Stem Cell Transplantation, MD Anderson Cancer Ctr
Hemanth
Shenoi, Ph.D.,
VP Bus Dev, Bus Dev, Lucigen Corp
Myung
Shin, Sr
PrInc.ipal Scientist, GpGx, Merck Research Labs
Maria
Shkrob, Project
Mgr, Elsevier, Inc.
Jordan
Shlain, Founder,
HealthLoop
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Fellow, Microbiology Devices, FDA CDRH
Tara
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Scientist, California Pacific Medical Ctr
Veena
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VP & Medical Dir, CLIA, Biocept, Inc.
Johan
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CSO, Exosome
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Sherie
Smalley, Sr
Medical Dir, Medical Policy, Univ of Pittsburgh
Kristen
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Sr Scientist, Bionomics, Inc.
James
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Sr Dir & Head Discovery, ImmunoOncology & Combinations DPU & Oncology
R&D, GlaxoSmithKline
John
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CSO, CareDx
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Greg
Sommer, CoFounder
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Paul
Sondel, Prof
Pediatrics, Hematology & Oncology,
Univ of Wisconsin Madison
Chen
Song, Research
Fellow, Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Erik
Sontheimer, Prof Molecular Medicine, RNA Therapeutics
Institute, Univ Of Massachusetts
Steven
Soper, Prof,
Biomedical Engineering, Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Jorge
Soto, CoFounder
& CTO, Miroculus
Pieter Spee, Chief Technology Officer, FibroTx LLC
David
Spencer, CSO,
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Eugene
Spier, Ph.D.,
Dir Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Roche
Molecular Diagnostics
Roberto Spricigo, Manager, Strategic Alliances & OEM PON, QIAGEN Lake Constance
John
Stalker, Core
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Linda
Starr-Spires, Dir Nucleic Acid Methods Platform, Nucleic
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A Keith
Stewart, Prof
Medicine, Hematology & Oncology,
Mayo Clinic
Joshua
Stuart, Ph.D.,
Prof, Biomolecular
Engineering, Univ of California Santa
Cruz
Srividya Sundararaman, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, Research & Development, Cellular Technology Limited
Samantha
Swarbrick, Graduate Student Mechanical & Mfg Engineering, Loughborough Univ
Pamela
Swatkowski, Dir Regulatory Affairs, Regulatory
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Frederic
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Dir Bus Dev, Bus Dev, T2 Biosystems, Inc.
Raimo
Tanzi, Dir
Sales & Bus Dev, Sales & Bus Dev
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Janis
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Dermatopathology & Asst Prof, Dermatology
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Daniel Teasley, Ph.D., Genome Engineering Specialist, Cell Design Studio, MilliporeSigma
Jay Martin
Tenenbaum, Chair & CEO & CSO, Cancer Commons
Michael
Thiele, Mgr
R&D, Research & Innovation,
Baxalta Innovations GmbH
John
Todd, Prof
& Univ Chair, Medical Genetics,
Univ of Cambridge
John
Tomaszewski, Prof & Chair, Pathology &
Anatomical Sciences, SUNY Buffalo
Scott
Tomlins, Asst
Prof, Pathology, Univ of Michigan
Hsian-Rong
Tseng, Ph.D.,
Prof, Molecular
& Medical Pharmacology, Univ of
California Los Angeles
Paul
Tumeh, Asst
Clinical Prof, Dermatology, Univ of California Los Angeles
James
Tunnell, Asst,
Biomedical Engineering, Univ of Texas Austin
Greyson
Twist, Software
Engineer, Ctr for Pediatric Genomic
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Katherine
Tynan, Ph.D.,
President, Bus Dev & Strategic Consulting for Diagnostics, Tynan Consulting LLC
Duygu
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Prof, Genomic Medicine, Jackson Lab for Genomic Medicine
Hirohito
Umemoto, Chief,
OMIC Lab, Reference
Material Institute for Clinical Chemistry Standard
Oleg
Ursu, Assoc
Scientist III Internal Medicine, Translational
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Dina
Uzri, Sr
Scientist, R&D, Abreos Biosciences
Willy
Valdivia-Granda, Founder & CEO, Orion Integrated
Biosciences, Inc.
Paul
Van Diest, Prof, Pathology, Univ Medical Ctr Utrecht
Victor
Velculescu, Prof, Cancer Biology, Johns Hopkins Univ
Steve
Vitale, Managing
Director, Diaceutics
Karl
Voelkerding, M.D., Prof, Clinical Pathology, ARUP Labs
Rebecca
Walker, VP
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Zhong
Wang, Staff
Scientist & Grp Lead Data Analysis, Genomics,
Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab
Kai
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Scientist, Institute for Systems Biology
Ping
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Clinical Member, Pathology & Genomic
Medicine, Methodist Hospital
Yixin
Wang, CSO,
Celsee Diagnostics
Victor
Weigman Jr, Assoc Dir Translational Genomics, Q2
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Andrew
Weinberg, Chief
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Immunology, Earle A Chiles Research
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George
Weinstock, Ph.D., Prof & Assoc Dir, Microbial Genomics, Jackson Lab for Genomic Medicine
Larry
Weiss, CMO,
AOBiome
Allison
Welsh, Sr
Scientist, Foundation Medicine, Inc.
James
Welsh, M.D.,
Assoc Prof, Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson
Cancer Ctr
Francis
White, EU
GM, AliveCor
David
Wilbur, M.D.,
Prof, Pathology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
P Mickey
Williams, Ph.D.,
Dir Molecular Characterization Lab, Molecular Characterization Lab, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc.
Juliet
Williams, Ph.D., Head,
Oncology Pharmacology Drug Discovery, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
Reinhold Wimberger-Friedl, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Philips Research Europe, Philips
Ignacio
Wistuba, Chair,
Translational Molecular Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Carl
Wittwer, M.D.,
Ph.D., Prof, Pathology, Univ
of Utah
Liz
Worthey, Ph.D.,
Investigator & Dir, Software Dev & Informatics, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Alan
Wu, Ph.D.,
Chief Clinical Chemistry, Lab Medicine, San
Francisco General Hospital
Haoquan
Wu, Asst
Prof, Ctrs of Excellence, Texas Tech Univ
Xin Cindy
Xiong, Research
Scientist, Agenovir Corp
Winston Xia
Yan, Graduate
Student, Health Sciences & Technology,
Broad Institute
Yaping
Yang, Assoc
Prof, Molecular & Human Genetics,
Baylor College of Medicine
Lihua
Yu, Ph.D.,
VP, Data
Science & Information Technology, H3
Biomedicine, Inc.
Hoi-Ying Elsie
Yu, Clinical
Lab Dir & Assoc Dir Chemistry, Toxicology
& Point Of Care Testing, Geisinger
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Jane
Yu, Solutions
Architect, HCLS, IBM
Xing-Xing
Zang, Assoc
Prof, Microbiology & Immunology
Medicine, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine
Bruce
Zetter, Ph.D.,
Charles Nowiszewski Prof of Cancer Biology,
Vascular Biology Program & Surgery, Childrens Hospital Boston
Su-Chun
Zhang, Prof
Neuroscience, Waisman Ctr, Univ of Wisconsin Madison
Theresa
Zhang, VP
Research Svcs, Research Svcs, Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc.
Weian
Zhao, Asst
Prof, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ of California Irvine
Grace
Zhao, CoFounder
& Dir of Research, Research, AccuraGen
Siyang
Zheng, Asst
Prof, Bioengineering, Pennsylvania State Univ