Speaker Profile
M.D., SVP and Global Head of Immunology, Parexel
Biography
Anne joined Parexel in June 2023 as global therapeutic head for Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, leading a team of physicians to support the development of new interventions for infectious diseases. Before joining Parexel, Anne was a lead medical director at Genentech in South San Francisco, California. In this role, she was part of a cross-functional team researching new therapies for graft-versus-host disease and contributed to the clinical development of a novel antibiotic. Prior to that, she was a program officer at the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington where she managed a multi-million-dollar portfolio of investments in next-generation tuberculosis vaccines. Her experience also includes serving as an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School as well as a clinical assistant in medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Mark Genovese, Eli Lilly
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Miriam Merad, Mount Sinai (Luminary)
• Jeffrey A. Bluestone, UCSF (Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• Miriam Merad, Mount Sinai
• Jeffrey A. Bluestone, UCSF
• Gallia Levy, Gilead
• Marcela V. Maus, Harvard
• Nick Wilson, Biogen
• Megan Levings, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
• Min Bao, Kali Therapeutics
• Purvesh Khatri, Stanford
• Heleen Scheerens, Genentech
• Pascal Geldsetzer, Stanford
• Dan Littman, NYU
• Anne Kasmar, Parexel
Macrophages Across Inflammation, Cancer & Aging
Master regulators of tissue health and disease across precision immunology.
Immune Reset in Autoimmune Disease
CAR-T, in vivo CAR, and the pursuit of durable remission.
Beyond Broad Immunosuppression
Tolerance, Tregs, and disease-modifying approaches.
Turning Biomarkers on Their Head
What we can measure before we can reliably predict response.
Precision Immunology in Clinical Development
Trial enrichment, deeper endpoints, response prediction, and regulatory strategy.
The Microbial Roots of Autoimmunity
Chronic infection, dysbiosis, and microbial signals shaping disease.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.
