Speaker Profile
PMWC PIONEER AWARD
Helped launch genomic medicine through the Human Genome Project and Broad Institute
Ph.D., Fouding Director and Core Institute Member, Broad Inst.
Biography
Eric S. Lander is one of the defining leaders of modern genomics. A mathematician, geneticist, and molecular biologist, he was a leader of the international Human Genome Project and head of its largest sequencing center, and helped build the genomic foundation on which variant interpretation, rare disease diagnosis, and genomic medicine now rest.
As founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dr. Lander created one of the world's most influential engines for biomedical discovery, uniting genomics, computation, biology, and medicine at scale. His work established methods for mapping the genetic basis of human disease and interpreting human genetic variation, the scientific groundwork that makes today's clinical genomic diagnosis possible.
Dr. Lander has served the public as co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and as Science Advisor to President Biden. His honors include the MacArthur Fellowship, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, and the Gairdner Award.
PMWC is honored to recognize Dr. Lander with the 2027 Pioneer Award for his foundational role in transforming genomics from a scientific moonshot into the platform that now drives precision diagnosis and care.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Ed Kim, City of Hope
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute / FinnGen
• Gordon Sanghera, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
The Data Factory: Integrating Millions of Genomes for Variant Interpretation
• Chair: Stephen Montgomery, Stanford University
• Carlos Bustamante, University of Oklahoma
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute
• Manuel Rivas, Stanford University
• Mark McCarthy, Genentech
• Nilah Ioannidis, UC Berkeley / UCSC
Keynote: Biobanks and the Road Ahead in Human Genetics
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute
Beyond the Read: Long-Read Sequencing in Clinical Variant Pipeline
• Chair: Kathleen Barnes, Galatea Bio
• Gordon Sanghera, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
• Hanlee Ji, Stanford
• Barrett Bready, Nabsys
DNA to Drug, Label & Coverage
• Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Edward Kim, City of Hope
• Slavé Petrovski, AstraZeneca
• Wei Zhou, Broad Institute
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Scott Gottlieb, New Enterprise Associates
Fireside Chat
• Lauren Silvis, Tempus
• Scott Gottlieb, New Enterprise Associates
25+ Years of the Human Genome: From Bench to Bedside to Beyond
• Chair: Ralph Snyderman, Duke University
• Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute
• Brook Byers, KPCB
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
