Speaker Profile
M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Oncology, Tempus
Biography
Dr. Cohen is a leading medical oncologist and cancer researcher who brings a unique combination of extensive clinical and research experience to Tempus leadership team. He was most recently the Chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology as well as the Associate Director of Clinical Science at UC San Diego (UCSD) Moores Cancer Center. Dr. Cohen also led the Precision Immunotherapy Clinic and co-directed the San Diego Center for Precision Immunotherapy at UCSD. Before UCSD, Dr. Cohen spent 15 years at the University of Chicago, where he was the co-director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program as well as the HematologyOncology Fellowship Program Director.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
PMWC Award Ceremony Honorees
• Judy Faulkner, Epic
• Svetlana Mojsov, The Rockefeller University (GLP-1)
• Alexis C. Komor, UCSD
Opening Talk
• Catriona Jamieson, UC San Diego
GLP-1: From Hormone Discovery to a Global Therapeutic Revolution
• Svetlana Mojsov, The Rockefeller University
What’s Next at Epic?
• Peter DeVault, Epic
Modified mRNA, siRNA, ASOs
• Chair: Alexis C. Komor, UC San Diego
• Niren Murthy, UC Berkeley
• Gene Yeo, UC San Diego
• Reuben Harris, UT Health San Antonio
Stem Cell–Targeted Therapeutics: Small Molecules & Biologics
• Chair: Catriona Jamieson, UC San Diego
• Irving L. Weissman, Stanford
In Vivo Gene Therapies
• Chair: Gene Yeo, UC San Diego
• Mark A. Kay, Stanford
• David Schaffer, UC Berkeley
Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Patient Stratification
• Chair: Ezra Cohen, Tempus
• Eitan Ruppin, NIH
• Danielle Hamel, Tempus
• David Ledbetter, Florida State University
• Ludmil Alexandrov, UC San Diego
Closing
• Catriona Jamieson, UC San Diego
