Speaker Profile
Ph.D., CEO, Illumina
Biography
Jacob Thaysen is Chief Executive Officer of Illumina. Prior to joining the company in 2023, Thaysen served as president of the Life Sciences and Applied Markets Group and Diagnostic and Genomics Group at Agilent; corporate vice president of RD at Dako; and management consultant at Copenhagen Consultancy Company (now Bain Co). Early in his career, he was founder and chief technology officer of Cantion, a research and defense application development company based in Denmark. Thaysen is Chairman of the ALDA Board (Analytical, Life Science and Diagnostic Association) and is a San Diego Chapter member of the American Cancer Societys CEOs Against Cancer. Thaysen holds an MSc and PhD in physics from the Technical University of Denmark.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Burns Blaxall
PMWC Award Ceremony Honorees
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Jeff Balser, VUMC
Precision Medicine at Scale, Lessons from Vanderbilt
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
Implementing Precision Medicine at Scale: Health Systems and Policy Perspectives
• Jeffrey Balser, Vanderbilt
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Sasa Jenko, European Commission
Keynote
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
Keys to Successful Implementation of a Precision Medicine Program
• Chair: Howard McLeod, GeneDx
• David E. Lanfear, Henry Ford Health
• Kevan Simms, Ochsner Health
Key Players in Successful Implementation – Beyond Oncology
• Chair: Damon Hostin, Illumina
• Shaista Malik, UC Irvine
Precision Medicine at Scale: Lessons from a Statewide Genomic Initiative
• Chair: Premal Shah, MyOme
Achieving Comprehensive Precision Medicine
• Chair: Burns Blaxall
• Trish Brown, GeneDx
• Sarah Hersey, BMS
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
