Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Sr. Director, Pfizer
Biography
Dr. Jadwiga Bienkowska is a Head of Computational Biology at Pfizer, Oncology Research and Development (ORD). Dr. Bienkowska has over 20 years of experience working in Pharma and Biotech. Over her career she has built and led teams of biologists, data scientists and engineers applying at-scale Computation, Machine Learning and AI to drug development problems.At ORD Dr. Bienkowska focuses on development of breakthrough therapies for Cancer. Dr. Bienkowskas team works with biologists and clinicians on decoding multimodal data into interpretable models of mechanisms driving cancer progression and resistance to treatment. Insights generated by these models accelerate drug development through new target discovery, MOA studies, patient, and biomarker selection strategies. Dr. Bienkowska holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Sharat Israni, UCSF
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Joe Petro, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Keynote: The Future of AI in Medical Imaging
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
From Foundation Models to Digital Twins: AI Reshaping Clinical Imaging
• Chair: Alexander Weir, Canon Medical
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Joe Petro, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Fireside Chat
• Eric Horvitz, Microsoft
• Curtis P. Langlotz, Stanford University
Building Biological Digital Twins: Computational Models Linking Data to Disease Mechanisms
• Martin Stumpe, Danaher
Core AI Methods for Precision Medicine Foundations
• Chair: Sharat Israni, UCSF
• James Zou, Stanford University
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Olivier Gevaert, Stanford University
AI & Omics Foundation Models Powering Translational Research
• Chair: Janusz Dutkowski, Data4Cure
• Alex Moreau, Champions Oncology
• Jadwiga Bienkowska, Pfizer
Radiomics & Radiogenomics: Precision Imaging for Oncology
• Chair: Chris Hare, Canon Medical
• Ángel Alberich-Bayarri, Quibim
• Kevin Blyth, University of Glasgow
• Maria del Mar Alvarez Torres, Columbia University
Clinical Workflow Integration & Decision Support in Imaging
• Chair: Sharat Israni, UCSF
• David S. Liebeskind, UCLA
• Rajesh Shah, UCSF
• Roxana Daneshjou, Stanford University
