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 (Dragon)
• Curtis P Langlotz, Stanford
Keynote
• Curtis P Langlotz, Stanford
From Foundation Models to Digital Twins: AI Reshaping Clinical Imaging
• Chair: Alexander Weir, Canon
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Joe Petro, Microsoft
• Curtis P Langlotz, Stanford
Fireside Chat
• Chair: Eric Horvitz, CSO, Microsoft
• Curtis P Langlotz, Stanford
Core AI Methods for Precision Medicine Foundation
• Chair: Sharat Israni, UCSF
• James Zou, Stanford
• Regina Barzilay, MIT
• Olivier Gevaert, Stanford
AI and Omics Foundation Models Powering Translational Research
• Chair: Janusz Dutkowski, Data4Cure
Radiomics & Radiogenomics: Harnessing Precision Imaging for Oncology
• Chair: Chris Hare, Canon Medical
• Ángel Alberich-Bayarri, Quibim
• Kevin Blyth, University of Glasgow
