Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Director, Scalable Solutions, ARPA-H
Biography
Dr. Jason Roos joined ARPA-H in March 2024. Before ARPA-H, Roos was a senior leader in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), where he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director of the HHS Coordination Operations and Response Element (H-CORE). There, he was responsible for leading the end-to-end operational coordination, logistics, and data systems management for the nationwide distribution of FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and home use diagnostic tests. Roos holds a doctorate in Biochemistry and Cellular Molecular Biology from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a masters in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University Eisenhower School. He has over a decade of federal product development and leadership experience in the areas of protection and early detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and global health threats. His passion is using data-informed strategies to analyze and address highly complex national security and public health problems.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Kristine Ashcraft, YouScript
Program Theme: Addressing Persistent PGx Myths
- PMWC Award Ceremony:
Luminary Honoree: Philip E. Empey, UPMC
Pioneer Honoree: Collen Masimirembwa, University of the Witwatersrand
- Keynote: Genomic Diversity in Africa: Pharmacogenetics and Clinical Applications
- Collen Masimirembwa, University of the Witwatersrand
- PGx is Expensive and Insurance Coverage is Limited (PANEL)
Chair: Jai Patel, Atrium Health
- Lena Chaihorskym, Alva10
- Mark Fleury, ACS CAN
- Kristin Wiisanen, Rosalind Franklin University
- Alison L. Quinn, Kaiser - Science Backing PGx is Limited (PANEL)
Chair: Sara Rogers, American Society of Pharmacovigilance
- Russ Altman, Stanford
- Philip E. Empey, UPMC
- PGx is Hard to Implement (PANEL)
Chair: Kristine Crews, St Jude
- Suzanne Stevens, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
- Deepak Voora, VA
- Jason Roos, ARPA-H
- Jennifer Wick, The Christ Hospital Health Network
- What will It Take to Make PGx the Standard of Care? (PANEL)
Chair: Kristine Ashcraft, YouScript
- Alan Venook, UCSF/ NCCN
- Gary Marchant, ASU
- Dan Hertz, University of Michigan
- Deepak Voora, VA
