Speaker Profile
PHARMD, Interim Executive Director for Precision Health, The Christ Hospital Health Network
Biography
Jennifer Wick received her PharmD and Master of Public Health concurrently from the University of Kentucky. Jennifer then completed two years of postgraduate residency training; the first at West Virginia University with Kroger, and the second at Palm Beach Atlantic University with the West Palm Beach Veterans Administration. She practiced in primary care prior to taking her current administrative role and has overseen the design and implementation of clinical pharmacy services and pharmacogenomics in the outpatient setting for The Christ Hospital Health Network. She now also is responsible for all precision health initiatives for the network, seeking to incorporate advanced genetic practice in multiple specialties.
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
- 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
- Michael A. Pacanowski, FDA - 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
