Speaker Profile
M.D., CEO, All of Us, NIH
Biography
Dr. Josh Denny, M.D., M.S., is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a nationwide health research program that has already enrolled more than 881,000 participants. All of Us has created one of the world’s largest biomedical data sets that more than 23,000 researchers use to improve medical care through personalized insights and scientific discovery.
Prior to joining NIH in 2020, Dr. Denny held leadership positions at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he pioneered the use of electronic health records for genomics studies, including phenome-wide association studies and clinical pharmacogenomics. He previously led the All of Us Data and Research Center. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, and a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. Dr. Denny has authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications.
Talk
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Vincent Liu, Kaiser Permanente
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Ziad Obermeyer, UC Berkeley (Luminary)
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• Vincent Liu, Kaiser Permanente
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• Joshua Denny, NIH
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• Ida Sim, UCSF
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• Danton Char, Stanford
• Brian Anderson, CHAI
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