Speaker Profile

President and Founder, YouScript

Biography
Kristine has worked in pharmacogenomics since 2000 and was named one of the 25 leading global voices in precision medicine. She is the Founder and President of YouScript, an award winning clinical decision support tool that has integrated PGx-guided personalized prescribing in the clinical workflow for over a decade. Kristine has 25+ years of experience in various C-level, board, customer success and business development roles. She has authored multiple publications on the clinical and economic benefits of pharmacogenomic testing and serves on numerous PGx advisory groups including the STRIPE Steering Committee, the FDA collaborative community for pharmacogenomics, CPIC, and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network PGx task force.


Talk
PGx as Standard of Care: What Will it Take?
With many barriers to PGx adoption being addressed, and mounting evidence that lack of adoption leads to avoidable patient harm and healthcare spend, join our closing panel discussion on what it will take to make PGx standard of care.


 Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley

Track 1 - February 7 9.00 A.M.-3.00 P.M.


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

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