Speaker Profile
M.D., Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Phenome Health
Biography
A world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011, Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in 2000 and served as its first President from 2000-2017. In 2021, he founded Phenome Health, a non-profit research organization dedicated to contributing solutions to the major challenges causing a crisis in healthcare. In September 2023, Dr. Hood joined the Buck Institute for Research on Aging as Chief Innovation Officer and Distinguished Professor. Dr. Hood is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. Of the more than 6,000 scientists worldwide who belong to one or more of these academies, Dr. Hood is one of only 20 people elected to all three. He is also a member of the Inventors Hall of Fame for inventing automated DNA sequencing.
Talk
From Genomics to Phenomics: Redefining Disease Prevention Personalized Health
to be shared - Lee is still writing it
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Edward Esplin, Invitae
- PMWC Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Michael Snyder, Stanford
Pioneer Honoree: Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics
- Keynote
- Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics - Genomic & Multiomic Intervention and Prevention of Disease: Colorectal Cancer
- Edward Esplin, Labcorp Genetics - Multi-omic Characterization of Cancer Development and Progression
Chair: Kathleen Barnes, Oxford Nanopore Tech
- Carol Greider, UCSC
- Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen, Genentech
- Emily Leproust, Twist Biosciences - Imaging and Data Strategies in the Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN)
- Sean Hanlon, NIH/HTAN
- Advanced Image Analysis and Data Integration in the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)
- Pinaki Sarder, University of Florida - Predicting Disease and Managing Health Through Wearables Technologies (PANEL)
Chair: Michael Snyder, Stanford
- Jessilyn Dunn, Duke
- Noosheen Hashemi, January.ai
- Gil Levy, Assuta Ashdod Hospital - Protein Scoring Empowers Improved Disease Risk Prediction
- Cindy Lawley, Olink
- Multi-omic Interrogation of Organ Systems
Chair: Jessilyn Dunn, Duke
- Gloria Pryhuber, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Chenchen Zhu, Stanford
- Assaf Kacen, PromiseBio - Harnessing Single-Cell Genomics for Precision Disease Intervention
- Ben Hindson, 10x Genomics - Vision for Tomorrow: Pioneer Insights (Audience Qs)
Chair: Cindy Lawley, Olink
- Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics
