Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Chair and CSO, Broad Clinical Labs
Biography
Niall Lennon has been with the Broad Institute for over 20 years and has contributed to the development of applications for every major next generation sequencing platform across a range of fields. In 2013, Dr. Lennon built Broad Clinical Labs, a CLIACAP licensed clinical laboratory at the Broad, to facilitate return of results to patients and to support clinical trials. Dr. Lennon has led efforts to achieve FDA approval for both large-scale genomics projects (as co-Chair of the regulatory working group for NIHs All of Us Research Project) and for Broads own clinical diagnostic for COVID-19 testing process that delivered 37 million diagnostic test results to people in the New England region during the pandemic. In 2025, Niall led a team that collaborated with Roche to achieve a world record for the fastest human genome sequenced.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Burns Blaxall
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Jeff Balser, VUMC
• Howard J. Jacob, Abbvie
Precision Medicine at Scale – Lessons from Vanderbilt
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
From First Patient to a Million Genomes
• Chair: Howard J. Jacob, Abbvie
• Jeffrey Balser, Vanderbilt
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
Keynote: AI and Data-Driven Individual Health
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
Keys to Successful Implementation of a Precision Medicine Program
• Chair: Howard McLeod, GeneDx
• Kevan Simms, Ochsner Health
Key Players in Successful Implementation – Beyond Oncology
• Chair: Damon Hostin, Illumina
• Shaista Malik, UC Irvine
• David E. Lanfear, Henry Ford Health
Precision Medicine at Scale: Lessons from a Statewide Genomic Initiative
• Chair: Premal Shah, MyOme
• Niall Lennon, Broad Clinical Labs
Integrating Multi-Modal Biology into Precision Care Pathways: A Systems Framework for Scalable Implementation
• K V Venkatesh, IIT Mumbai
From $/Gb to Outcomes – Simplifying Genomics for Health Systems
• Fireside Chat: Jacob Thaysen, CEO, Illumina
Achieving Comprehensive Precision Medicine
• Chair: Burns Blaxall
• Trish Brown, GeneDx
• Sarah Hersey, BMS
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
