Speaker Profile
Vice President, Genomics and Interoperability, Epic
Biography
Since joining Epic nearly 30 years ago with a background in physics and mathematics, Peter has worked with some of the world’s most forward-looking healthcare institutions to design, develop, and implement a broad array of technology for oncology, precision medicine, and interoperability. Today, Peter continues to work at the intersection of genomics and artificial intelligence to bring these technologies to the greatest number of people.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
Opening talk
• Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Judy Faulkner, Epic
• Alexis C. Komor, UCSD
What’s Next at Epic?
• Peter DeVault, Epic
Modified mRNA, siRNA, ASOs
• Chair: Alexis C. Komor, UCSD
• Niren Murthy, UC Berkeley
• Gene Yeo, UCSD
• Reuben Harris, UT Health San Antonio
Stem Cell-Targeted Therapeutics: Small Molecules & Biologics
• Chair: Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
• Irving L. Weissman, Stanford
Space-Omics & Stem-Cell Adaptation
• Chair: Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
• Alysson Muotri, UCSD
In Vivo Gene Therapies
• Chair: Gene Yeo, UCSD
• Mark A Kay, Stanford
• David Schaffer, Berkeley
Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Patient Stratification
• Chair: Ezra Cohen, Tempus
• Eitan Ruppin, NIH
• David Ledbetter, Florida State University
• Ludmil Alexandrov, UCSD
Bioprinting Transplantable Liver: mRNA-Driven Multi-Lineage Differentiation from Autologous iPSCs
• Jiwu Wang, The Scintillon Institute
A New Era in Heart Failure Treatment: Delivering on the Promise of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Therapy
• Eugene Wang, Help Therapeutics
Closing Talk
• Catriona Jamieson, UCSD
