Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Policy Coordinator, European Commission
Biography
Saša Jenko is interested in responsible innovation including AI and its implementation in health systems. Saša is with the EU Commission working in the Health Policy Strategy at DG SANTE on strategic matters in digital health. She was the 2025 EU Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she studied the organizational, economic, ethical, legal and regulatory aspects of AI-aided health and care in USA and analyzed its implications for the EU context. Before the fellowship she was the Head of Sector for Health Reforms at DG REFORM, European Commission where she worked closely with the EU Health Ministries on the digital transformation of health systems including design, implementation and monitoring of health reforms.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Burns Blaxall
PMWC Award Ceremony Honorees
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Jeff Balser, VUMC
Precision Medicine at Scale, Lessons from Vanderbilt
• Jeffrey R. Balser, Vanderbilt
Implementing Precision Medicine at Scale: Health Systems and Policy Perspectives
• Jeffrey Balser, Vanderbilt
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
• Sasa Jenko, European Commission
Keynote
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
Keys to Successful Implementation of a Precision Medicine Program
• Chair: Howard McLeod, GeneDx
• David E. Lanfear, Henry Ford Health
• Kevan Simms, Ochsner Health
Key Players in Successful Implementation – Beyond Oncology
• Chair: Damon Hostin, Illumina
• Shaista Malik, UC Irvine
Precision Medicine at Scale: Lessons from a Statewide Genomic Initiative
• Chair: Premal Shah, MyOme
Achieving Comprehensive Precision Medicine
• Chair: Burns Blaxall
• Trish Brown, GeneDx
• Sarah Hersey, BMS
• Euan Ashley, Stanford
