Speaker Profile
Ph.D.,PHARMD, CTO & NIH Data Scholar 2022-23, UCSF
Biography
Sharat Israni previously was Executive Director, Data Science, at Stanford Medicine. A long serving Technology executive, Sharats teams pioneered the use of Big Data. He served as VP of Data at Yahoo (19992008) and Intuit (201013), which pioneered Big Data Science to reinvent their products. He led Digital Media systems for broadcast interactive TV at Silicon Graphics; and Data teams at IBM and HP. Sharat has been PI for NSF, NIH and RCUK workshops on Data Science topics in Biomedicine, and is a peer reviewer of some scientific journals.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track 4 - February 5 9.00 A.M.-4.30 P.M.
Track Chair: Keith Yamamoto, UCSF
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony:
Pioneer Honoree: Robert Califf, FDA
Luminary Honoree: Ida Sim, UCSF
- Fireside Chat: Keith Yamamoto, UCSF, Robert Califf, FDA, and Kathy Giacomini, UCSF
- Keynote: TBA
- Ida Sim, UCSF
- AI-driven Advances in Precision Medicine (PANEL)
Chair: Sharat Israni, Bakar Institute, UCSF
- Peter Norvig, Google
- Susan Lynch, UCSF
- New Federal Programs Driving Transformative Health Breakthrough (PANEL)
Chair: Keith Yamamoto, UCSF
- Susan Monarez, ARPA-H
- Charles Romine, NIST
- Erwin Gianchandani, NSF - AI-Driven Protein Design (PANEL)
Chair:
- AI and Ethical Challenges (PANEL)
Chair: Ida Sim, UCSF
- Jianying Hu, IBM
