Speaker Profile
Biography
Dr. Miller is a board certified clinical pathologist with expertise in microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics. He has specialized in development and validation of molecular diagnostic testing for pathogen detection and characterization, with a focus on the application of broadspectrum identification methods to patient diagnostics. Much of his career has involved use of next generation sequencing of microorganisms to diagnose infections and enable detailed strain characterization by genome analysis tools, with a goal to improve clinical testing and public health monitoring.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chairs:
Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Metagenomic Sequencing Challenges in Microbiology Labs (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Esther Babady, MSKCC
- Robert Schlaberg, Illumina
- David C Gaston, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Optimizing Clinical Metagenomics for Infectious Diseases Diagnosis (PANEL)
Chair: Steve Miller, Delve Bio
- Anne Piantadoski, Emory University
- Sivan Bercovici, Karius Dx
- Laura Filkins, Children's Health System of Texas
- Catherine Hogan, British Columbia / CDC
- Advancing Infectious Disease Management through AI, Metagenomics, and Emerging Technologies (PANEL)
Chair: Charles Chiu, UCSF
- Purvesh Khatri, Stanford
- Monica Fung, UCSF
- Kristian Andersen, Scripps Research
- Kathleen Jacobson, CDPH - Insight and Actionable Strategies for Microbiome Innovation (PANEL)
Chair: Nathan Price, Thorne
- Colleen Cutcliffe, Pendulum
- Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
- Jack Gilbert, UCSD
- Fiona Tambuini, Genentech
- Nikole E. Kimes, Siolta Therapeutics - Stanford Healthcare Innovation Lab Showcase
Chair: Ariel Bacaner Ganz, Stanford
- Maddalena Adorno, Dorian Therapeutics
- Alice Rathjen, DNA compass
- David Wong, XR Workout - Chris Chin, Thera VR Inc.