Speaker Profile
PMWC PIONEER AWARD
M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard
Biography
Wendy Chung is a leading figure in rare disease genomics and precision pediatrics. She has identified the genetic basis for more than 60 novel human Mendelian conditions and has helped define how genomic discovery can be translated into clinical care for children with rare and complex disorders.
Her work has also been central to the implementation of genomic medicine at scale, including major efforts in autism and rare neurogenetic disease through SPARK and Simons Searchlight. More recently, she has helped lead the field toward genomic newborn screening through GUARDIAN, a large prospective study evaluating genome sequencing for early detection of rare, treatable conditions.
Chung has also advanced a model for how genomic diagnosis can lead directly to personalized treatment, including work on antisense oligonucleotide therapy for KIF1A-associated neurological disorder. A member of the National Academy of Medicine, she continues to shape the future of rare disease diagnosis, newborn screening, and genomic implementation.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Ed Kim, City of Hope
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute / FinnGen
• Gordon Sanghera, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
The Data Factory: Integrating Millions of Genomes for Variant Interpretation
• Chair: Stephen Montgomery, Stanford University
• Carlos Bustamante, University of Oklahoma
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute
• Manuel Rivas, Stanford University
• Mark McCarthy, Genentech
• Nilah Ioannidis, UC Berkeley / UCSC
Keynote: Biobanks and the Road Ahead in Human Genetics
• Mark Daly, Broad Institute
Beyond the Read: Long-Read Sequencing in Clinical Variant Pipeline
• Chair: Kathleen Barnes, Galatea Bio
• Gordon Sanghera, Oxford Nanopore Technologies
• Hanlee Ji, Stanford
• Barrett Bready, Nabsys
DNA to Drug, Label & Coverage
• Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Edward Kim, City of Hope
• Slavé Petrovski, AstraZeneca
• Wei Zhou, Broad Institute
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Scott Gottlieb, New Enterprise Associates
Fireside Chat
• Lauren Silvis, Tempus
• Scott Gottlieb, New Enterprise Associates
25+ Years of the Human Genome: From Bench to Bedside to Beyond
• Chair: Ralph Snyderman, Duke University
• Craig Venter, J. Craig Venter Institute
• Brook Byers, KPCB
• Lee Hood, Phenome Health
