Speaker Profile
Ph.D., CSO & Co-Founder, Adaptive Biotech
Biography
Harlan Robins is a CoFounder of Adaptive Biotechnologies, a commercialstage biotech company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease. Prior to cofounding Adaptive, Harlan served in various roles at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in the Computational Biology Program, including Assistant Faculty Member, Associate, and Full Member and Head of the program.Interested in the mathematics behind genetics and observing the potential utility of highlevel mathematics to study problems in the biological sciences, Harlan took a postdoctoral appointment at the Institute for Advance Study in Princeton under famed biologist Dr. Arnold Levine. With Dr. Levine, he concentrated on developing bioinformatic algorithms for micro RNA targets and bacterial genome analysis, a precursor to his faculty appointment at FHCRC in the Computational Biology Group, Public Health Sciences and Human Biology Divisions.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Russ Cucina, UCSF
John Kalafut, Asher Orion Group
- PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony
Luminary Honoree: Suchi Saria, Johns Hopkins - Fireside chat: Claire Bloomfield, NHS England and John Kalafut, Asher Orion Group
- Health IT and Interoperability Policy (PANEL)
Chair: Russ Cucina, UCSF
- Steven Lane, Gorila Health
- Alan Swenson, Sequoia Project - Barriers and Challenges of Deploying AI into Clinical Use (PANEL)
Chair: Chris Austin, AWS Global Medical
- Bernardo Bizzo, Mass General Brigham
- Sylvia Katina Plevritis, Stanford
- Guido Matthews, Bayer - Transforming Healthcare Using Big Data and Remote Monitoring
Chair: Michael Snyder, Stanford
- Transform Healthcare with Innovative AI Applications
Chair: Mark Yandell, University of Utah
- Suchi Saria, Johns Hopkins - AI-Powered Clinical Knowledgebases to Advance Precision Medicine Clinically
Chair: Rakesh Nagarajan, Velsera
- The Impact of AI and High Resolution Digital Slide Imaging on Clinical Practice
Chair: Chris Coley, Epredia
- PMWC Showcase
- Ziad Obermeyer, Dandelion Health
