Speaker Profile
M.D., Senior VP, Cancer Informatics, Tempus Labs
Biography
James L Chen, MD is a recognized expert in rare cancers and a translational bioinformatician. In addition, Dr. Chen is a dually-appointed Associate Professor in Medical Oncology and in Biomedical Informatics, at The Ohio State University (OSU). He is the former Clinical/Research Informatics Medical Director for the James Cancer Hospital and has chaired the Translational Bioinformatics group for ALLIANCE. During his tenure as the chair of the ASCO Health IT Task Force, he named and led the initial development of the mCODE standards initiative. He has served as Principal Investigator for several investigator-initiated rare disease trials and has over 60 peer reviewed publications. He has trained multiple generations of bioinformaticians as course director for OSU’s translational bioinformatics graduate course. Dr. Chen completed his undergraduate training at Harvard University and oncology training at the University of Chicago.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Russ Cucina, UCSF
- How can AI and Data Science Determine Which Patients should be Preemptively Tested? (PANEL)
Chair: Russ Cucina, UCSF
- Lisa Kroon, UCSF
- Sylvia Plevritis, Stanford
- Eran Segal, WI
- Daniel Knecht, CVS Health - Establishing Genomics in the Clinic as a Routine Requires AI and Automation
Chair: Bani Tamraz, UCSF
- Sergio Baranzini, UCSF
- James Shalaby, Elimu Informatics - Representation and Equity in Genomic Data
Chair: Karen Miga, UCSC
- Timothy Rebbeck, Harvard
- Keolu Fox, UC San Diego
- Malcolm John, UCSF - Overcoming Barriers to Bringing Multi-omic's into Clinical Practices
Chair: Russ Cucina, UCSF
- Peter DeVault, Epic
- Kevin Hass, Myriad
- Jim Chen, Tempus
- Amie Blanco, UCSF - Misaligned Incentives Across Public-Private Partnerships in Patient Health (PANEL)
Chair: Justin Wildsmith, Syntropy
- Steve Goldstein, UC Irvine
- Ken Harris, AWS
- Suzanne George, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Nelson D’Antonio, Palantir - From Code to the Clinic: A Framework for the Ethical Integration of Precision AI into Healthcare
- Lisa Lehmann, Google - PMWC Showcase:
- Thomas Westerling-Bui, Aiforia Inc.
- Amrie Grammer, Ampel Bio Solutions
- Liat Dassa, CytoReason
- Ryan Ahern, Truveta
