Speaker Profile
PhD, Professor, Scripps Research
Biography
Dr. Kristian Andersen is a renowned virologist and infectious disease expert who is currently a professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. He received his PhD in bioinformatics and computational biology from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford and the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Andersen's research focuses on understanding the evolution and spread of viral pathogens, with a particular emphasis on emerging infectious diseases. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the Zika virus epidemic, the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, and the COVID19 pandemic, among others. His work involves a combination of cutting edge genomic and computational techniques to track the spread of viral pathogens in real-time, and to inform public health efforts to contain and control these diseases.
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.
