Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Immunology Team Lead, CytoReason
Biography
Dr. Liat Dassa is an Immunology Team Leader at CytoReason, an Israeli tech company developing AI for drug development. She oversees the team of immunologists and data annotators generating and ensuring the biological validity of the company’s computational disease models. Liat completed her BSc and MSc in biomedical sciences at the Hebrew University where she graduated magna cum laude and with honors, respectively. She went on to complete her doctorate in immunology there, focusing on the interaction of viruses and tumor-associated bacteria with the immune system. Liat served as soldier and commander in the Israeli Defense Force’s 8200 intelligence unit. She lives with her husband and two children in Modiin, Israel.
Talk
Using Computational Disease Models for Synthetic Trials
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
