Speaker Profile
PMWC PIONEER AWARD
Pioneering precision medicine clinical trials & studies in the US and around the world, and the use of liquid biopsy to predict immunotherapy
M.D., FACP, Center Associate Director, Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Biography
Razelle Kurzrock, MD, is a world leader in precision medicine and immunotherapy. As a medical oncologist/researcher, she is recognized as one of the most important voices in precision medicine and one of the most highly cited scientists globally. Dr. Kurzrock is known for founding and chairing the largest Phase 1 clinical trials department in the world while at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. More recently, at the University of California, Dr. Kurzrock founded and led the Rare Tumor Clinic and the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy. Dr. Kurzrock has brought oversight to >500 clinical trials, with many agents yielding FDA approvals. She has authored >900 peer-reviewed paper with an exception Hirsch index (h-index) score of 136 (>77,000 citations). Her strong record of competitive funding is comprised of ~$125 million in lifetime funding. She has four children, two Basenjis (dogs) and is married to Philip Cohen, MD, who is a dermatologist.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Cindy Perettie, Roche
- PMWC 2023 Award Ceremony
- Luis Alberto Diaz Jr., MSK
- Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin - Non-invasive Liquid Biopsy Techniques (PANEL)
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Apostolia Tsimberidou, MD Anderson
- Mandana Kamgar, MD Medical College of Wisconsin
- Mina Nikanjam, UCSD
- Ash Alizadeh, Stanford University - Liquid Biopsy Challenges and Limitations (PANEL)
Chair: Victor Lin, Mary Bird Perkins
- Luis Alberto Diaz Jr., MSK
- Maximilian Diehn, Stanford
- Dana Dilbeck, Agilent
- Emma Shtivelman, Cancer Commons - Liquid Biopsy in Clinical Trials: Learnings and COVID Experience (PANEL)
Chair: Cindy Perettie, Roche Diagnostics
- Eric Peters, Genenetch
- Andrew Mckenzie, Sarah Cannon
- Yang Pan, Gilead
- Alan Sandler, Mirati Therapeutics - Multi-Cancer Early Detection Through Multi-Biomarker Class Liquid Biopsy Testing
Chair: Tom Beer, Exact Sceinces
- Liquid Biopsy for Early Cancer Detection (PANEL)
Chair: Priti Hegde, Foundation Medicine
- Daniel Kim, UCSC
- Mike Nolan, Freenome
- Jeffrey Venstrom, Grail Bio
- Kathryn Phillips, UCSF
- Lon Castle, eviCore healthcare
- Tom Beer, Exact Sciences - Liquid Biopsy for Minimal Residual Disease (PANEL)
Chair: Minetta Liu, Natera
- Peter Bach, Delfi diagnostics
- Laura Vantveer, UCSF
- Susan Bobulsky, Adaptive
- Joshua Cohen, Johns Hopkins
- PMWC Showcase
- Harmeet Dhani, Biological Dynamics
- Varsha Rao, Claret Bio - PMWC NCI Showcase
- Xianghong Jasmine Zhou, EarlyDiagnostics
