Speaker Profile
Chief Data Science Strategist, NHGRI
Biography
Valentina Di Francesco is the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) Chief Data Science Strategist, and Director of the Office of Genomic Data Science (OGDS). In this role, she provides leadership, strategic guidance and coordination for NHGRI programs in computational genomic and data science. Her Office provides guidance for NHGRI’s implementation of NIH’s data sharing policies, promoting the proper governance, stewardship, and sustainability of shared data. Her office also coordinates NHGRI’s involvement in NIH-wide data science efforts. It also leads efforts that encourage data scientists to become a part of the genomics research community through the support of training, mentored research experiences, and career development programs.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Gad Getz, Broad Institute
- PMWC 2024 Luminary Award
Luminary Honoree: Heidi Rehm, MGH and Broad Institute
- Opening Talk: The Power of Data by Track Chair Gaddy Getz, Broad Institute
- Global Data Sharing Collaboration: Overcoming Organizational and Sectoral Barriers (PANEL)
Chair: Gad Getz, Broad Institute
- Peter Goodhand, GA4GH
- Valentina Di Francesco, NHGRI - Challenges of Remote Data Harmonization and Querying
Chair: Heidi Rhem, MGH and Broad Institute
- Andrea Ramirez, All of Us
- Simona Carini, UCSF
- Josh Peterson, Emerge/Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Nara Sobreira, Johns Hopkins/GeneMatcher - Keynote: Machine Learning for Therapeutic Discovery
- Daphne Koller, insitro
- Exploring the Power of AI and Data Sciences in Drug Discovery
Chair: Russ Altman, Stanford University
- Kim Branson, GSK
- Sun-Gou Ji, BridgeBio
- Angela Oliveira Pisco, Insitro - Foundation Models to Advance Precision Medicine (PANEL)
Chair: Nigam Shah, Stanford
- Aashima Gupta, Google
- Matthew Lungren, Microsoft
- Rod Tarrago, AWS
