Biography
Dawn Barry, President & Cofounder, Luna: Dawn Barry is a veteran of the biotech industry and an advocate for girls and women in STEM professions. Her current company, Luna, has received numerous awards from notable institutions including the Word Economic Forum and Fast Company for redesigning the biomedical research model by bridging collectives of people with industry and researchers for dynamic studies and trials. Prior to Luna, Barry spent 12 years helping build Illumina, where she ultimately served as the Vice President of Applied Genomics and led pioneering teams in precision medicine, translational genomics, population genomics, and clinical screening, among others. Barrys accomplishments include being named San Diego Business Journals 2017 Business Woman of the Year, giving a talk at TEDxSanDiego 2016, and receiving Girl Scouts San Diego Cool Women award in 2019.
Track Chair:
William Oh, Mount Sinai