Speaker Profile

M.D., Ph.D., VP Trial Design Solutions, Medidata

Biography
Jacob Aptekar is Vice President of Trial Design Solutions at Acorn AI, a Medidata Solutions company and part of Dassault Systemes. Dr Aptekar has over 10 years of experience as a basic science researcher, business leader and data scientist. He most recently served as an Associate at McKinsey & Company within their Digital McKinsey practice working with public and private sector clients who use technology to deliver healthcare and develop therapies. Previously, he founded and led Qurator Inc, a data science company focused on the progression of chronic kidney disease and care planning for dialysis. Dr Aptekar received an MD from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, his PhD from UCLA in Neuroscience under the mentorship of Mark Frye, an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and an AB in Physics from Harvard College


 Session Abstract – PMWC 2023 Silicon Valley

Track 2 - January 27 9.00 A.M.-3.45 P.M.


Track Chair:
William Oh, Mount Sinai

  • PMWC 2023 Award Ceremony
    Honoree: Gad Getz, Broad Institute
  • How Healthcare Can Solve Its Data Problem
    - Rod Tarrago, AWS
  • Analysis of Omics Data Using Novel AI Strategies Provides Insights and Applications into Healthcare
    - Michael Snyder, Stanford University
  • NLP Applications to Parse Unstructured Medical Text
    Chair: William Oh, Mount Sinai
    - Rong Chen, Sema4
  • IImproving the Probability of Technical and Regulatory Success (PANEL)
    Chair: Elizabeth Lamont, Medidata Solutions
    - Dawn Barry, Luna
    - Peter Bach, Delfi
    - Jacob Aptekar, Medidata
  • AI/ML Applications for Patient Outcomes Prediction and Clinical Decision Support
    Chair: Alex Sherman, Harvard University
    - Indu Navar, EverythingALS
    - Nuray Yurt, Novartis Oncology
    - Jake Donoghue, Beacon
    - Marie-Abèle Bind, Harvard
  • FAIR Data Approaches to Make Data Usable, Accessible, and Findable
    - Bhavesh Patel, Calmi2
  • The Pharma Informatics Ecosystem (PANEL)
    Chair: Maria Kasarides, BMS
    - Colin Hill, Aitia
    - Chris Bakan, Roche
    - Subha Madhavan, Pfizer
  • PMWC Showcase
    - Jack DiGiovanna, Seven Bridges
    - Janusz Dutkowski, Data4Cure