Session Chair Profile

Ph.D., Vice President, Medical Oncology, BMS

Biography
Maria Karasarides leads medical strategy and innovation for the oncology early development portfolio. With an applied focus on innovative technologies and biomarkers, she oversees the integration of medical research designed to address real-world problems that impede clinical outcomes and meaningfully bridge research into clinical practice and patient care. Her experience spans the academic and pharmaceutical sectors with a focus on clinical and translational development. She held leadership positions at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb where she advanced the development of investigational immune modulating therapies, durvalumab (ImfinziTM) & tremelimumab based combinations, and was a key member of the ipilimumab (Yervoy®) launch team. Dr. Karasarides holds a Ph.D. in biology/biochemistry and conducted her graduate work on RAS/PI3K signaling at the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinical Foundation. During her post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK, she delineated BRAF as a therapeutic target in melanoma.


 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