Breakthrough East 2026 / Speakers
On stage at Breakthrough East
Check out this year’s lineup below and stay tuned for more announcements to come. Apply to speak today.
Sponsor Speaker
Gonçalo Abecasis, DPhil
Senior Vice President, Chief Genomics and Data Science Officer, Regeneron Genetics Center
Sponsor Speaker
Josh Allen, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Oncology, Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Katrine Bosley
Board Chair, Arrakis Therapeutics
Rob Califf, M.D.
Former Commissioner, FDA; Instructor in Medicine, Duke University
Seng H. Cheng, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Research & Product Development, Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Virtual Speaker
Sneha Dave
Founder and Executive Director, Generation Patient
Jane Grogan, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Head of Research, Biogen
Chris Klomp
Director of Medicare & Deputy Administrator, CMS; Chief Counselor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Jessica Knurick, Ph.D., RDN
Science and Public Health Communicator
Jeremy M. Levin, D.Phil., M.B., B.Chir.
Executive Chairman and co-founder, Ovid Therapeutics; author of “Biotech in the Balance: Saving a Strategic Industry in an Age of Distrust”
Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Science Communicator
Sharon Mates, Ph.D.
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Intra-Cellular Therapies
Morgan McSweeney, Ph.D. (@dr.noc)
Science Communicator and Consultant
Stelios Papadopoulos, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board, Exelixis, Inc.
Sponsor Speaker
Chirag Patel
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Amneal
Robert Plenge, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb
Sponsor Speaker
Howard Riina, M.D.
Director, Clinical Innovation, NYU Langone Health, Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Department of Neurosurgery
Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Columbia Initiative in Cell Engineering and Therapy
Virtual Speaker
Darien Sutton, M.D., MBA
ABC News Medical Correspondent; Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician
Jacob Van Naarden
Executive Vice President; President, Lilly Oncology and Head of Corporate Business Development, Eli Lilly and Company
Moderator
Mario Aguilar
Health Tech Correspondent, STAT
Moderator
Damian Garde
Reporter at Large, Live and Feature Journalism, STAT
Moderator
Matthew Herper
Senior Writer, Medicine; Editorial Director of Events, STAT
Moderator
Lizzy Lawrence
FDA Reporter, STAT
Moderator
Jason Mast
General Assignment Reporter, STAT
Moderator
Sarah Todd
Reporter, Commercial Determinants of Health, STAT