Dheeraj Pandey
Co-Founder & CEO
DevRev
Swapna Pandey
Co-founder
Param Hansa Philanthropies
Jennifer R. Cochran
VP SLAC & Strategic Initiatives
Stanford University
Karen M. Kardos
MD, Head Philanthropic Advisory
Citi Private Bank
Dr Alexander Anderson
Chair, Integrated Mathematical Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Dr Thomas Yankeelov
Director, Center for Computational Oncology
UT Austin
Dr Karen Willcox
Director, Oden Institute
UT Austin
Dr Michael Fischbach
Professor, Bioengineering
Stanford University
Dr Juliet Knowles
Asst Professor, Neurology & Pediatrics
Stanford University
Dr Srividya Swaminathan
Assoc Professor, Systems Biology
City of Hope
Dr Mohit Kumar Jolly
Assoc Professor, Bioengineering
IISc Bangalore
Joseph Louis Battaglia
Director
Citi Private Bank
Rajas Desai
Private Wealth Advisor
UBS
Santiago Matheus
Founder & Managing Partner
LQD VC
Dr Dean Bottino
Sr Scientific Director, Oncology
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Arvind Thiagarajan
Founder & CEO
HD Medical Group
Dr Marc R. Birtwistle
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng.
Clemson University
Dr John Lowengrub
Distinguished Professor
UC Irvine
Dr Charley Taylor
Professor & Director, CCM
UT Austin
Two days of keynotes, panels, poster sessions and breakout groups.
Welcome and lunch for all attendees upon arrival at The Harker School.
Seven-minute reflections from partner institutions on collaborative research progress.
Facilitators
Dr Jennifer Cochran, Dr David Vanden Bout & Amit Kumar — followed by Q&A.
“Beyond the Grant: Philanthropy+ for Scientific Research & Translation.”
Facilitator & Panellists
Facilitated by Joseph Battaglia — with Karen Kardos, Swapna Pandey & Dheeraj Pandey.
High School, Undergraduate & Graduate presenters across two themes.
Theme 1
Quantum–AI Systems Biology: Converging Discovery, Engineering & Clinical Translation
Theme 2
AI & Drug Discovery — Lab to Community (Philanthropy + Catalytic Investment)
Coaches leave The Harker School for the Pandey Residence.
Programme finalisation TBD.
Institutions · IISc Bengaluru · PHCCO · UT Austin · UC Irvine · Texas A&M · Stanford
Institutions · UT Austin · USC Viterbi · HD Medical SF · Bespoke Labs · UC Irvine
Institutions · Stanford · UT Austin · Moffitt Cancer Center · Takeda Oncology · MilliporeSigma
“Beyond the Grant: Impact Investment (Early Stage).”
Institutions · PHP · UBS · Hamilton Square Healthcare
Facilitator & Panellists
Facilitated by Andrew Lee — with Dheeraj Pandey & Amit Kumar.
Four parallel working groups.
Each breakout group presents back, followed by debrief.
Debriefing & Key Action Points
Jennifer Cochran, Rajas Desai & Adarsh Das.
Concluding Remarks
Dheeraj Pandey, Swapna Pandey & Amit Kumar.
Open to students High School through PhD. Two themes, both built on Computer, by DevRev.
Track 1
AI Agents for Computational Oncology
Track 2
AI Agents for Quantum–AI Systems Biology
Tiered by Level
Explorer (High School) · Builder (Undergraduate) · Researcher (Graduate / PhD).