Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Vice President and Head of Genomic Research Target Enabling Science & Technology, AbbVie
Biography
Dr. Howard Jacob is the Vice President and Head of Genomic Research at AbbVie, one of the world’s largest biotech companies. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles on the genetic mapping of complex diseases and building genomic resources and tools. Earlier in this career at the Medical College of Wisconsin , Dr. Jacob and his team were the first to use genomic sequencing to save a patient’s life.