Julie Collens
CEO
Vivid Genomics
Julie Collens, PhD, is the CEO of Vivid Genomics. She received a BSc from University of Calgary and PhD in evolutionary population genetics from the University of Chicago. Following her academic career, she was a sell-side equity analyst covering life science tools and molecular diagnostics companies at Robert W Baird and was most recently Associate Director of Market Development at Illumina, developing and driving strategies to accelerate the clinical application of genomics in complex diseases, with a particular focus on neurodegenerative disease. At Vivid Genomics, she is leveraging a combined experience in genomics, finance, business development, strategy, and commercialization to identify efficient approaches to improving neurodegenerative drug development.