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    Russ B. Altman
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    Russ Biagio Altman is the Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and (by courtesy) Computer Science and past chairman of the Stanford Bioengineering Department. His research interests are in the application of AI, data science, and informatics to problems in medicine, focused on understanding drug action at molecular, cellular, organism, and population levels.

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    Russ Biagio Altman is the Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and (by courtesy) Computer Science and past chairman of the Bioengineering Department at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in the application of computing (AI, data science, and informatics) to problems relevant to medicine. He is particularly interested in methods for understanding drug action at molecular, cellular, organism, and population levels. His lab studies how human genetic variation impacts drug response. Other work focuses on the analysis of biological molecules to understand the actions, interactions, and adverse events of drugs. Altman holds an AB from Harvard College,  an MD from Stanford Medical School, and a PhD in medical information sciences from Stanford. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is a past president, founding board member, and fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology and  past president of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He has chaired the Science Board advising the FDA commissioner and has served on the NIH Director’s Advisory Committee and as cochair of the IOM Drug Forum. He is an organizer of the annual Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing and a founder of Personalis. Altman is board certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. He is the founding editor of the Annual Reviews of Biomedical Data Science and hosts a podcast entitled The Future of Everything.

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Russ Biagio Altman is the Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and (by courtesy) Computer Science and past chairman of the Bioengineering Department at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in the application of computing (AI, data science, and informatics) to problems relevant to medicine. He is particularly interested in methods for understanding drug action at molecular, cellular, organism, and population levels. His lab studies how human genetic variation impacts drug response. Other work focuses on the analysis of biological molecules to understand the actions, interactions, and adverse events of drugs. He helps lead an FDA-supported Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation.

Altman holds an AB from Harvard College, an MD from Stanford Medical School, and a PhD in medical information sciences from Stanford. He received the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Medical Informatics, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He is a past president, founding board member, and fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology  and past president of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. He has chaired the Science Board advising the FDA commissioner and has served on the NIH Director’s Advisory Committee and as cochair of the US Institute of Medicine Drug Forum. He is an organizer of the annual Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing and a founder of Personalis.  Altman is board certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. He received the Stanford Medical School graduate teaching award in 2000 and 2020 and the mentorship award in 2014. He is the founding editor of the Annual Reviews of Biomedical Data Science and hosts a podcast entitled The Future of Everything.

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