Charles Gawad

Charles Gawad is an Associate Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology, with affiliations including Bio-X Faculty Fellow, Sarafan ChEM-H Member, and Stanford Cancer Institute Member. His work bridges biotechnology, computational biology, and clinical medicine to advance precision oncology through single-cell genomics.

• MD and PhD in Cancer Biology from University of Arizona and Stanford University respectively
• Board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Research focus:

• Development of Primary Template-Directed Amplification (PTA) for high-accuracy single-cell genome sequencing
• Quantitative analysis of somatic mutation accumulation in neurons
• Elucidating cancer clonal evolution during treatment
• Microbial genomic diversity in immunocompromised patients

Awards and honors include Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator, Taube Distinguished Scholar, NIH New Innovator Award, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award.

Recent publications highlight PTA's impact on microbial genome recovery, disease monitoring through plasma DNA, and glucocorticoid resistance mechanisms in leukemia. His lab website and GitHub repositories demonstrate ongoing tool development for clinical applications.