Euan A. Ashley

Euan A. Ashley is the Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor of Genomics and Precision Health at Stanford University, holding concurrent professorships in Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Data Science. As Chair of the Department of Medicine (2024–Present) and Founding Director of the Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, he leads transformative research in precision medicine and genomic analysis. His work bridges clinical practice and cutting-edge science, focusing on genetic disease diagnosis, therapeutic development, and the integration of AI into healthcare.

Education & Training:

• BSc (Hons) Physiology, University of Glasgow (1993)
• MB ChB Medicine, University of Glasgow (1996)
• PhD in Molecular Cardiology, University of Oxford (2002)
• Medical residencies and fellowships at Oxford and Stanford

Research Interests: The Ashley Lab pioneers methods for genomic data interpretation, leveraging AI and big data to advance personalized medicine. Key areas include cardiac genomics, epistatic interactions in disease, and translational applications of multi-omics. His lab developed early tools for clinical genomics, including the Clinical Genomics Program at Stanford.

Notable Achievements:

• Co-founder of Personalis, Deepcell, and Svexa
• Recipient of the American Heart Association Medal of Honor and NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
• Authored The Genome Odyssey (2021) and led the Undiagnosed Diseases Network

Labs & Teams: Directs the Stanford Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Lab and collaborates across institutions like the Cardiovascular Institute and Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance. His work spans from bench science to clinical trials in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and exercise physiology.