Olivier Lichtarge

Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D. is the Cullen Chair and Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, with appointments in Molecular and Human Genetics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology. He directs the Computational and Integrative Biomedical Research Center and co-directs the Structural & Computational Biology program.

• Education: BS (McGill), PhD & MD (Stanford), Residency & Fellowships (UCSF)
• Research: Integrates evolutionary principles with machine learning for multi-scale data analysis in
  • Protein functional site prediction
  • Mutation impact quantification
  • Network diffusion for disease mechanism discovery
  • Cognitive computing applications

Key Contributions: Developed Evolutionary Trace and Action Equation methods, network compression schemes for cross-species analysis, and text-mining approaches for automated hypothesis generation. His work spans Alzheimer's disease, autism, cancer, and malaria research.

Scientific Recognition:

• Fellow, AAAS (2019)
• Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award (2015)
• Raymond & Beverley Sackler Fellowship (2005)
• Basil O’Connor Award (2001)
• Multiple AHA Fellowships & Awards