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Paul Avillach is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. His research focuses on integrating heterogeneous clinical and genomic datasets to advance precision medicine. He leads the Avillach Lab, developing methods like the PIC-SURE platform for secure, federated data analysis across institutions.
- Core Affiliations:
- Harvard Medical School - Biomedical Informatics Department
- Boston Children's Hospital - Pediatrics Department
Education: MD in public health/epidemiology from University of Bordeaux; PhD in biomedical informatics from University of Marseilles.
Research Interests: Clinical data integration, EHR-based studies, genomic data fusion, rare disease analysis, and pandemic informatics. He leads major NIH-funded projects including the BD2K PIC-SURE Center and NHLBI BioData Catalyst initiatives.
Key Projects:
- PIC-SURE platform for federated data access
- Global Rare Diseases Registry (GRDR)
- 4CE consortium for multinational EHR analysis
Grant Roles: Co-PI on AIM-AHEAD Coordinating Center, NHLBI TOPMED integration, and multiple NIH-funded studies. His work bridges clinical informatics with translational genomics.
