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Russ Biagio Altman is the Kenneth Fong Professor at Stanford University, with appointments in Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and by courtesy, Computer Science. He serves as Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and directs the Helix Research Group.
- Education: AB (summa cum laude) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard College (1983), PhD in Medical Information Sciences (1989), and MD in Medicine (1990) from Stanford University
His research focuses on computational technologies in molecular biology and medicine, particularly pharmacogenomics, 3D structural analysis of biological molecules, and functional genomics using NLP and machine learning. Recent work includes AI-driven pharmacogenomic databases like PharmGKB, structural motif identification in proteins, and social media-based public health surveillance.
Scientific awards include the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award, NSF CAREER Award, and fellowships in AAAS, AIMBE, and the National Academy of Medicine. He has received multiple teaching and mentorship awards and co-founded Personalis (NASDAQ: PSNL).
His lab trains graduate and postdoctoral researchers across Biomedical Data Science, Genetics, and Bioengineering programs. Current projects include AI-guided CRISPR experiments, EHR integration for drug response prediction, and opioid epidemic monitoring via social media analytics.
