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






