Developing Faster Ways to Identify Infections Dr. Hirotaka Ata, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) working to improve the detection of infectious diseases. His research combines emergency medicine, molecular biology, and CRISPR technology to investigate faster ways of identifying pathogens responsible for infections. Rapid identification of an infectious […]
Bringing Engineering and Medicine Together Dr. Steven J. Jonas, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), whose work combines pediatric medicine, engineering, and nanotechnology. His research explores how extremely small technologies can help scientists understand disease and develop more precise ways to diagnose and treat cancer. Dr. Jonas is […]
Improving Care for People With Chronic Lung Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, affects millions of people and can make everyday activities such as walking, climbing stairs, and exercising increasingly difficult. Although inhaled medications and other treatments help many patients, some continue to experience severe symptoms and repeated flare-ups. Dr. Christopher Mosher, MD, is […]
Dr. Heather Wakelee, MD, FASCO, is a leading oncologist and physician-scientist at Stanford Medicine whose career has been dedicated to improving treatment and outcomes for people with lung cancer. As Deputy Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute and Chief of the Division of Oncology, she combines clinical care, research, education, and leadership in one of […]
Dr. Kevin N. Sheth, MD, is a prominent physician-scientist at Yale School of Medicine whose work combines neurological care, medical research, and technology. As Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and a founding director of the Yale Center for Brain & Mind Health, he has built a career focused on improving outcomes for patients suffering from […]
Dr. Stuart H. Orkin is a renowned American physician-scientist whose decades of work in pediatric hematology and molecular genetics have helped transform the understanding and treatment of inherited blood disorders. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, he is the David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, an investigator at Boston Children’s Hospital and […]
Dr. John H. Krystal, M.D., is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and physician-scientist at Yale School of Medicine whose research has influenced the understanding and treatment of several major psychiatric disorders. As chair of Yale’s Department of Psychiatry, he has combined clinical medicine with research into depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder. Krystal is […]
Dr. Roxana Daneshjou, M.D., Ph.D., is a dermatologist and biomedical data scientist at Stanford Medicine whose work sits at the intersection of dermatology, artificial intelligence and precision medicine. Her research is focused on developing medical technologies that can work more effectively across different populations, particularly when it comes to detecting skin cancer. Daneshjou began her […]
Dr. Bryan Traynor, M.D., Ph.D., is a neurologist and senior investigator at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in Bethesda, Maryland, whose career has focused on understanding the genetic causes of devastating neurodegenerative diseases. His research has helped transform scientists’ understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), while his more recent work […]
Dr. Michael Mathis is a U.S. physician-scientist at the University of Michigan whose research focuses on making surgery and anesthesia safer through data-driven medicine. Mathis is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical School, Research Director of the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group and Director of Outcomes Research within the university’s Department […]