1. Russ Biagio Altman is an American professor of bioengineering, genetics, medicine, and biomedical data science and past chairman of the bioengineering department at Stanford University.
15 Facts About Russ Altman
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Russ Altman became full professor in 2004, and was chair of the department of bioengineering from 2007 to June 2012.
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Russ Altman was the Kenneth Fong Professor of Engineering at Stanford, and an advisor to the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub from 2016- 2021.
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Russ Altman is particularly interested in methods for understanding drug action at molecular, cellular, organism and population levels.
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Russ Altman helps lead an FDA-supported center for regulatory science and innovation.
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Russ Altman chaired the Science Board advising the FDA Commissioner, serves on the NIH director's advisory committee, and is co-chair of the IOM Drug Forum.
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Russ Altman is an organizer of the annual Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing.
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Russ Altman co-founded Personalis, Inc In 2011 along with three other faculty members including Euan Ashley, Atul Butte, Michael Snyder and businessman John West.
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Russ Altman is clinically active with a pharmacogenomics consultative service at Stanford Healthcare.
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Russ Altman received the US Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
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Russ Altman is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Medical Informatics, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Russ Altman is a member of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies.
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Russ Altman received the Stanford Medical School graduate teaching award in 2000, and mentorship award in 2014.
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In 2018, Russ Altman was awarded the ISCB Outstanding Contributions Award.
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In 2020, Russ Altman received the ISCB Outstanding Contributions Award.