"Mount Sinai Invests $200M into New Precision Medicine Data Science Program"
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is investing $200 million into a new program to fast-track drug discoveries through the integration of large-scale data analysis and genomic technologies. The school also said it has recruited Adam Margolin, PhD, former director of computation biology at Oregon Health & Science University, to lead the initiative. Dr. Margolin, who will replace Eric Schadt at Mount Sinai, is a leader in the development of machine-learning algorithms to analyze large-scale datasets that predict which patients will respond to treatments. He has also developed software systems to enable collaborative analysis within national and international projects in cancer, genomics, cancer immunotherapy, stem cell research, and pediatric diseases. "We will bring together the top data scientists, genomic technology innovators, and disease experts who will work side by side every day to understand the molecular causes of complex diseases, rapidly test new therapies derived from these insights, and bring these therapies to patients faster than ever before,” said Dr. Margolin.
— Adam Margolin, PhD, Professor, Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Senior Associate Dean, Precision Medicine, Director, Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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