Isaac Kohane co-directs the Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School where he applies computational techniques, whole genome analysis, and functional genomics to study human diseases. Kohane has led the use of whole healthcare systems, notably in the i2b2 project, as “living laboratories” to drive discovery research in disease genomics and pharmacovigilance and comparative effectiveness with software and methods adopted in over 84 academic health centers internationally. Dr. Kohane has published over 200 papers and leads a doctoral program in genomics and bioinformatics within the Division of Medical Science at Harvard University.