Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital · Harvard Medical School · Harvard University
Quick answer: Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD is Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital at Harvard University. Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Current Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities: Large Language Models (LLM), AI to automate patient diagnosis, Cancer treatment response
Research interests
Develops and applies computational techniques to address disease at multiple scales: from whole healthcare systems as 'living laboratories' to the functional genomics of neurodevelopment with a focus on autism. Research agenda driven by converting data to knowledge and knowledge to practice, instrumenting healthcare for discovery, enabling innovative decision-making tools, re-characterizing diseases such as autism, rheumatoid arthritis and cancers using 'omic-scale molecular analyses.
Selected publications (since 2023)
[2024] Large-scale mutational analysis identifies UNC93B1 variants that drive TLR-mediated autoimmunity in mice and humans.
[2024] EFEMP1 haploinsufficiency causes a Marfan-like hereditary connective tissue disorder.
[2024] Medical Artificial Intelligence and Human Values.
[2024] Polygenic risk scores for autoimmune related diseases are significantly different in cancer exceptional responders.
[2024] Loss of function of FAM177A1, a Golgi complex localized protein, causes a novel neurodevelopmental disorder.
[2024] Leveraging Large Language Models to Analyze Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data: A Case Study.
[2024] Causal machine learning for predicting treatment outcomes.
[2024] Recurrent ATP1A1 variant Gly903Arg causes developmental delay, intellectual disability, and autism.
[2024] Mobili
Is Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD hiring PhD students at Harvard University?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Current Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities: Large Language Models (LLM), AI to automate patient diagnosis, Cancer treatment response.
What does Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD research?
Develops and applies computational techniques to address disease at multiple scales: from whole healthcare systems as 'living laboratories' to the functional genomics of neurodevelopment with a focus on autism. Research agenda driven by converting data to knowledge and knowledge to practice, instrum
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