Andrew Gentles

Associate Professor (Research) of Pathology, of Medicine (Computational Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science

Bio

BSc (Hons) Physics, University of Manchester, UK
PhD Theoretical particle physics, University of Southampton, UK

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor-Research, Pathology
Associate Professor-Research, Computational Medicine
Associate Professor-Research (By courtesy), Department of Biomedical Data Science
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Computational systems biology

2026-27 Courses

Machine Learning Approaches for Data Fusion in Biomedicine
BMDS 221 (Win)

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading
  BMDS 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  CBIO 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  IMMUNOL 399 (Spr, Sum)

Prior Year Courses

2025-26 Courses

Machine Learning Approaches for Data Fusion in Biomedicine
BMDS 221 (Aut)

2024-25 Courses

Machine Learning Approaches for Data Fusion in Biomedicine
BIODS 221, BIOMEDIN 221 (Aut)

2023-24 Courses

Machine Learning Approaches for Data Fusion in Biomedicine
BIODS 221, BIOMEDIN 221 (Aut)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Jake Chang, Jeremy D'Silva, Rachel Gleyzer, Claudia Leonard, Shuaitong Liu, Emily Shen
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Brendan Ball, Ruohan Wang
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Ilayda Ilerten, Imani Porter
Master's Program Advisor
Ryan D'Cunha, Karen Flores Cano, Zhiyang Gao
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Emma Heaton

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biomedical Data Science (Masters Program)
Biomedical Data Science (PhD Program)
Cancer Biology (PhD Program)
Immunology (PhD Program)

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