Meet the NLM Investigators: Richard Scheuermann and Decoding Disease with Computational Biology

Meet the NLM Investigators: Richard Scheuermann and Decoding Disease with Computational Biology

Guest AuthorMay 21, 20257 min read
Richard Scheuermann, PhD, went from facing a high school counselor’s skepticism about attending MIT to becoming NLM’s premier Scientific Director. Today, his research focuses on using AI to find patterns in information about the millions of cells that make up our bodies to better understand how they work and keep us healthy.

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