Dr. Georg Gerber

Associate Professor

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Biography

Georg K. Gerber is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Brigham Women's Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. He holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, earned in 2009, and a PhD in Computer Science and Medical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he completed in 2007. He also obtained a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2003 and an MPH in Infectious Diseases from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994. His research interests lie in the intersection of microbiome sciences and computational methodologies, focusing on metagenomics, machine learning, Bayesian dynamical systems, deep learning, and computational biology. He leads the Gerber Lab, which is dedicated to advancing the fields of computational (micro)biology and computational pathology. Through his work, he aims to integrate statistical approaches with biological insight to improve diagnostics and enhance understanding of infectious diseases. He has contributed significantly to the field with numerous publications and has taught courses on molecular diagnostics and bioinformatics.

Research Interests

Courses

HST 162/163 - Molecular Diagnostics Bioinformatics

Requirements for Harvard-MIT Health Sciences Technology

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
GRE General
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in biology or a related field Strong foundation in biological sciences Undergraduate preparation in the sciences
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