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James Zou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on enhancing the reliability and human compatibility of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its applications in human disease and health. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 2014 and has been affiliated with prestigious institutions such as Microsoft Research as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and a Simons Fellow at U.C. Berkeley. Zou joined Stanford in 2016 and is currently a Chan-Zuckerberg Investigator, actively involved in the Stanford AI Lab. His research is supported by various prestigious awards, including the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Award, Sloan Fellowship, and the NSF CAREER Award. His work aims to develop technologies that make machine learning accountable and beneficial for the healthcare sector, motivating transformative applications in biotechnology and health.
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