Ash A Alizadeh is the Moghadam Family Professor of Medicine, Oncology, and Hematology (by courtesy) at Stanford University, and leader of the Cancer Genomics Program at Stanford Cancer Institute. His primary research interests are in the development and application of genome technologies and computing (machine learning & data science) to a range of problems in human disease, with special focus on cancer detection, classification, monitoring, and tumor immunology. As a longstanding member of NIH Cancer Genetics (CG) Study Section, he helps the Center for Scientific Review with genome scale studies focused on cancer pathogenesis.