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James Zou, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. His work focuses on enhancing the reliability, human compatibility, and statistical rigor of AI, with a particular interest in applications within human disease and health.

Dr. Zou earned his Ph.D. from Harvard in 2014. Prior to joining Stanford in 2016, he was a member of Microsoft Research, a Gates Scholar at Cambridge, and a Simons Fellow at U.C. Berkeley. He is also a Chan-Zuckerberg Investigator and his lab is part of the Stanford AI Lab. His research has garnered significant support, including two Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Awards, the Sloan Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, a Top Ten Clinical Achievement Award, and faculty awards from Google, Adobe, and Amazon.