Name Euan Ashley | Books Cardiology Explained | |
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Known for Genomics, Precision medicine, MyHeart Counts Awards National Innovation Award, American Heart Association
NIH Director's New Innovator Award Residence Stanford, California, United States | ||
Euan Ashley - Towards Clinical Grade Whole Genome Sequencing - PMWC UK 2015, Oxford
Euan Angus Ashley is Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Stanford University in California. He is director of the Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, the Clinical Genomics service and Chair of the Biomedical Data Science Initiative.
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- Euan Ashley Towards Clinical Grade Whole Genome Sequencing PMWC UK 2015 Oxford
- Euan ashley precision medicine for rare childhood disease stanford childx conference
- Education and early life
- Research
- Publications
- Press coverage
- Personalis
- Personal life
- References
Euan ashley precision medicine for rare childhood disease stanford childx conference
Education and early life
Ashley was born in Scotland and attended the University of Glasgow where he graduated in Physiology and Medicine. He completed residency training in Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and received his Doctorate (DPhil) from Christ Church College.
Ashley learned saxophone as a teenager joining the Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra and forming a jazz saxophone quartet with members of its saxophone section. At Oxford, Ashley led the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra. He toured internationally with all groups and released three albums including one with the bebop altoist Peter King.
Research
Ashley is best known for his work translating insight from the human genome to medicine. In 2009, he led the team that carried out the first medical interpretation of a human genome. The work was featured at the Unlocking Life’s Code Exhibit of the Smithsonian museum and recognized at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy “Data to Knowledge to Action” event. In 2014, Dr Ashley became co-chair of the steering committee of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network. Dr Ashley is a recipient of the National Innovation Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award.
Ashley is also co-Principal Investigator of the MyHeart Counts study, a launch partner for Apple Inc’s ResearchKit platform in 2015.
Publications
Ashley has authored one textbook, Cardiology Explained, and over 120 peer reviewed publications.
Press coverage
Ashley has appeared on National Public Radio in the United States as well as the BBC, Japanese national television and the Guardian newspaper discussing genome sequencing and precision medicine. His work has been covered in print by the Wall Street Journal, Technology Review, the Telegraph and others. He has been interviewed multiple times for local and national news.
Personalis
In 2012, Ashley co-founded Personalis, a genome-scale diagnostics company with Stanford colleagues Russ Altman, Atul Butte, Mike Snyder and businessman John West. West was the former CEO of Solexa and managed the sale of its core business to Illumina, Inc.
Personal life
Ashley lives in Stanford, California with his wife Fiona and their three children.