Scientific Leadership

The ABOPM is actively searching for and inviting leading scientists and researchers in the field of precision medicine to join our Scientific Leadership Board. We are looking for highly qualified individuals who can offer their expertise and insights to help achieve our mission. If you are PhD with expertise in the “omics” and passionate about advancing precision medicine and want to help close the gap from “bench to bedside”, we encourage you to apply. Your contributions will help shape the future of healthcare and empower physicians to provide the best care possible to patients. Join us today and be a leader in the exciting field of precision medicine.

  • Dr. Paniz Jasbi, PhD, is a leading expert in metabolomics and personalized healthcare, with a background in systems biology and mass spectrometry from Arizona State University. As Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Theriome Inc., he helped develop the Aristotle Test, a key tool for advancing personalized care. Dr. Jasbi also serves as Director of Metabolomics at the American Board of Precision Medicine and has published extensively in top scientific journals. His work focuses on translating scientific discoveries into clinical applications to improve global health outcomes.

Director of Metabolomics

  • Dr. Leroy Hood is a world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science (2011). He co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in 2000 and served as its first President until 2017. Dr. Hood is a member of all three National Academies: Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine—one of only 20 people worldwide with this distinction.

    With an MD from Johns Hopkins and a PhD from Caltech, Dr. Hood was a Caltech faculty member for 25 years, chairing the Biology Department and developing instruments critical to the Human Genome Project. He later founded the Department of Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Washington.

    Dr. Hood’s research focuses on Alzheimer’s, cancer, and wellness, including a pioneering 1 million patient genome/phenome project. He has co-founded 15 biotechnology companies, including Amgen and Applied Biosystems, and has published over 850 peer-reviewed articles with 36 patents.

    His numerous awards include the Lasker Award (1987), the Kyoto Prize (2002), and the Fritz J. and Delores H. Russ Prize (2011)

Director of Systems Biology

  • Jimmy Ryan, PhD

Director of Transcriptomics

  • Dr. Raghda Elsawi Eldesouki is a distinguished faculty member and researcher specializing in medical genomics, virology, and immunogenetics, with a career dedicated to advancing precision medicine. Her research journey began with mastering molecular techniques to develop therapeutic options against cancer stem cells, advancing to genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in Egyptian populations to explore genetic variations. Through genomic surveillance and next-generation sequencing (NGS) of SARS-CoV-2, she has investigated how viral and host factors contribute to clinical outcomes. To further enhance the impact of her research, Dr. Eldesouki current research is focusing on incorporating machine learning, to develop predictive models for clinical outcomes that integrate genetic and clinical data. This approach aims to support personalized treatment strategies for infectious, chronic diseases and cancers, ultimately reducing health disparities.

    Dr. Eldesouki is an active member of multiple prestigious associations, including the American Society of Human Genetics, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the American Society of Microbiology, where she regularly contributes to the advancement of the field. She has also presented her research at high-profile conferences, such as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting and the ASM Clinical Virology Symposium, where she has shared her findings on genomic surveillance and genetic markers in cancer.

    In her role as Director of Medical Genomics at the American Board of Precision Medicine, Dr. Eldesouki continues to advocate for team-based learning integrated with a problem-based approach. She emphasizes collaborative learning, encouraging clinicians and students to work together to solve complex, real-world cases, enhancing critical thinking and clinical decision-making. This innovative approach is central to her teaching, helping learners connect foundational genetics knowledge to practical, precision medicine applications.

    Outside of her professional pursuits, she enjoys jogging, cycling, swimming, and watching comic movies. Her active lifestyle fuels her commitment to advancing education and research, bringing cutting-edge genetic insights to the forefront of clinical practice.

Director of Medical Genomics

  • Alex Mohr, PhD, is the Director of Microbiomics at Theriome, where he spearheads initiatives that integrate multi-omics and systems biology approaches to advance precision medicine. As a co-founder of Theriome, Alex has been instrumental in pioneering research on the gut microbiome, leveraging bioinformatics and multi-omic analyses to illuminate the intricate relationships between microbiota, host metabolism, and health outcomes. His work emphasizes the potential of microbiome-based interventions to enhance individual resilience and inform therapeutic strategies.

Director of Microbiomics

  • Dr. Varun B. Dwaraka is a computational and bioinformatics scientist with profound expertise in ageing, epigenetics, and biomarker identification. As the Head of Bioinformatics at TruDiagnostic, he leads a dedicated team developing advanced machine-learning models to uncover epigenetic biomarkers, focusing on understanding molecular ageing and its associations with disease and mortality risk. Dr. Dwaraka’s work integrates multi-omic data, incorporating metabolic, proteomic, phenotypic, and DNA methylation measures, enabling him to establish novel age-predictive algorithms critical to advancing age-related research.

    Dr. Dwaraka’s background includes a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Kentucky, where he specialized in the genetic and epigenetic foundations of tissue regeneration in salamanders. His undergraduate training in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, focused on bioinformatics. Throughout his career, he has contributed to high-impact bioinformatics and multi-omic research initiatives at institutions such as UCSF and the Carnegie Institute of Science, and his insights have been widely recognized in leading journals like Nature Aging and Genome Medicine.

    In addition to his research, Dr. Dwaraka is a Principal Investigator at TruDiagnostic, spearheading scientific projects that have attracted attention from prominent media outlets like Forbes, BBC, and Men’s Health. His contributions to popular documentaries on platforms like Netflix and HBO highlight the real-world implications of his research in public health and ageing. A full member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society and a 2023 Foresight Fellow in Biotechnology and Health Expansion, Dr. Dwaraka is an active voice in his field, presenting as an invited speaker at international conferences and prestigious academic gatherings.

Director of Epigenomics

  • Dr. Allie Greenplate is the Director of Strategic Alliance & Operations for Penn Medicine’s Institute for Immunology and Immune Health. She received her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University in 2018 and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania from 2019-2020 under the mentorship of Dr. John Wherry. Dr. Greenplate has over a decade of experience in microbiology and immunology, with specific expertise in longitudinal immune monitoring, systems immunology, and computational immunology. She helped pioneer the use of mass cytometry for deep immune profiling of clinical samples to support clinical care.

     

    Under Dr. Greenplate’s leadership, Immune Health has become a central hub for performing patient immune assays at the University of Pennsylvania and delivering results to clinicians. She built a team of over 25 staff, trainees, and faculty spanning 4 pillars. Together, they have enrolled, processed, and analyzed the immune systems of over 3,500 subjects, and generating over a dozen publications and one new test delivered to the electronic medical record.

Director of Molecular Immunology

  • Dr. Gregory Nacarelli, ND, PhD, MS, CNS, CNGS is passionate about advancing the field of precision medicine by combining leading-edge data analysis techniques with integrative medicine. He aims to teach practitioners how to integrate multiomics into clinical practice for more precise diagnosis and treatment. He earned his Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from Bastyr University and has a Master's degree in individualized genomics & health from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in healthcare genetics & genomics from Clemson University, his dissertation focusing on nutrigenomics, metabolomics and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Nacarelli is a precision health consultant with Theriome and Selfdecode. He currently sees clients for precision health consults while educating practitioners on integrating precision health and nutrigenomics into clinical practice.

Director of Nutrigenomics