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Orr Ashenberg

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Associate Director, Computational Biology at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Orr Ashenberg is the Associate Director of Computational Biology at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He leads a group that develops machine learning approaches to understand the molecular drivers of autoimmune disease, cancer, and infectious diseases. He holds a PhD from MIT and an A. B. from Harvard University.

Outside of his primary research, Orr is dedicated to engaging the wider scientific community. He is passionate about science communication and has a history of teaching and mentoring students and fellow researchers. A recent news article mentioned him as the top male finisher in a local half marathon.

Unique fact: He designs public machine learning competitions that have each drawn over 1, 000 participants to tackle complex biological problems, with the results being experimentally tested in the lab.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Computational Biology
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Computational Biology
He leads a computational biology group focused on integrating single-cell, spatial omics, and functional genomics data to discover drivers of disease.
AI in Medicine
His work focuses on bridging machine learning with human disease biology to create causal models for designing rational interventions and has written about using foundation models.
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Career

Work history

8-2021
Associate Director, Computational Biology
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
7-2018 - 7-2021
Computational Biologist II
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
7-2017 - 6-2018
Computational Biologist
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2-2013 - 5-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2013 - 2015
Science Communication Fellow
Pacific Science Center
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Orr Ashenberg – Broad Institute Bio. Featured in Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
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Education
2006 - 2012
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002 - 2006
A.B. (Bachelor of Arts)
Harvard University
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