Tao Wang

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Research Director of Precision Diabetes Care at Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, United States

Overview

Tao Wang is the Research Director of Precision Diabetes Care at Stanford University. A PhD graduate from North Carolina State University, he applies his expertise in AI/ML, multiomics, and high-performance computing to advance personalized medicine and leads multiple research teams, including the CitizenCGM initiative.

His professional interests include neuroscience, data-driven precision medicine, and the philosophy of science. He is a computer science alumnus of both William & Mary and North Carolina State University.

He is a strong advocate for making publicly funded medical research fully reproducible by requiring the submission of the code and data that produce a papers results.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

Value Driven

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

Precision Diabetes Care
As Research Director at Stanford, he leads multiple teams and develops research proposals focused on precision diabetes management, including the CitizenCGM initiative.
AI/ML in Healthcare
His research toolkit leverages multimodal AI/ML and wearables to analyze large-scale health data for personalized medicine and to study conditions like long-COVID.
Multiomics Research
His work involves analyzing large-scale multiomics data for major initiatives such as the PsychENCODE and ENCODE projects at Stanford and the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Media Appearances

Tao has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Research Director of Precision Diabetes Care at Stanford University
8-2023 - 9-2024
Research Scientist at DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOSPITAL
3-2023 - 12-2024
Research Project Manager at Stanford University
9-2021 - 8-2023
Research Associate@US Department of Veteran Affair at DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS HOSPITAL
2-2020 - 2-2023
Research Scientist at Stanford University

Education

2014 - 2019
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from North Carolina State University
2013 - 2014
Mathematics and Computer Science from William & Mary

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Ask them questions to understand their needs better while staying affable

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tao is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tao

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tao move?

  • They like to analyze well and can take their time to reach any decisions.
  • Can Tao take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

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