Yusuf Roohani

About:

I design new ways of using high-dimensional datasets for modeling biological systems under perturbation. In particular, I'm interested in how machine learning can inform better experiment design for discovering new therapeutics. I'm currently a PhD student at Stanford University advised by Jure Leskovec and Stephen Quake. I'm affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Data Science, the Stanford AI Lab and the Stanford Machine Learning Group.

I previously worked as a machine learning engineer at GSK in Cambridge, MA where I led a cross-disciplinary team on a project to biologically profile their 2M+ compound collection using complex multi-modal datasets and high throughput screening. I enjoyed the four years that I spent in industry designing robust machine learning systems that fit a healthcare context - from discovery all the way to diagnostics.

Curriculum Vitae:

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Publications:

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Preprints

arXiv [2021] Bommasani, R., Hudson, D. A., ... Roohani, Y., ... Liang, P. On the opportunities and risks of foundation models

Conference Papers

NeurIPS [2021] Huang K., Fu T., Gao W., Zhao Y., Roohani Y., Leskovec J., Coley C., Xiao C., Sun J., and Zitnik M.. Therapeutics Data Commons: Machine Learning Datasets and Tasks for Drug Discovery and Development.

NeurIPS Machine Learning for Health [2018] Roohani Y., Sajid N., Hope T., Price C., Madhyastha P., Predicting Language Recovery after Stroke with Convolutional Networks on Stitched MRI.

Journal Publications

Atmospheric Environment [2017] Roohani, Y., Roy, A., Heo, J., Robinson, A., Adams, P. Impact of natural gas development in the Marcellus and Utica Shales on regional ozone and fine particulate matter levels.