Contributor

James Lillard is a Distinguished Fellow of AAI and Fellow of NAI and AAAS. His research involves dissecting the molecular mechanisms of cancer and inflammatory diseases, using clinically annotated NGS data and the implementation of precision medicine. Dr. Lillard is the Senior Associate Dean of Research, Innovation and Commercialization and Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), one of Atlanta's top research institutions. This free-standing, community-based medical school is one of only four Historically Black Medical Schools with enrollment of nearly 1,000 graduate students in Medicine, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, and Health Informatics and boasts the #1 Ranked online MS in Biotechnology program in the nation. With a mission that includes increasing the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and health equity, MSM attracts, educates, trains, and fosters talent that oftentimes approaches scientific and healthcare hurdles with unique perspectives that ultimately lend to unique solutions that would otherwise be dismissed.