Rare diseases don't get walk-a-thons.
They get us.

Plavi Mittal, PhD
Founder & CEO
Former CEO of the Jain Foundation, Dr. Mittal has devoted her career to supporting rare disease communities.

Nilah Ioannidis, PhD
Founder
Develops methods for clinical interpretation of personal genomes. Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics & Biomedical Data Science at Stanford SoM.

Nicole Bowman, MS
Founder
Develops research programs with an 'omics perspective. Earned an MS in neuroscience from University of Pennsylvania PSoM.

Smriti Rao, MS MBI
Data Scientist
Extensive experience in clinical and lab data mangement, and curation. Expertise in machine learning for biomedicine.

Helga Marin Gestsdottir
General Counsel
Advises company policy. Helga Marin has a Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property Law and Policy from the University of Washington.

Madhuri Hegde, PhD
Scientific Advisor

Nitin Mittal, MS MBA
Executive Advisor
Co-founder of ConceptualEyes; extensive experience as a senior executive for global health, development, and education

Bryan Barber
Executive Advisor
President and co-founder of ADVANTIS Global Inc; co-founder of Myonexus Therapeutics; founder and president of LGMD2D Foundation

Chamindra Konersman, MD
Medical Advisor

Matthew Wicklund, MD
Medical Advisor
Physician; Professor and Director of the Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology Program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine

Anshul Kundaje, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Assistant Professor of Genetics and Computer Science at Stanford University; Recipient of the 2016 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Matthew Harms, MD
Medical Advisor
Physician and Assistant Professor at Columbia University; Researcher at the Institute for Genomic Medicine

Manuel Rivas, PhD
Scientific Advisor
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University; Research Affiliate of the Broad Institute

Patricia Weltin
Advocacy Advisor
Special thanks
Your knowledge, expertise, advice, and encouragement help us shape our program. As we find our feet, your faith in our vision keeps us moving in the right direction.