Sendhil Mullainathan is the Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His current research uses machine learning to understand complex problems in human behavior, social policy, and especially medicine, where computational techniques have the potential to uncover biomedical insights from large-scale health data. In past work he has combined insights from economics and behavioral science with causal inference tools—lab, field, and natural experiments—to study social problems such as discrimination and poverty. Prior to joining Booth, Mullainathan was the Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University, where he taught courses about machine learning and big data.
He began his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mullainathan is a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius Grant,” has been designated a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum, was labeled a “Top 100 Thinker” by Foreign Policy Magazine, and was named to the “Smart List: 50 people who will change the world” by Wired Magazine (UK).
Senthil Nachimuthu is Chief Medical Officer at Nightingale and product manager for clinical data science.
Previously, Senthil worked at Truveta and 3M Healthcare in product management and research leadership roles in medical informatics, analytics, interoperability, and healthcare standards. He has led interoperability efforts at several hospitals, contributed to HL7 and SNOMED standards, and served as an advisor to the US Congress.
Senthil also works as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and as a researcher in infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Utah School of Medicine and the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center.
Senthil earned his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, India, and a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from the University of Utah. He is an inducted Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association.
