Kenneth Buetow

Ken Buetow is a human genetics and genomics researcher who leverages computational tools to understand complex traits such as cancer, liver disease, and obesity. He currently serves as director of Computational Sciences and Informatics program for Complex Adaptive Systems at Arizona State University (CAS@ASU), is a professor in the School of Life Sciences in ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; is the director of Center for Evolution and Medicine; and is director of bioinformatics and data management for the National Biomarker Development Alliance.
Professor Buetow previously served as the Founding Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology within the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute.

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Evolutionary Medicine: Microbes, Medicine, and Humanity's Quest for Survival (edX)

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Explore the complex relationships between people, pathogens, and our evolutionary past in the first MOOC on evolutionary medicine. Have you ever wondered why we often develop a fever when we get sick? Or a cough? Why do we get cancer? Or the flu? Or allergies? Why do our bodies [...]

Evolutionary Medicine

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