Knight Initiative Steering Committee Alumni

Dr. Sylvia K. Plevritis is Professor of Biomedical Data Science, and of Radiology at
Stanford University, and Chair of Biomedical Data Science. She leads a systems
biology cancer research program that bridges genomics, biocomputation, imaging and
population sciences to decipher properties of cancer progression to guide advances in
early detection and treatment response. Dr. Plevritis received her Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering and M.S. in Health Services Research, both from Stanford University, with

Dr. Montine received his education at Columbia University (BA in Chemistry), the University of Rochester (PhD in Pharmacology), and McGill University (MD and CM). His postgraduate medical training was at Duke University, and he was junior faculty at Vanderbilt University where he was awarded the Thorne Professorship in Pathology. In 2002, Dr. Montine was appointed as the Alvord Endowed Professor in Neuropathology and Director of the Division of Neuropathology at the University of Washington.