Dr. Raunak Shrestha is a Computational Biologist leading the Computational Genomics Lab at NAAMII while serving as a Research Scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). His research focuses on understanding cancer progression, infectious diseases, and treatment resistance through computational genomics approaches. He develops and applies machine learning methods to analyze large-scale genomic datasets, with particular emphasis on cancer biology and disease mechanisms. His work bridges computational biology with clinical applications, aiming to improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Dr. Shrestha's interdisciplinary approach combines bioinformatics, network medicine, and machine learning to address fundamental questions in cancer genomics and infectious disease epidemiology.