General Info

Born in Scotland, Dr. Ashley graduated with 1st class Honors in Physiology and Medicine from the University of Glasgow. He completed medical residency and a PhD at the University of Oxford before moving to Stanford University where he trained in cardiology, joining the faculty in 2006. His group is focused on the science of precision medicine. He is best known for his work helping establish the field of medical genomics. His team developed some of the earliest tools for the interpretation of the human genome in the context of human health. He founded the Clinical Genomics Program and the Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease at Stanford. He was the first co-chair of the steering committee of the national Undiagnosed Diseases Network.