Kais Gadhoumi received the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from McGill University, and the master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Sherbrooke. He is currently an Assistant professor at the Clinical Health Systems and Analytics Division, Duke School of Nursing. Before joining Duke, he was an Assistant Researcher and Associate Director of the Hu Lab, UCSF. His research interests are focused on digital health and precision medicine, specifically the application of artificial intelligence and advanced signal processing in the development of biomedical data-driven predictive models. He is the Co-Founder and Ex-Head of Analytics of Stratuscent Inc., a Montreal based start-up developing next-generation intelligent chemical sensors and sensing platforms. He previously worked in telecommunication industry for eight years, where he held different technical positions. He is a member of numerous scientific societies in US and Canada and a recipient of many academic and professional awards.