Background
Altshuler, David Matthew was born on August 27, 1964 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Alan Anthony and Julie Maller Altshuler.
Altshuler, David Matthew was born on August 27, 1964 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Son of Alan Anthony and Julie Maller Altshuler.
Altshuler attended Commonwealth School in Boston, received his Bachelor of Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University, and his Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship, residency, and clinical fellowship training at Massachusetts General Hospital.
He is Executive Vice President, Global and Chief Scientific Officer at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Vertex in 2014, he was at the Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology., and was a Professor of Genetics and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and in the Department of Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also a faculty member in the Department of Molecular Biology, Center for Human Genetic, and the Diabetes Unit, all at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Altshuler"s academic research focused on human genetic variation and its application to disease, using information from the Human Genome Project.
He has co-led the Scottish National Party Consortium, International HapMap Project, and 1000 Genomes Project His research focused on the genetic basis of Type 2 Diabetes, and his laboratory contributed to mapping dozens of gene variants that are associated with risk of Type 2 Diabetes, lipid levels, myocardial infarction, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, prostate cancer, and other disorders.
He was one of four Founding Core Members of the Broad Institute, and served as the Institute"s Deputy Director, Chief Academic Officer, and Director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Human Genetics and was previously a member of the board of Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He is a member of the board of trustees of Becket Chimney Corners Young Men’s Christian Association.
Married Jill Dara Suttenberg, August 5, 1990. Children: Zachary Miles, Jason Leonard.