Harry B. Burke, MD, PhD, was awarded his medical and doctoral degrees by the University of Chicago. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA. His research interests include: improving safety, quality, and value; advanced statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and deep learning; health informatics, including clinical decision support systems and natural language processing; applied information theory; and the use of molecular biomarkers in precision medicine. He has an extensive publication record, he is a member of the Editorial Board of several journals, including the Journal of the National Cancer Instituteand the American Cancer Society’s journal Cancer, and he reviews for many high impact journals.