Taisa Kushner

Taisa received her PhD in Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder, under the advising of Dr. Sriram Sankaranarayanan and clinical mentorship of Dr. Gregory Forlenza. She also holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a BA in Mathematics and Art from St. Olaf College.

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Before joining Galois, Taisa was an NSF/CRA Computing Innovation (CI) Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Portland State University. She previously held research appointments at a range of institutions including the University of Minnesota, University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology, and Microsoft Research.

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Taisa loves dogs, art and anything outside.