Bolouri’s research focus will be the development and use of machine learning, bioinformatics and other statistical/mathematical methods to integrate data types into network models of immune cells. The models help illustrate how real human immune cells work, both in normal function and in dysfunction. 

BRI’s Center for Systems Immunology analyzes large and complex data sets to identify patterns that may accelerate discovery and disease breakthroughs.

"I am pleased that Dr. Bolouri has agreed to join the BRI faculty," said Jane Buckner, MD, president of BRI. "I believe he will be a wonderful addition to our Systems Immunology group and I am looking forward to seeing how he can help us think about our data in new ways," she said.

Dr. Bolouri received his PhD from Brunel University (London) and was a faculty member at the University of Hertfordshire. In 2002, he joined the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle as a Professor of Computational Biology and in 2010, the Division of Human Biology at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Seattle) as a Research Full Member. Before joining BRI, he was Director of Informatics & Computational Biology at the Allen Institute for Immunology.