Forbes June 7, 2018
The computer industry was revolutionized by hobbyists in the 1970s. Later the “open-source” movement would change how software is written. Today, Jessica Richman is at the forefront of “citizen science” to change health care. The Stanford and Oxford grad is the cofounder and CEO of uBiome, a venture capital-backed company that uses big-data analytics and the work of amateur sleuths around the world to unlock the secrets of the human microbiome and its effects on health.
Q: What are microbiomes, and why do they matter?
Richman: Microbiome is a term for the trillions of microorganisms that live on and in all of us — bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc. We’ve always known they affect our health, but now we can...
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