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Russ B. Altman

Stanford University
As seen in: The Future of Everything (Podcast), British Journal of Cancer, Color Research & Application, Nature, Wiley Online Library, PLOS, Stanford University, TED, MDPI, PNAS, Scientific American and
Professor at Stanford, Host "Future of Everything" podcast. No longer posting on X. Please see: BlueSky @rbaltman, Threads @russbaltman, Mastodon @rbaltman
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TikTok is a valuable data source for tracking the opioid crisis

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By Issah A Samori, Kristy A. Carpenter, Delaney Smith, Keith Humphreys, Anna Lembke, Johannes C. Eichstaedt, Russ B. Altman
| Nature Verified
Abstract Monitoring opioid-related chatter on social media can predict the course of opioid addiction and the overdose epidemic. We assessed the utility of TikTok, a prominent short video-based social media platform, as a means of tracking the opioid addiction and overdose crisis. We collected 569,581 TikTok comments (posted between January 2021 and June 2025) from 48,306 opioid-related videos, making this study the first large-scale analysis of TikTok comments for opioid surveillance.
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Empirical Drug Dosage Validates Pharmacogenomic Associations in All of Us

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By Jan Matthias, Maria J. Falaguera, Russ B. Altman
| Wiley Online Library Verified
What is the current knowledge on the topic? ○ Current pharmacogenomics studies have relied on European populations, leaving gaps in understanding how pharmacogenomic effects apply to diverse groups. There is a need for resources that can provide PGx information for these groups. What question did this study address?
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Paying attention to attention: High attention sites as indicators of protein family and function in language models

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By Gowri Nayar, Alp TARTICI, Russ B. Altman
| PLOS
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article ? This is an uncorrected proof. Citation: Nayar G, Tartici A, Altman RB (2025) Paying attention to attention: High attention sites as indicators of protein family and function in language models. PLoS Comput Biol 21(9): e1013424.
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