About Olaris
Built on biology, driven by data
Olaris brings together biology, metabolomics, and machine learning to build diagnostics designed for real clinical decisions, in real clinical settings.
Our core values
Accountable to science
In everything we do, we are truthful, transparent and we uphold ourselves to the highest scientific rigor.
Always strive to do better
As a company & as individuals we are constantly seeking to be better than our previous best. We are constantly expanding and improving our capabilities. We believe in an idea meritocracy. We have cultivated a culture of learning and teaching. We believe that together we excel.
Revolutionary Impact
Passion drives our team. We believe our technology cannot only save lives but disrupt wild inefficiencies. We are mind, body and soul committed to transform healthcare and health.
Built with the people we serve
Olaris actively assembles advisory councils of physicians, patients and caregivers- demonstrated by our inaugural Transplant Advisory Council - to ensure our diagnostics are not only scientifically rigorous, but also relevant, usable and impactful in real-world care.
Meet Olaris
Our Team
Dr. Elizabeth O’Day
CEO, CSO, and Founder
Tom Burke
CFO/COO
Russell Herndon
CBO
Dr. Stuart Chaffee
Executive Chair
Monty Kothiwale
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Ernst Schaefer, MD
CLIA Lab Director
Kristen Conway
CLIA Laboratory Technical & General Supervisor and Operations Manager
Chen Dong
Director Data Science & Product Development
Dr. Jifang Zhao
Manager Statistical Science & Biomarkers
Dr. Reto Horst
Associate Director of NMR Technology
Dr. Jamie Humphries
Director of MS Technologies
Ted Allen
Director of Data Engineering
Jowin Jestine
Data Engineer
Kari Boardman
Lab Manager
Dr. Nihel Bekhti
Metabolite Scientist
Dr. Apala Chaudhuri
Metabolite Scientist
Dr. Nick Rigel
Metabolite Scientist
Dr. Alexandra Pozhidaeva
Science Writer & Project Manager
Michael Higgins
Strategic Advisor
Vivek Sharma
Strategic Advisor
Advisory Board
Dr. Massimo Cristofanilli
Scientific Advisor
Weill Cornell Medicine; Oncology
Dr. Dirk Kuypers
Scientific Advisor
UZ Leuven; Nephrology
Stan Lapidus
Scientific & Business Advisor
Dr. Cynthia Ma
Scientific Advisor
Washington University in St. Louis; Oncology
Dr. Jeffrey McDonald
Scientific Advisor
UT Southwestern; Organic Chemistry
Dr. Robert Powers
Scientific Advisor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln; NMR Spectroscopy and Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Gerhard Wagner
Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor
Harvard University; NMR Spectroscopy
Dr. David Wishart
Scientific Advisor
University of Alberta; Metabolomics