About the Authors

Ming Zhi

Affiliation Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric L. Ding

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jesse Theisen-Toupal

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Julia Whelan

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramy Arnaout

rarnaout@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RA MZ. Performed the experiments: RA MZ JT ED JW. Analyzed the data: RA MZ JT ED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA JT ED JW MZ. Wrote the paper: RA MZ.