About

Cameron Young in a white coat

I'm Cameron Young, an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School working where medicine meets AI. I build and evaluate large language model tools for clinical decision-making, and I advise organizations on putting AI to work in healthcare responsibly.

Before medical school I was a Churchill Scholar at the University of Cambridge, earning an MPhil in Medical Sciences in the Caldas Lab. I hold dual degrees in chemical engineering and biochemistry from Northeastern University, and my research spans AI, cancer genomics, pediatric COVID-19, and biomedical engineering, with 45+ publications in journals including NEJM, JAMA, and Nature family journals.

Outside of work I run (including the 2024 Boston Marathon), do CrossFit, travel, and go to as many concerts as I can.

Work

AI Consulting

I advise healthcare and life-science teams on AI strategy and implementation, from scoping use cases to evaluating LLM tools for accuracy, safety, and bias.

Clinical AI · Mass General Brigham

I lead development of LLM-based tools for medical decision-making at MGB Innovation, including work showing racial, ethnic, and sex bias in LLM opioid recommendations (PAIN, 2024) and a custom LLM for rare pediatric disease diagnosis (Am J Med Genet, 2025).

Cancer Genomics · University of Cambridge

At the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute I built CopyClust, an open-source machine learning classifier for breast cancer integrative clusters (Sci Rep, 2024).

Pediatric COVID-19 · Boston Children's / CDC

I coordinated a CDC-funded surveillance registry of severe pediatric COVID-19 and MIS-C across 70+ hospitals, with findings in NEJM and JAMA that informed CDC and WHO guidance.

Biomedical Engineering · MIT / Brigham

I helped develop personalized radiation-attenuating devices that advanced to a phase I trial (Adv Sci, 2021) and used machine learning to uncover drug–transporter interactions (Nat Biomed Eng, 2024).

Selected Publications

Full list on Google Scholar.

First Author

  1. Young CC, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of a custom large language model on rare pediatric disease case reports. Am J Med Genet A. 2025. doi
  2. Young CC, et al. Racial, ethnic, and sex bias in large language model opioid recommendations for pain management. PAIN. 2024. doi
  3. Young CC, et al. Development and validation of a DNA copy-number-based machine learning algorithm (CopyClust) for breast cancer integrative cluster classification. Sci Rep. 2024. doi
  4. Young CC, et al. Clinical course associated with aseptic meningitis induced by IVIG for the treatment of MIS-C. J Pediatr. 2023. doi
  5. Young CC, et al. Respirators in healthcare: material, design, regulatory, environmental, and economic considerations for clinical efficacy. Glob Chall. 2022. doi
  6. Mehta S*, Young CC*, et al. Resveratrol and curcumin attenuate ex vivo sugar-induced cartilage glycation, stiffening, senescence, and degeneration. Cartilage. 2021. doi *co-first
  7. Young CC, et al. Bioelectricity for drug delivery: the promise of cationic therapeutics. Bioelectricity. 2020. doi

Selected Collaborations

  1. Son MBF, et al., Young CC, et al. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children – initial therapy and outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2021. doi
  2. Feldstein LR, et al., Young CC, et al. Characteristics and outcomes of US children and adolescents with MIS-C compared with severe acute COVID-19. JAMA. 2021. doi
  3. LaRovere KL, et al., Young CC, et al. Neurologic involvement in children and adolescents hospitalized in the US for COVID-19 or MIS-C. JAMA Neurol. 2021. doi
  4. Byrne JD, Young CC, et al. Personalized radiation attenuating materials for gastrointestinal mucosal protection. Adv Sci. 2021. doi
  5. Shi Y, et al., Young CC, et al. Screening oral drugs for their interactions with the intestinal transportome via porcine tissue explants and machine learning. Nat Biomed Eng. 2024. doi
  6. Zambrano LD, et al., Young CC, et al. BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 is associated with decreased likelihood of MIS-C. Clin Infect Dis. 2023. doi

Awards & Honors

  • 2022
    Churchill ScholarshipFirst recipient in Northeastern University history
  • 2022
    CDC/ATSDR Charles C. Shepard Science AwardPediatric COVID-19 surveillance research
  • 2021
    Goldwater ScholarshipBarry Goldwater Excellence in Education Foundation
  • 2026
    Norfolk District Medical Society Medical Student Scholarship
  • 2024
    Point Foundation Professional Development Scholarship
  • 2022
    Honors Program Senior AwardExcellence in Research and Creative Endeavors, Northeastern
  • 2020
    Outstanding Leadership AwardDept. of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern
  • 2019
    Best Poster, Engineering & Applied SciencesNational Collegiate Research Conference, Harvard
  • 2019
    Outstanding SophomoreDept. of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern
  • 2017–19
    Northeastern Honors Scholarship & Research AwardsFull-tuition merit scholarship; UGRCE and Early Research awards