Michael Snyder
Geneticist at Stanford
Michael Snyder is a professor of genetics at Stanford University, former chair of its genetics department and director of the Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine. His lab profiles people in depth over time with genomics, blood molecules and wearables, starting with himself in a study that caught his own type 2 diabetes. He has co-founded several health companies.
Updated November 1, 2026 · 2 experiments
What Michael Snyder has tried
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Continuous glucose monitoringDevices
Dates not stated · Recommends it to others
Wears a continuous glucose monitor along with several smartwatches and an Oura ring as part of tracking his own health, after his lab's profiling caught the onset of his type 2 diabetes.
“I had a pulled pork sandwich and I ate this and I watched my glucose just go up, to start going over 300.” Source of quote
Stanford Magazine, Body Count: how Michael Snyder's self-monitoring project could transform human health (December 2021) · Status checked December 1, 2021 · Suggest a correction
Multi-omics self-trackingDevices
Started 2010 · Recommends it to others
Has tracked his own molecules and wearables since about 2010 and caught his own Lyme disease early from a drop in blood oxygen; he wears six to eight devices, gets whole-body MRIs every three months, and argues that personal tracking is the future of health. His lab spun out a home-testing company.
“In my case, it started with Lyme disease. I picked it up presymptomatically because my blood oxygen dropped.”
Lifespan.io, Michael Snyder: We need to track health, not disease (August 2026) · Status checked August 28, 2026 · Suggest a correction