F. Perry Wilson MD MSCE is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Dr. Wilson grew up in Connecticut, before attending Harvard College where he graduated with honors in biochemistry. He then attended medical school at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, before completing his internship, residency, and fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2012, he received a Master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology, which has informed his research ever since. At Yale since 2014, his goal is to use patient-level data and advanced analytics to personalize medicine for each individual patient. To that end, he holds multiple NIH grants and is the Director of Yale’s Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator.

Dr. Wilson is internationally recognized for his expertise in the design and interpretation of medical studies and has appeared in medpagetoday.com, medscape.com, the Huffington Post, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His free online course, entitled "Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend Is Wrong" can be found on Coursera.org.

His new book, "How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't" is available now.