Varuni Sarwal
CEO @ TriFetch | UCLA CS PhD | Building healthcare foundation models
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Varuni Sarwal is a highly accomplished Computer Science PhD from UCLA and the CEO of TriFetch, a startup focused on building healthcare AI infrastructure. Her academic background combines biochemical engineering and computer science from IIT Delhi, complemented by research experiences at Harvard and UCLA during her undergraduate studies. She is deeply passionate about leveraging machine learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) to uncover insights from complex data, particularly in the healthcare and genetics space. github+1
Her research is extensively published, with a strong focus on bioinformatics, computational biology, and the application of AI/ML in biomedical data. Notable contributions include the development of 'BioinformaticsBench,' a large benchmark for LLMs in bioinformatics, and 'VISTA,' an integrated framework for structural variant discovery. She has also worked on predicting perinatal depression and urosepsis using electronic health records. google+3
She has significant industry experience, having interned as an Applied Science Intern at Amazon and a Machine Learning and Algorithm Developer Intern at Belvedere Trading, LLC, where she applied ML to supply chain optimization and options trading, respectively. Her entrepreneurial spirit is evident in her role as CEO of TriFetch and her founding of Philanthromatch, a GenAI-powered charity-donor matching platform. github+1
Varuni has received numerous accolades, including the UCLA Anderson Innovation Challenge (GenAI track), Amazon Fellow for the Science Hub for Humanity and AI, and the Jane Street Graduate Research Fellowship, reflecting her exceptional contributions and potential in the field. github
Beyond her professional and academic pursuits, Varuni is an active participant in extracurriculars, having founded the UCLA Graduate Ski and Snowboard Club and previously served as a Hostel Representative at the Debating Club and Team Head at TRYST, both at IIT Delhi. She is also a passionate traveler and reader with an interest in European history. github+1
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Machine learning for the prediction of urosepsis using electronic health record data
July 1, 2025Develops and evaluates machine learning models for early prediction of urosepsis in patients with suspected UTIs, leveraging de-identified electronic health records from UCLA.
BioinformaticsBench: A collaboratively built large language model benchmark for Bioinformatics reasoning
January 1, 2024The largest benchmark set for large language models in bioinformatics, featuring 602 human-annotated questions across 9 domains.
VISTA: an integrated framework for structural variant discovery
January 1, 2024Details a consensus-based structural variant caller that identifies structural variation events in human genomes with high accuracy.
I visited Harvard during my summer break and got paid for it. Here’s how.
December 1, 2019A blog post detailing her experience as an undergraduate researcher at Harvard and UCLA, and how she secured funded research internships as an international student.