Briana Mittleman
Associate
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBriana Mittleman is an associate at Morrison Foerster who brings nine years of interdisciplinary experience at the nexus of genetics, law, and policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology from the University of Chicago and completed her JD at Stanford Law School, where she co-led the BioLaw and Health Policy Society and researched legal implications of emerging bioscience. Her research background includes building reproducible genomics pipelines (Snakemake) and open-source analysis tools, paired with hands-on experience in patent strategy and science-focused legal internships. Briana focuses on regulatory, ethical, and courtroom questions around genomic technologies and has translated technical expertise into policy and IP strategies for science ventures. Based in Palo Alto, she combines bench-to-brief fluency—able to explain complex genomic methods to legal teams and policymakers—and an uncommon track record of producing both open-source scientific code and legal scholarship.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Law - JD, Doctor of Law - JD at Stanford Law SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Biology and Spanish Language, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology and Spanish Language at Duke UniversityBlue Valley West High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics Genomics and Systems Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics Genomics and Systems Biology at University of Chicago
Github Skills (23)
rna-seq9
genomics8
bioinformatics8
chip-seq7
sequencing7
knitr6
pipeline5
python5
r4
intermediate4
project-setup4
rmarkdown4
stable3
data-visualization3
scatter-plot3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
brimittleman/Net-seq
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:149 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
brimittleman/apaQTL
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
Project for apaQTL MS
Contributions:1 release, 648 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 11 months
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