Chris Boustred
Lead Clinical Bioinformatician
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Boustred is a Lead Clinical Bioinformatician with 11 years of hands-on experience delivering clinical genomics pipelines and quality control for large-scale projects, most notably Genomics England’s 100,000 Genomes Project. He combines a PhD in Genetic Epidemiology with practical expertise in pipeline development, system and database administration, data interpretation and reporting to bridge research and clinical translation. Previously at Great Ormond Street Hospital he built robust QC and pipeline systems that supported translational research and trained clinical teams in genomic workflows. Comfortable operating at the intersection of bioinformatics and operational IT, he ensures reproducible, auditable analyses in regulated environments. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic solutions that balance scientific rigor with production-scale reliability.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biotechnology, First, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biotechnology, First at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetic Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genetic Epidemiology at University of Bristol
English
Github Skills (30)
genetic8
bioinformatics7
jupyter-notebook6
bayesian6
python6
genomics5
discovery5
polymorphism5
bam4
coverage4
api4
bioconda4
sequencing3
rest3
rest-api3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
genomicsengland/ACGS_GeL_API_workshop
Jul 2018 - Sep 2020
Repository of code for use in the ACGS-Gel Workshop
Contributions:12 commits, 9 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
pythonapi-wrapperworkshopjupyter-notebookgel
genomicsengland/cip_dispatch
Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
dispatchinterpretation
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