Duncan Palmer
Senior Statistical Geneticist
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDuncan Palmer is a Senior Statistical Geneticist based in Oxford with a decade of experience applying mathematical and statistical modeling to large, complex genomic datasets. Trained with an MMath from Warwick and a DPhil in Statistics from Oxford, he bridges theoretical methods and biological insight to identify patterns that advance basic research and inform clinical outcomes. His career spans academia and industry—from postdoctoral roles at Broad Institute, MGH and Harvard Medical School to applied work at Genomics plc and leadership at the Big Data Institute—giving him fluency in both exploratory research and translational genomics. Known for interdisciplinary collaboration with mathematicians and biologists, he brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to solving genetics problems that have real-world clinical impact.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
DPhil, Statistics, DPhil, Statistics at University of OxfordMMath, Mathematics, MMath, Mathematics at University of Warwick
Github Skills (29)
hail10
genetics10
python10
gwas10
pipeline10
bioinformatics10
genomics10
scalable10
spark9
scala9
genetic9
phylogenetics9
correlation9
data-analysis9
computational-biology8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
astheeggeggs/UKBB_ldsc_r2
Feb 2019 - Feb 2022
genetic correlation between phenotypes in the UK biobank
Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years
uk-biobankgeneticpython-bindingsbiologybioinformatics
BRaVa-genetics/BRaVa_curation
Oct 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 PR, 108 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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