Emily Fogarty
Medical Science Liaison at Veracyte, Inc.
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEmily Fogarty is a PhD-trained Medical Science Liaison based in Los Angeles with eight years of experience bridging genomics research and clinical adoption in oncology and immunology. She has led high-impact translational work—from publishing a dozen peer-reviewed papers and securing over $300K in grant funding to driving clinician adoption of a novel breast cancer proteomic assay and contributing to NCCN guideline submissions. Emily combines deep technical fluency in genomics and proteomics with practical medical affairs skills, having designed educational programs, advisory boards, and strategic partnerships with biopharma. Her background includes hands-on computational biology engagement—contributing back-end improvements to the widely used anvi’o bioinformatics platform—reflecting an uncommon blend of bench, code, and clinical communication. Colleagues rely on her to turn complex biomarker data into clear, actionable insights that inform clinical decision-making and commercialization strategies.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Microbiology and Immunology, Bachelor of Science - BS Microbiology and Immunology at The University of British ColumbiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Sciences/Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Genome Sciences/Genomics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (9)
bioinformatics10
python10
metagenomics10
back-end-development9
file-handling9
git8
data-analysis8
algorithm7
algorithms7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
merenlab/anvio
Mar 2019 - May 2020
An analysis and visualization platform for 'omics data
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 4 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Emily contributed to the Anvio bioinformatics platform by adding a `max_cov_flag` feature and updating the `anvi-export-contigs` utility for exporting sequences. They also merged branches related to exporting contigs and addressed redundancy in warnings and config errors within the codebase. These changes indicate involvement in core functionality and data management aspects of the platform, likely focusing on optimizing data processing workflows.
pythonmetagenomicssciencemetatranscriptomicsphylogenomics
merenlab/merenlab.org
Jun 2018 - Nov 2019
Web content for Meren Lab
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 15 pushes in 1 year 5 months
lab
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