Joe Zhou
Senior Data Scientist
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJoe Zhou is a Senior Data Scientist in the San Francisco Bay Area with 11 years of experience applying computational biology and bioinformatics to real-world cancer diagnostics. He blends a Biology BS with a Computer Science minor to translate whole-genome DNA/RNA sequencing and multi-analyte blood test data into actionable clinical and product insights. Joe has contributed to high-impact programs—from pediatric cancer genomics at Memorial Sloan Kettering to population screening efforts like CancerSEEK and productizing liquid biopsy analytics at DELFI Diagnostics. He is skilled at taking models from research to production in regulated healthcare contexts, balancing statistical rigor with deployability. Known for bridging lab and engineering teams, he brings both domain depth and pragmatic software/data engineering practices to accelerate translational outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, Computer Science at Davidson CollegeHigh school, High school at The Bolles School
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Github Skills (76)
music-generation10
bam9
bcftools9
computer-vision9
htslib9
deep-reinforcement-learning9
model-management9
lifecycle9
machine-learning9
samtools9
incremental-learning9
bioinformatics9
tabix9
dvc9
developer-tools8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
papaemmelab/toil_strelka
Mar 2018 - Jun 2019
🚦Toil implementation of Strelka2.
Contributions:4 releases, 7 PRs, 39 pushes in 1 year 3 months
strelka2toil
papaemmelab/toil_mutect
Mar 2018 - Aug 2019
🦇 Toil implementation of GATK Mutect SNV caller pipeline.
Contributions:8 releases, 4 PRs, 66 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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