Johan Thygesen
Director Of Education
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJohan Thygesen is Director of Education at UCL Institute of Health Informatics and a researcher who blends genetics with electronic health records to illuminate rare disease and mental health trajectories. With over a decade of experience spanning a PhD in human genetics, postdoctoral research, and academic teaching, he designs and teaches practical modules in Python for health data science and applied computational genomics. His work focuses on disease trajectories, comorbidity patterns, and the clinical impact of rare pathogenic variants, often emphasizing transparent methods through data visualization and open science. He has a track record of bridging rigorous genetic discovery with applied health data analytics, informed by collaborative exchanges at deCODE and King's College. Based in England, he brings both deep domain expertise and a hands-on approach to training the next generation of health data scientists. An understated strength is his ability to translate complex genomic findings into accessible teaching and visual narratives that support clinical and research decision-making.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Biology and psychology, Master of Science (MS), Biology and psychology at Roskilde UniversitetscenterDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human/Medical Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human/Medical Genetics at Københavns Universitet
Danish, English, Spanish
Github Skills (11)
r-package6
explore5
bit3
journal3
android-app2
android2
data-structures2
python1
synthetic1
synthetic-data1
bioinformatics1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hilge/iPsychCNV
Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
methodbloodspotscopy-number-variationvariation
hilge/CNV-risk
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
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