Summary
Joshua Burkhart is an Affiliate Assistant Professor and data scientist with 14 years of interdisciplinary experience bridging software engineering, bioinformatics, and clinical data science. He holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Informatics and has applied systems-biology, machine learning, and clinical decision support to problems from Alzheimer's comorbidity research to Klinefelter Syndrome and immune checkpoint response. His background includes industrial software architecture for CAN Bus and dynamometer systems as well as high-performance computational work on mosquito population genetics that led to a PNAS publication. Based in Honolulu, he combines hands-on engineering with academic rigor, mentoring teams and publishing novel approaches to hypothesis generation and experimental prioritization. A practical tinkerer with both clinical lab and field experience, he moves comfortably between low-level embedded protocols and high-level translational research.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer and Information Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer and Information Science at University of Oregon
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Informatics at Oregon Health & Science University
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science at Grand Valley State University
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at South Christian High School