Jovia Nierenberg
Senior Scientist, Statistical And Human Genetics
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolJovia Nierenberg is a PhD epidemiologist and statistical geneticist with 11 years of experience applying GWAS, exome sequencing, polygenic scores, and multi-omics to rare disease, cancer, renal, cardiovascular, and aging phenotypes. Currently a Senior Scientist in Statistical and Human Genetics at BridgeBio, she combines rigorous biostatistics and ancestry-aware analyses in admixed populations with hands-on computational work in R/Bioconductor, bash, SAS, and Python on HPC clusters. Her work has driven large-scale biobank meta-analyses and integrated rare-variant and PRS approaches to improve genetic risk prediction, including projects focused on Latinas and multiple primary cancers across >500k participants. A collaborative mentor and communicator, she has published and presented extensively, taught epidemiology courses, and led cross-functional teams from academia to industry. Outside genomics she brings product-minded engineering experience from full‑stack projects and nonprofit disaster relief programs, reflecting a practical focus on building tools and programs that translate data into patient impact.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Institutes in Biostatistics, Biostatistics, Summer Institutes in Biostatistics, Biostatistics at University of WashingtonFullstack AcademyBachelor's degree, Psychology, Bachelor's degree, Psychology at University of San FranciscoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Epidemiology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Epidemiology at Tulane University Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineOutdoor Education, Outdoor Education at National Outdoor Leadership School
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Github Skills (10)
sas5
stata5
simulation5
spss4
r-package4
r2
unconf2
mongo-express1
mongodb1
nodejs1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JoviaNierenberg/COVID-Event-Safety-Modeling
Apr 2021 - Aug 2023
A model for simulating various mitigation measures for the reopening of events during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Contributions:15 PRs, 32 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
eventsmeasuressimulationmitigation
JoviaNierenberg/breast_cancer_map3k1_rare_variants_functional
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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