Kenneth Westerman
Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKenneth Westerman is an assistant professor and translational data scientist based in Cambridge with 11 years of experience at the intersection of genomics, nutrition, and computational methods. He develops and applies scalable methods for gene–environment interaction discovery, translating nutrigenomic insights into precision lifestyle recommendations through roles at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. His background spans from chemical engineering and DFT modeling to large-scale cohort analysis and product-facing data science, giving him a rare mix of wet-lab familiarity and computational rigor. Kenneth is driven by questions about how genetics modify lifestyle effects, how to improve scientific workflows and communication, and even the future of food—work that combines methodological innovation with applied studies on omega-3s and chronic disease.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition at The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts UniversityBachelor of Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts UniversityPomperaug Regional High School
Github Skills (2)
compounds9
flutter4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kwesterman/vqtl-gxe
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years
manning-lab/fetch-dbgap-data-workflow
Aug 2020 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
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