Nicky Whiffin
Associate Professor Wellcome Career Development Fellow
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNicky Whiffin is an Associate Professor and Wellcome Career Development Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute and Centre for Human Genetics, with a visiting scholar role at the Broad Institute. She leads a computational genomics team that deciphers how non-coding and regulatory variants cause rare disease and explores therapeutic modulation of gene regulation. An expert in annotating and clinically interpreting untranslated and non-coding regions, she helped create clinical guidelines and has applied the Genomics England 100,000 Genomes dataset to reveal roles for untranslated regions and the snRNA RNU4-2 in neurodevelopmental disorders. Her trajectory spans a PhD on colorectal cancer genetics, translational work setting up NGS diagnostics for cardiovascular disease, and postdoctoral tool development for inherited heart conditions, giving her rare depth across discovery and clinical application. Awarded a 2024 Lister Institute Research Prize and a Wellcome Career Development Award, she combines rigorous statistical genetics with practical pipeline development. Colleagues describe her as someone who translates complex genomic signals into clinically actionable insights while staying active in collaborative, cross-institutional research.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Natural Sciences, 2.i, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Natural Sciences, 2.i at University of CambridgeA levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry and AS level in Biology, A levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry and AS level in Biology at Trent College, Long Eaton
Github Skills (11)
filter5
genetic5
interpretation5
genomics3
guideline3
bioinformatics3
android3
javascript2
python2
browser1
singer1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ImperialCardioGenetics/uORFs
Feb 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:23 commits, 7 pushes, 2 comments in 1 year 3 months
macarthur-lab/gnomad_lrrk2
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Contributions:20 commits, 12 pushes in 5 months
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