Parsa Akbari
Associate Director
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolParsa Akbari is an Associate Director at Foresite Labs with 12 years of experience at the intersection of computational genetics, drug discovery, and biotech investing. He previously led computational biology efforts at Regeneron’s cardiovascular disease group and contributed to landmark therapeutics discoveries such as GPR75 and INHBE published in Science and Nature Communications. Trained at the University of Cambridge (PhD in Data Science/Statistical Genetics), he combines deep statistical genetics expertise with hands-on translational impact across industry and academia. Comfortable moving between research, incubation, and venture roles, he has a track record of turning human genetics signals into therapeutic hypotheses and attracting scientific and investor partnerships.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Data Science Statistical Genetics, Ph.D Data Science Statistical Genetics at University of Cambridge
Persian, English
Github Skills (106)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ParsaAkbari/cudssnnet
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
ParsaAkbari/SystemsBiology
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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