Sarah Schmedes
Health Scientist (Bioinformatics)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSarah Schmedes is a molecular geneticist and bioinformatician with over a decade of hands-on experience in next-generation sequencing and eight years in applied bioinformatics, currently leading the bioinformatics team at the Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories and serving in CDC’s Office of Advanced Molecular Detection. She specializes in infectious disease genomic epidemiology and microbial forensics, building scalable analytic pipelines, managing computational resources, and integrating genomic data with public health workflows across multiple state labs. Sarah has led training and workforce development for the CDC AMD program, overseen multi-site data management and LIMS integration, and managed teams delivering actionable genomic surveillance during public health responses. Her background spans academic method development—such as a targeted-amplicon metagenomic panel for forensic skin microbiome profiling—to federal program-level guidance on antimalarial resistance surveillance, reflecting a rare mix of lab-first cred and policy-facing bioinformatics. Colleagues rely on her for translating complex sequencing technologies into validated, operational tools that advance both forensic and public health investigations.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Forensic Biology, Master of Science (M.S.), Forensic Biology at University at AlbanyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Biology-Microbiology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Biology-Microbiology at Texas State University-San MarcosDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomedical Sciences-Molecular Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomedical Sciences-Molecular Genetics at University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Github Skills (21)
region8
bioinformatics7
pathogen6
health6
genomics5
singularity5
pipeline-framework4
amd4
weighted4
docker4
finder4
mixing3
python3
dvc3
nvidia-docker2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StaPH-B/southeast-region
Aug 2020 - Feb 2022
Scripts, pipelines, and training materials for the AMD Southeast Region
Contributions:34 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
amdpipeline-frameworksoutheastregionsoutheast-region
SESchmedes/HIDskinmicrobiome
Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
pythonreviewaem
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