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Brett Kennedy

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Associate Director, Bioinformatics (IVD Development) at Guardant Health
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Brett Kennedy is the Associate Director of Bioinformatics at Guardant Health, where he leads teams in the design and analytical validation of multi-omic oncology diagnostics. An experienced scientist with a PhD from the University of Utah, he specializes in data science, machine learning, and clinical pipeline development for precision medicine.

He has a deep interest in applying precision medicine to better and extend patients lives, focusing on the field of oncology. His work involves extensive interaction with national and international regulatory agencies to support IVD submissions and validate new technologies.

Unique fact: Brett co-authored a publication on Taxonomer, an interactive metagenomics analysis portal for universal pathogen detection and host mRNA expression profiling.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Associate Director, Bioinformatics (IVD Development)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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IVD Development
Leads teams in designing and executing analytical validation studies for novel in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) oncology tests and interacts with regulatory agencies like the FDA.
Precision Medicine
His career is focused on applying precision medicine in oncology to improve and extend patient lives through advanced genomic testing.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Associate Director, Bioinformatics (IVD Development)
Guardant Health
4-2021 - 9-2023
Senior Manager, Bioinformatics (IVD Development)
Guardant Health
10-2020 - 4-2021
Principal Strategic Data Scientist, Data & Technology
ConcertAI
6-2019 - 10-2020
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Director of Clinical Bioinformatics for Oncology
Intermountain Healthcare
6-2018 - 6-2019
Director Of Bioinformatics
NAVICAN GENOMICS (An Intermountain Healthcare Company)
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Education
2006 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Utah
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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