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Dan Halligan

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Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering at LifeArc
📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Dan Halligan is the Scientific Director of Bioinformatics & Data Engineering at LifeArc, leveraging over 20 years of experience in drug discovery across commercial and academic sectors. His expertise is grounded in a PhD from The University of Edinburgh and a focus on applying data science to address unmet patient needs.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Bioinformatics Solutions
He is focused on driving bioinformatic and data engineering solutions to support drug discovery and address patient needs in his role at LifeArc.
Childhood Cancer
Recently shared his excitement for the C-Further collaboration between LifeArc and Cancer Research Horizons, which aims to tackle challenges in childhood cancer.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Scientific Director, Bioinformatics & Data Engineering
LifeArc
9-2023 - 6-2025
Bioinformatics Lead
LifeArc
6-2023 - 8-2023
Lead Technical BD Support
Fios Genomics
11-2022 - 5-2023
Associate Director Computational Biology
Healx
9-2018 - 11-2022
Head of Research & Development
Fios Genomics
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Education
2000 - 2004
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The University of Edinburgh
1997 - 2000
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons)
University of Nottingham
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