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George Wan

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Director of Bioinformatics at Gilead Sciences
📍 United States

George Wan serves as the Head of Clinical Bioinformatics for Oncology at Gilead Sciences. An expert in biomarker and genomics data analysis, he leverages next-generation sequencing and single-cell genomics to advance drug development. He earned his Ph. D. from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Outside of his professional work, George is passionate about fostering future scientific talent. He actively supports the Amgen Foundations mission to provide high school students with hands-on experience in biotechnology, demonstrating a commitment to STEM education and community involvement.

He has successfully led and developed a high-performance team of PhD-level scientists.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Director of Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United States
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Precision Medicine
Committed to combining data science and translational medicine to accelerate the development of targeted therapies for patients.
Clinical Bioinformatics
Leads this function at Gilead for oncology, analyzing multi-omics data from all clinical trials to support drug development and companion diagnostics.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Director of Bioinformatics
Gilead Sciences
2021
Head of Oncology, Clinical Bioinformatics & Exploratory Analytics
Gilead Sciences
2019 - 2021
Sr Research Scientist II Bioinformatics
Gilead Sciences
2018 - 2019
Sr Research Scientist I, Bioinformatics
Gilead Sciences
2017 - 2018
Research Scientist II, Bioinformatics
Gilead Sciences
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Education
Ph.D
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MS
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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