Scott Newman

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Vice President of Bioinformatics at Guardant Health

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Overview

Scott Newman is a computational genomics leader with a decade of experience in bioinformatics, clinical genetics, and real world evidence. As the Vice President of Bioinformatics at Guardant Health, he specializes in precision oncology. He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Cambridge and has led significant collaborative studies leveraging real-world data.

There is no publicly available information about his personal life.

He recruited, trained, and led the team that analyzed thousands of clinical whole genomes and transcriptomes from pediatric cancer patients for St Jude’s Genomes for Kids study.

Personality Overview

Assertive

Value Driven

Curious

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.  They ask a lot of questions and rely heavily on information and collaterals. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Topics They Care About

Precision Oncology
A primary focus of his career, leveraging real-world data and bioinformatics to advance cancer therapies, as evidenced by his roles at Guardant Health and Sema4.
Real World Evidence
He has extensive experience in utilizing real-world data assets for collaborative studies on topics like genetic predisposition and predictors of therapy response.
Computational Genomics
He has over ten years of experience as a leader in this field, working at the intersection of bioinformatics and clinical genetics.

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Scott has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Vice President of Bioinformatics at Guardant Health
3-2024 - 10-2025
SVP Life Sciences at MiBA
1-2023 - 4-2024
Vice President Computational Genomics at GeneDx
10-2021 - 4-2023
Vice President, Precision Oncology at Sema4 at Sema4
2-2020 - 11-2021
Senior Director Precison Oncology at Sema4

Education

2007 - 2011
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from University of Cambridge
2006 - 2007
Master’s Degree from Newcastle University

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