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Shawn McClelland

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Director of Clinical Bioinformatics at Mayo Clinic
📍 Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Shawn McClelland is the Director of Clinical Bioinformatics at Mayo Clinic, where he leads the teams responsible for over 150 live next-generation sequencing (NGS) tests. His extensive career includes leadership roles at Horizon Discovery and GE Healthcare, focusing on algorithm development for CRISPR and RNAi technologies. He holds a PhD from UC Irvine.

Shawn is driven by a fascination with how complexity emerges from simple origins, a passion that traces back to programming on his Commodore computer as a child. He enjoys exploring the intricate workings of systems, whether in flavor chemistry, DNA epigenetics, or crafting innovative code.

Unique Fact: As a kid, he wrote a one-line BASIC program that generates a seemingly infinite, random maze on the screen.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Director of Clinical Bioinformatics
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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Clinical Bioinformatics
As Director at Mayo Clinic, he empowers his team's efforts in developing, verifying, and validating internal and external diagnostic tests using next-generation sequencing.
Genomic Technologies
His career has focused on developing and applying technologies like CRISPR gene editing, RNAi, and NGS, as reflected in his past roles and publications.
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Career

Work history

4-2019
Director of Clinical Bioinformatics
Mayo Clinic
11-2017 - 4-2019
Global Bioinformatics Manager
Horizon Discovery
9-2017 - 11-2017
Head of Bioinformatics
Horizon Discovery
12-2014 - 9-2017
Bioinformatics Supervisor
GE Healthcare
3-2014 - 12-2014
Bioinformatics Scientist/Software Developer 2
GE Healthcare
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Education
2007 - 2011
PhD
UC Irvine
2004 - 2007
MS
California State University, Northridge
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