E468 Varun Dwaraka, Head of Bioinformatics at TruDiagnostic

Today's guest is Varun Dwaraka, Head of Bioinformatics at TruDiagnostic in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 2019, TruDiagnostic are on a mission to help people understand, access and benefit from their epigenome. TruDiagnostic are home the largest, private epigenetic database in the world and are leading the way in DNA methylation-based research and discovery. As they continue mapping unforged health information found in the fluid epigenome, the company combine data and AI to develop new methylation-based diagnostic tools.

Varun is an experienced scientist with proven experience in the development of Next Generation Sequencing and array based analytical pipelines using univariate, multivariate and Machine Learning methods. He is also an effective communicator, presenting at international and national conferences in poster presentations and talks, while also publishing in international, peer reviewed journals. Varun is passionate about learning and implementing ML methods to advance predictive medicine and advance our understanding in the biology of aging. 

In the episode, Varun will discuss:

Their mission at TruDiagnostic,

His role working with Regression Modelling & Deep Learning,

How his Bioinformatics team collaborates with Data Science,

Upcoming projects that excite him,

Why TruDiagnostic is a great place to work