Toby Johnson
Executive Director, Genomic Technologies @GSK
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director, Genomic Technologies @GSK
Leading Genomic Technologies team of 40 scientists, and sitting on Human Genetics and Genomics Leadership Team.
EDUCATION
The University of Edinburgh
BSc, Genetics and mathematics
The University of Edinburgh
PhD, Mathematical population genetics
SKILLS
ABOUT TOBY JOHNSON
I lead the Genomic Technologies team of 40 outstanding scientists at GSK. We integrate deep and broad expertise in human genetic and genomic data, and in computational and statistical methods and techniques, delivering best-in-class analytical insight and data interpretation, driving decisions in drug discovery and in clinical translation.Originally, my undergraduate and doctoral degrees were in mathematics and population genetics. Through academic research positions, I developed research interests in statistical genetics methodology and in human genetic data analysis. My personal interests include using -omics data to infer causal genes for GWAS signals, causal inference and Mendelian randomization, inference from summary statistics, and pharmacogenomics and biomarkers.I have technical expertise in: Statistical Genetics; Genetic Epidemiology; Causal Inference; Pharmacogenetics (PGx); Classical and Bayesian Statistics; Computationally Intensive Statistics; Bioinformatics; Programming in R, Python, Spark, C++, C.
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