Hernán Sierra, PhD, MBE.
Scientific Director at Fundación InnovaGen- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Fundación InnovaGen
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Colombia
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scientific Director
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Jan 2012 - Present
Founded and led start-up company to offer advanced oncology molecular diagnostics services to patients, physicians, hospitals and biopharmaceutical companies. Founded and led start-up company to offer advanced oncology molecular diagnostics services to patients, physicians, hospitals and biopharmaceutical companies.
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University of Cauca
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Georgia
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Professor of Human Genetics
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Oct 2001 - Present
Director, Applied Human Genetics Research Group, School of Medicine Director, Applied Human Genetics Research Group, School of Medicine
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Genentech
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern, Pipeline and Portfolio Planning
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Apr 2008 - Jun 2008
- Identified the value of ‘risk sharing’ and the key drivers to support out-licensing in drug development - Developed a new strategic framework to guide decision making for out-licensing candidate molecules - Identified the value of ‘risk sharing’ and the key drivers to support out-licensing in drug development - Developed a new strategic framework to guide decision making for out-licensing candidate molecules
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The University of Texas Medical Branch
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jan 1997 - Aug 2001
- Co-authored 9 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, as a result of research collaborations and performance of statistical analysis of obtained laboratory data - Surveyed individuals for health assessment, as part of the Toxics Assistance Program at UTMB, to help poor Texan communities and policy makers formulate better environmental health programs - Provided crucial data, when conducting a 12-week research rotation, to allow our group to be ‘first to publish’ evidence of occupational selection pressure against genetically susceptible individuals; it motivated numerous follow-up studies around the world - Optimised and validated a molecular biology technique to produce fast and reliable genotype profiling of human samples, helping to reduce operational laboratiry costs Show less
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Education
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University of Cambridge
MPhil, Bioscience Enterprise -
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Epidemiology -
Universidad del Cauca
Bachelor's degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General -
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Global Agents of Change -
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Post-doctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine