Jean-Pierre A. Kocher, Ph.D.

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SUMMARY

Jean-Pierre A. Kocher, Ph.D., is an expert in bioinformatics, computational biology, computational chemistry, data mining and clinical informatics. Dr. Kocher conducts research on novel biomedical informatics methods to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of conditions and diseases.

Focus areas

• Developing infrastructure to manage clinical and genomics data.
• Preprocessing genomics data, with an emphasis on developing highly accurate, optimized and automated workflows.
• Interpreting genomic variants with annotation methods and curated knowledge from scientific literature and other publicly available sources.
• Developing bioinformatics and deep learning methods to integrate behavioral, environmental, clinical and multi-omics data modalities to discover genetic factors driving disease onset and progression.
• Prioritizing treatment with medicine based on a tumor's genomic landscape.

Significance to patient care

Dr. Kocher's research contributes to making precision medicine a reality. Precision medicine takes into account a person's unique genome, environment and lifestyle. Biomedical informatics is a cornerstone of precision medicine. It is key to integrating health-related data methods to develop personalized diagnostics and treatments. Dr. Kocher's research contributes to advancing individualized treatment in oncology, cardiology, neurodegeneration, and rare undiagnosed conditions.

Professional highlights

• Research affiliate, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2013-present.
• Professor of biomedical informatics, Arizona State University, 2012-present.
• Adjunct associate professor, University of Minnesota Rochester, 2008-present.
• Mayo Clinic:
  • Director, Bioinformatics Core, 2005-present.
  • Director, Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2008-2024.
  • Chair, Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, 2008-2016; 2019-2021.