Walter Jessen

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Moving Forward

Posted by Walter on Apr 7, 2010 • Views: 226 views• Comments: 4

Cincinnati Children's Hospital research building

Today was my last day at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). I’ve spent the last six years here at CCHMC as a computational biologist/bioinformatician in pre-clinical/translational academic medicine and it’s been fantastic, in no small part because of the people I’ve been privileged to work with.

New opportunities await me in Indianapolis — I’ve accepted a position as a computational biologist for Covance’s new Biomarker Center of Excellence and I’m excited at what lies ahead.

Covance has seen a large increase in demand for protein biomarkers and I think I have some valuable experience to bring to the position given the work I’ve done at CCHMC identifying genomic-based biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

A wish to all my friends, neighbors and colleagues as I leave Cincinnati:

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.



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