About us

Core Team

We are based in Seattle, WA with a unique and dedicated team of biotechnology, health, clinical, and computational technology experts spread across the US.

Lee Hood, MD, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

As CEO/Founder, Lee leads all Phenome Health business development activities and partnerships. He is the evangelist for the scientific- based Personalized Medicine concept by spreading the scientific process and his vision for a changed healthcare system through books and scientific articles, and speaking engagements.

Chief Executive Officer
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Simon Evans, MBA, PhD

Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer

Simon leverages his research and business experiences to shepherd the development and coordination of strategic initiatives for Phenome Health. He plays an integrative role within and across the leadership team to ensure continued organizational performance, and to maintain alignment with Phenome Health's short term objectives and long-term vision.

Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer
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Tim Yeatman, MD, FACS

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Yeatman's expertise lies in designing strategies to develop patient and data networks to execute clinical trials for diagnostic and therapeutic aims. In this regard, he was a founder of the Guardian Research Network. Dr. Yeatman's scientific proficiency encompasses integrated analysis of gene expression and DNA sequencing, as well as lipidomics analysis of cancer.

Chief Medical Officer
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James Yurkovich, PhD

Chief Technology Officer

James spearheads new opportunities—technologies, computational methods, and collaborations—that bridge the gap between the scientific and technological efforts at Phenome Health. He helps lead the architecture and implementation of the Phenome Core cloud infrastructure and technology platform that supports the scientific discovery and return of results.

Chief Technology Officer
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Noa Rappaport, PhD

Chief Data Officer

Noa is a computational biologist with a background in multi-omic data analysis and mathematical modeling with over 8 years of experience across medical and scientific applications. At Phenome Health, Noa drives data analysis strategies, publication efforts, and expansion and exploitation of data assets.

Chief Data Officer
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Jennifer Lovejoy, PhD

Chief Translational Science Officer

Jennifer leads our clinical research efforts and supports partnerships involving direct work with patients. With her background in personalized lifestyle medicine and behavioral science, she oversees the development of actionable possibilities for optimizing health and longevity.

Chief Translational Science Officer
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Jane Repensek, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Jane Repensek has over thirty-five years of financial, operational and governance experience in a broad range of industries and entities. Her most recent eighteen years were dedicated exclusively to working for, consulting with and volunteering at nonprofit organizations. She has an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS from Marquette University. Jane spends her free time playing tennis, vegetable gardening and adopting senior dogs.

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Mindy Byram

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Mindy is the Executive Assistant to the CEO at Phenome Health, managing scheduling, communications, and operations. With a background in executive administration and organization, she excels at creating efficient systems. Outside of work, she enjoys rock climbing and exploring the Pacific Northwest with her husky, Sunny.

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Ash Fernando, PhD

Data Scientist

Ash targets the full data stack—from storing and cleaning to processing and analytics. His analytical expertise is in applied modeling of multimodal environmental data using a variety of machine learning techniques.

Data Scientist
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Trent Leslie, MS

Research Associate, Bioinformatics

At Phenome Health, Trent is a multifaceted bioinformatics professional, specializing in the development and implementation of innovative data processing and analysis strategies. His role spans a range of activities, including leading multi-omic data analyses, optimizing bioinformatics pipelines, and mapping complex datasets to knowledge graphs.

Research Associate, Bioinformatics
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Noah Levine, MS

Translational Science Associate

Noah, with a background in lifestyle medicine, heads Phenome Health's nutrition strategy, education, and communication initiatives. He's committed to using health data for sustainable behavior change, helping individuals achieve their health goals and develop positive habits.

Translational Science Associate
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Virginia “Ginny” Martin, MA

Director of Operations

As Director of Operations, Ginny leverages her 15+ years of expertise to spearhead Phenome Health’s efforts regarding administration, finance, human resources, employee engagement, talent acquisition, and onboarding. In addition to her day-to-day responsibilities, Ginny also manages special projects related to donor relations, communications, and culture.

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Mike McNamara, PMP

Project Manager

Mike leverages his background in Bioengineering, and passion for problem-solving to spearhead Phenome Health's project management efforts. His life science expertise, devotion to systems thinking, and near-decade of experience in operations help to drive process improvement and vendor relations.

Project Manager
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Lance Pflieger, PhD

Sr. Data Scientist

Lance is a seasoned data scientist that leverages advanced analytics to extract actionable insights from complex multiomic datasets. He helps lead efforts in scientific discovery through bioinformatic tools and pipeline development and integrative machine learning analyses.

Sr. Data Scientist
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George Church, PhD

Consultant, Biotechnology

George Church, Ph.D. Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard and MIT with Walter Gilbert. He developed the first direct genomic sequencing method in 1984 and helped initiate the Human Genome Project in 1984 while he was a Research Scientist at newly-formed Biogen Inc.

Consultant, Biotechnology

BJ Yurkovich, MS

Consultant, Cybersecurity and Information Technologies

BJ is responsible for the Computational infrastructure and AI initiatives at Phenome Health. He specializes in software architecture, cyber security, and IoT.

Consultant, Cybersecurity and Information Technologies

Board of Directors

CEO, Phenome Health

Former President, Institute of Systems Biology

Chairman and co-founder, Re:Build Manufacturing

Former CEO Worldwide Consumer, Amazon

President, Math for America

Former President, Harvey Mudd College

CEO, Eikon Therapeutics

Former President, Merck Research Laboratories

Scientific Advisors

Executive Founder, Wellville Healthcare Investor‍
President Of National Academy Of Medicine; Served As CEO Of Duke University Medical Center‍
Global Head, J&J Innovation
Former Chair Of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington
Director, University Of Michigan Center For Computational Medicine; Served As CEO Of The University Of Michigan Health System‍
CEO, Dynamics Special Purpose Corp; Former CTO, Illumina‍
Founding Director Of The California Institute For Telecommunications And Information Technology
Executive Director, Duke Center For Personalized Health Care
Dean Of The Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health