Varun Dwaraka

Varun is the Director of Bioinformatics and Principal Investigator at TruDiagnostic, specializing in computational biology, epigenetics, and machine learning applications for aging research. With over a decade of experience in statistical genomics and multi-omic data integration, he has developed cutting-edge epigenetic age clocks and bioinformatics pipelines for DNA methylation analysis. He also serves as faculty at the Geneva College of Longevity Science, Director of Epigenomics on the American Board of Precision Medicine, and serves on multiple scientific advisory boards, all to educate on the use of data science for precision medicine. He holds a BS in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a PhD in Biology from the University of Kentucky. In his spare time, he enjoys creating music, HIIT workouts, and learning about anything and everything.

I'm a data science educator and community builder who wants to help you cultivate a community of practice for yourself. I talk a lot about the benefits of making genuine human connections, the power of vulnerability, and why we all benefit when we show up as our whole selves. I'm also the host of the Data Humans podcast where my motto is: data science is not one thing.

I love connecting people across the data science community to share what they're accomplishing with data and help others do the same through community discussions, industry meetups, and more.