Chun Wu
About Chun Wu
Chun Wu is a Senior Principal Scientist in Translational Bioinformatics at Bristol Myers Squibb, with extensive experience in computational science and bioinformatics.
Current Title at Bristol Myers Squibb
Chun Wu serves as a Senior Principal Scientist in Translational Bioinformatics at Bristol Myers Squibb. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, Chun Wu works on-site to contribute to the company’s research and development efforts by specializing in reverse translation and the application of multimodal clinical trial datasets, including RNASeq, spatial transcriptomes, proteomics, and imaging.
Previous Roles at Bristol Myers Squibb
Before becoming a Senior Principal Scientist, Chun Wu held multiple roles at Bristol Myers Squibb. He was a Principal Scientist in Translational Bioinformatics from 2021 to 2023. Prior to that, he served as a Senior Scientist in the same field for 9 months in 2021. During his time in these roles, he was involved in leading the bioinformatics team and ensuring the validation of drug targets through multimodal analyses.
Postdoctoral Fellowship at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies
Chun Wu worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Science at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson from 2017 to 2019. Based in the Greater Philadelphia Area, he focused on computational methodologies within the realm of pharmaceuticals, contributing to the understanding of complex diseases through computational biology.
Education Background
Chun Wu has an extensive academic background in various scientific disciplines. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, from 2012 to 2017. He completed a Master's Degree specializing in Machine Learning at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech from 2016 to 2020. Additionally, he achieved a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Zhejiang University, and a Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology from Ningbo University.
Research and Computational Science Experience
Earlier in his career, Chun Wu gained experience in computational science through various research roles. He was part of the Computational Science Fellows Program at the University of Miami Center for Computational Science from 2014 to 2015. He also served as a Research Trainee at Zhejiang University from 2009 to 2012, working on biochemical and molecular biological research.
Clinical Trials and Bioinformatics Expertise
Chun Wu led a team of four translational bioinformaticians in phase 2+ clinical trials, focusing on drugs including Deucravacitinib, Ozanimod, Cendakimab, and Orencia. He was responsible for reverse translation using longitudinal clinical trial multimodal datasets and developing combo strategies. Additionally, Chun Wu leveraged omics data and machine learning to identify predictive or pharmacodynamic biomarkers and drug targets, aiding in the understanding of complex diseases.