Kevin Blighe, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Twickenham, Gb

Brussels, Be

Expert panel for:♦ EU4Health Programme (EU4H)♦ EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)♦ DG CNECT (Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content, and Technology)♦ MSCA (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)

Registered in England & Wales under company number 09508415

San Diego, Ca, Us

I have worked on hundreds of projects across more than 50 different healthcare providers, private companies, universities, and academic institutes all across the World, including those in USA, Brazil, Italy, UK, Germany, Denmark, China, Iran, Bangladesh, and others. These include the University of North Carolina, University of Oxford / Cambridge, Imperial College London, King's College London, and startups in Silicon Valley and New York.

Bratislava, Sk

Evaluations under the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic (RRP, Component 9)

Northern Ireland, Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Ophthalmology; Cardiology; UK MHRA; COVID-19♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭: Validation of AbC-19 lateral flow immunoassay for SARS-CoV-2 UK Rapid Testing Consortium (RTC)♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮: Development of a mutation-independent allele-specific CRISPR assay♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟯: Published multiple studies exploring the utility of using smart-phone app images of the eye as a proxy for diagnosing cardiac abnormalities

London, Greater London, Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Risk Modeling; RandomForest; Penalised Regression; Epidemiology; Diabetic Retinopathy♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭: Conducted Environment-Wide Association Study (EWAS) of diabetic retinopathy in NHANES♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮: Used Health Intelligence Ltd. NHS patient codes to identify risk factors of proliferative diabetic retinopathy

London, Greater London, Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Flow / Mass Cytometry; scRNA-seq; CITE-seq; NanoString; Dataviz; Multiple Myeloma♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭: Developed a Machine Learning method for identifying optimal survival curve segregation in Cox Proportional Hazards Models ♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮: Developed and released R / Bioconductor package scDataviz, for visualising single cell expression data♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟯: Contributed to study investigating the utility of a complosome-specific antibody panel in a systemic sclerosis setting

Us

*𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭

Boston, Ma, Us

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Metabolomics; Trios / Family-based tests; Conditional logit; Clustering; Penalised Regression♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭: Identified a mechanism in which Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy reduces child Asthma risk♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮: Published 1st author review on gene editing / genomic complexity♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟯: Published on integrated omics, sphingolipid metabolism / 17q21 in asthma, pre-eclampsia review, & fish-oil / asthma

Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Br

Manchester, England, Gb

London, Greater London, Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: RNA-seq; NanoString; Fluidigm; Microarray; Rheumatoid Arthritis; tranSMART♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟭: Defined histopathotype expression signatures in early rheumatoid arthritis blood and synovium♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮: Identified predictors of response To Rituximab in B-cell rich & poor populations

London, Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: ChIP-seq; DSBs (double-strand breaks)♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Profiled γH2AX-associated DNA damage (double-strand breaks) after Myc and p210 oncogene activation

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/creative-bioinformatics-consultants-llc

Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: LIMS; STARLIMS♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Implemented STARLIMS modules for Automated Clinical Report Generation and sFTP Transfer between Sheffield Children's Hospital and Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Milano, Lombardia, It

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: Exome-seq; NGS panel dev; Haemophilia; Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Von Willebrand Disease♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Identified genetic risk variants of FVIII therapy resistance in Italian patients with severe hemophilia A

Gb

♦ 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: NGS; ISO15189; UKAS; NEQAS; Genetic Test♦ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Set up clinically-validated automated NGS analysis pipeline to work alongside Sanger sequencing

Bronx, New York, Us

York, Gb

This role involved performing laser interfaced mass spectrometry (LIMS) using a customised device comprising an ion trap mass spectrometer (Bruker Esquire) with a bench-top laser to invoke collision-induced dissociation (CID) of sugar molecules of interest. The work also involved the quantum chemical computational modelling of molecules using Spartan, and a focus on the Hartree-Fock Ap­prox­i­ma­tion of the Schrödinger Equation in quantum mechanics.

Oranmore, Galway, Ie

This role was funded by a bursary that I won competitively. My tasks involved general laboratory duties and surgically preparing different types of shellfish for viral and bacterial load examination for research and government regulatory purposes.

Dublin, Dublin 8, Ie

Testing water samples from waterways across County Dublin as part of government regulatory monitoring. This involved processing samples in LIMS, preparing media for laboratory work, cleaning the labs to a high standard, and tabulating level of contamination in samples (coliforms, etc). Samples derived from rivers and streams, and also Dublin Bay / Ringsend.

Dublin, Dublin 8, Ie

- Finance Department (2001) - Environment & Culture Department (2002) - IS Service Desk (2003) - Dublin Fire Brigade (2003/4) - Roads & Traffic Department (2004-7)

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Naas, Co Kildare, Ie

Education record

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Cancer Studies

B.Sc. (Honours), Industrial Biology

B.Sc., Biosciences

Higher Certificate, Applied Biology

Education record

Education record