Brandon M. Welch

Current

President/CEO at SGgenomics, Inc.
Founder and Creator at ItRunsInMyFamily.com

Past

Fellow at US Dept of Health Human Services- Personalized Healthcare
Researcher at Eccles Institute of Human Genetics

Education

Tulane University School of Medicine
University of Utah

Connections

15 connections

Industry

Biotechnology

Websites

Family Health History Tool

Brandon M. Welch’s Summary

My goal is to push forward the frontier of science and technology and make possible new developments that will improve the quality of human life.

Brandon M. Welch’s Specialties:

family health history, clinical decision support, genetics, government interaction

Brandon M. Welch’s Experience

President/CEO

SGgenomics, Inc.

(Biotechnology industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

SGgenomics Inc. is a privately held corporation that funds and develops innovative genetic & health based ideas that specialize in personalized medicine. The company focuses on developing tools that translate new discoveries into clinical and consumer-centric applications. By leveraging state-of-the-science discoveries, federal guidance, and market demands, our developments will push forward the frontier of science and technology.
Founder and Creator

ItRunsInMyFamily.com

(Hospital & Health Care industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

ItRunsInMyFamily.com is a family health history website that allows users to build their family history then enter diseases that run in their family. By being aware of diseases that run in the family, an individual can take steps to treat and prevent diseases before they occur. ItRunsInMyFamily.com makes it easy create a family health history and share it with a doctor.
Fellow

US Dept of Health Human Services- Personalized Healthcare

(Government Administration industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

The Personalized Healthcare Initiative at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C. aims to improve the safety, quality and effectiveness of health care by using genetic information. The identification of genes and how they relate to drug treatment, personalized health care will enable medicine to be tailored to each person’s needs.

While there I was involved with all the activities, however my primary focus was on family health history and clinical decision support (CDS) tools for genetic information. As a result of the work completed there, I became co-author on a manuscript submitted to the Journal of Medical Decision Making entitled 'Information Management to Support Personalized Decision-Making in Health Care'. It is key source of inspiration for developing the website ItRunsInMyFamily.com
Researcher

Eccles Institute of Human Genetics

(Research industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years )

I designed and conducted research using Drosophila to study the neurological effects of Parkinson’s disease on the brain. I was part of a team that discovered an optimized method for detecting dopaminergic neurons in the Drosophila brain. My publication: http://www.jhc.org/cgi/rapidpdf/jhc.2008.951137v1

Brandon M. Welch’s Education

Tulane University School of Medicine

M.S. , Human Genetics
University of Utah

B.S. , Biology, Chemistry

Activities and Societies:

Honor's Program, Research Scholar Award, Biology TA, Men's Track Team, Founder and President of 'The Frasority', U of U school mascot 'Swoop', athletic and academic scholarships