JON MCDUNN
He/Him
Jon has spent over 25 years developing clinical evidence to improve patient care at the intersection of data science, chemistry, and medicine. He is an accomplished researcher with publications in journals including: Science, Nature Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology.
He is a biotechnology entrepreneur (Combion, Incyte Genomics, Metabolon, and Clinical Sensors), focusing on minimally disruptive technologies that rapidly deliver critical information about a patient’s health. These technologies can take many forms from wearables to passive environmental sensors to point of care devices.
Jon now serves as Executive Director of Project Data Sphere, a non-profit corporation that develops and supports global, big data collaborations in clinical oncology. Project Data Sphere’s portfolio includes transformative research programs in radiomics, digital pathology, real world evidence generation, pharmacovigilance, cellular therapies, and rare disease research.
Jon received his BS in Chemistry from Caltech, PhD in Inflammation Biology from The Scripps Research Institute, and postdoctoral training in Critical Care Medicine from Washington University School of Medicine. He has held faculty positions at both Washington University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.