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Patrick Loerch

Investor

Advisor at Amplify Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Patrick Loerch is a biostatistics PhD who has built and led data science organizations across pharma companies including Merck, Celgene, and J&J/Janssen, and co-founded Shift Medical. He currently serves as SVP of Clinical Data Science at Gilead Sciences and advises Amplify on translating biology into therapies.

Experience

  1. Amplify PartnersBio Fund Advisorcurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Bay Area Biotech-Pharma Statistics Workshop (BBSW)Advisory Board Membercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Gilead SciencesSenior Vice President, Clinical Data Sciencecurrent2020 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & JohnsonVP, Global Head Data Science & Prevention Biomarkers, WWDA2018 β€” 2020Greater Boston
  5. CelgeneSenior Director, Data Sciences2016 β€” 2018Seattle, Washington
  6. Shift MedicalCEO / Co-founder2015 β€” 2016Menlo Park, CA
  7. MerckDirector, Health IT2013 β€” 2015Palo Alto, CA
  8. MerckDirector, Health Informatics2011 β€” 2013San Francisco, CA
  9. MerckResearch Fellow2009 β€” 2011Boston, MA
  10. MerckSr Research Scientist2007 β€” 2009Seattle, WA
  11. Self EmployedIndependent Consultant2005 β€” 2007Boston, MA
  12. GSAS Harvard Biotechnology ClubManaging Director2004 β€” 2006Boston, MA
  13. Rosetta InpharmaticsBioinformatics Developer / Research Scientist2000 β€” 2003Seattle, WA

Education

  1. Harvard UniversityPhD, Biostatistics2003 β€” 2007
  2. INSEADTransition to General Management Program2014
  3. Harvard UniversityAM, Biostatistics2003 β€” 2005
  4. Washington State UniversityBS, Biochemistry1995 β€” 2000

Skills & more

Biotechnology99Genomics80Bioinformatics77Healthcare75Leadership64Pharmaceutical Industry44Informatics43Strategy41Biostatistics32Cancer28Clinical Development29Drug Discovery26
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