Jochen Wilhelm
Dr. Jochen Wilhelm, a distinguished senior scientist and biostatistician, serves as the Chief of Biostatistics at Fitness Fingerprint Therapeutics. Dr. Wilhelm brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from his extensive career in genomics, bioinformatics, and lung health research.
Born in Giessen, Germany, Dr. Wilhelm pursued his academic journey at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), where he earned a Diploma in Biology and practical informatics. Demonstrating an early dedication to the intersection of biology and data analysis, he furthered his education with a PhD in Biochemistry from the faculty of biology at JLU. His doctoral research, supported by a scholarship from the graduate college “Molecular biology and pharmacology,” laid the foundation for his future contributions to the field.
Post-PhD, Dr. Wilhelm’s career trajectory saw him establishing a laboratory for microarray analyses and becoming a principal investigator in biostatistics and microarray analytics at the Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim. His expertise in biostatistics has been instrumental in shaping his teaching career, where he has been a lecturer for biostatistics and bioinformatics in the PhD program Molecular Biology and Medicine of the Lung (MBML) at the University of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC).
As a faculty member at the German Center for Lung Research (Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung, DZL) and the chief statistician of the European IPF Registry and Biobank (eurIPFreg), Dr. Wilhelm has played a pivotal role in advancing lung health research. His leadership in the UGMLC microarray core facility and his position as a principal investigator for systems biology of the lung at the DZL further highlight his capabilities in managing large-scale research projects.
Dr. Wilhelm's impressive publication record, with over 114 research papers in prestigious journals like Nature Metabolism and the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, attests to his significant contributions to the scientific community. His work in virus genomics, host transcriptomics, and pathogen-host interactions in lung injury has been instrumental in the field of lung health research.
At Fitness Fingerprint Therapeutics, Dr. Wilhelm’s role as Chief of Biostatistics involves leveraging his deep expertise in genomics, bioinformatics, and biostatistics to drive innovative research and development in anti-cancer therapeutics. His leadership is integral to the company's mission of developing personalized treatment strategies based on sophisticated data analysis and genomic insights.
