Paul Kearney, PhD
Chief Data Officer
Dr. Paul Kearney’s passion is working at the intersection of healthcare, data science and innovation where many of the hardest societal and clinical unmet needs can be found and addressed through partnership, data exploration and focused, persistent hard work. Prior to joining Sera, Dr. Kearney co-founded multiple successful biotech companies resulting in the development and commercialization of breakthrough products in the disease areas of oncology, pregnancy and food allergy as well as technological products in bioinformatics and proteomics. Dr. Kearney has extensive experience building and nurturing integrated teams, conducting clinical research, developing evidence for improved health outcomes as well as fund raising. Dr. Kearney has published over 100 papers in diverse areas and awarded over 12 patents. Past experiences include the Institute for Systems Biology, Integrated Diagnostics, Caprion (now CellCarta), Data Incites, Bioinformatics Solutions, AllerGenis as well as a member of the Computer Science Faculty of the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.