Jimmy Lin

Freenome has appointed Cheng-Ho Jimmy Lin, as its chief scientific officer, with responsibilities for scientific strategy, research operations, and growing the company’s scientific team. Prior to joining the private sector, Lin led the intramural clinical genomics program at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health. At Johns Hopkins and Washington University in St Louis, he also spearheaded the computational analyses of exome sequencing studies in multiple cancer types.

Lin's most recent role was CSO for oncology at Natera, where he drove the development and launch of that firm's blood-based assays for cancer monitoring residual disease detection. He holds an MD and PhD in cellular and molecular medicine and a Masters in health sciences in bioinformatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.