Ingrid Braenne, PhD
Principal Scientist in Human Genetics
Ingrid joined BI in February 2023 as a Principal Scientist in Human Genetics. She leads target discovery projects together with partners of key disease areas and contributes to driving collaborations with both internal and external partners. Her work also focuses on building translational capabilities in using multi-omics for biomarkers and patient stratification.
Ingrid received her PhD in Bioinformatics in Germany from the University of Lübeck before becoming a group leader supervising master students and PhD candidates at the same university. During her time in Lübeck, she mainly focused on the genetics underlying complex diseases. She then moved to the US to work as a senior scientist at the University of Virginia’s Center for Public Health Genomics focusing on Type 1 Diabetes. Before joining BI, Ingrid worked at AZ in the field of immuno-oncology where she was leading the Computational Pathology strategy for several drug and cell therapy programs.