Carissa Willis

Carissa joined Atalanta after working at Alnylam for two years as part of the translational research and human genetics teams. In her previous role, Carissa worked extensively in target identification and de-risking through association studies and other advanced statistical methods using large multi-omics data sets. Carissa graduated from Northeastern University as a double husky with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Master’s degree in Bioinformatics.

In her free time Carissa enjoy weight lifting, boxing, and checking out new restuarants and speakeasies around Boston.