Tressa R. Hood

Tressa R. Hood has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Tressa R. currently works at Kronos Bio as an Associate Director, Translation Data, a role they started in February 2023. Prior to this, they were a Senior Scientist, Translational Data at Kronos Bio from March 2021 to March 2023. Tressa also has experience at Foundation Medicine as a Bioinformatics Scientist II from February 2020 to March 2021. In this role, they contributed to the development of new methods and algorithms for identifying and characterizing alterations in tumor DNA and RNA. Tressa R. also led cross-functional team meetings for biomarker implementation. Before that, Tressa worked at NanoString Technologies, Inc. as a Senior Associate Bioinformaticist from August 2019 to February 2020 and as a Senior Research Associate (IV) from June 2013 to January 2018. In these positions, they conducted research, utilized various genomic data types, and identified genes and pathways vital to processes and mechanisms. Tressa's earlier experience includes roles as a Molecular Biologist at Astrix Technology Group from October 2010 to June 2013, a Microbiologist at the Washington State Department of Health from July 2009 to September 2010, a Quality Assurance Associate at Fontana Flavors, Inc. from June 2008 to June 2009, and an Undergrad Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from January 2006 to May 2008.

Tressa R. Hood completed a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2004 to 2008. Later, they pursued a Master of Science in Biomedical and Health Informatics, specializing in Bioinformatics & Biostatistics at the University of Washington from 2014 to 2017. Tressa R. also obtained a Certificate in Statistical Analysis with R Programming in Biostatistics from the same institution in 2017.