Martin O. Pollard

Martin Pollard is a Technical Innovator at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, focusing on research and development of advanced computing strategies since February 2012. Previously, Martin held several roles at the Institute, including Senior Software Developer for projects related to variant calling in large sample cohorts, HLA research in African populations, and the development of genetics pipelines. Prior experience includes systems development for Key Travel, software development for The Apartment Service, and applications analysis for the London Borough of Hounslow. Martin is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine at the University of Cambridge, holds an MSc in Genetics of Human Disease from UCL, and a BSc in Computer Science from Royal Holloway, University of London.