Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Mira Dx
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Female
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Joanne is co-founder of MiraDx and Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology. Her pioneering research led to the co-discovery of the KRAS-variant, a strong predictor of cancer risk and tumor biology. Her passion for empowering individuals to take charge of their health led her to found
MiraDx, a genomics company dedicated to giving people and their doctors actionable information to prevent and better treat cancer. Joanne completed her oncology training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and previously served as the Chief of the Breast Cancer Radiation Service at Yale Cancer Center and the Section Chief, Breast Cancer, Yale Cancer Center. She has recently moved to UCLA as Division Head, Translational Research. Her dual role as a clinician and researcher enables her to apply genetic breakthroughs to the benefit of her patients. She currently lives in the Bay Area, California, with her husband and three children.
