Dr. Tranah is a Senior Scientist for Sutter’s Sequoia Center for the Science of Aging, and former Executive Director of the Sutter Health Precision Medicine Center, Scientific Director of California Pacific Medical Center and Vice President of Medical Biology at Variant Bio.

Dr. Tranah’s research focus areas span genetics, epidemiology, precision medicine, biomarkers and data analytics for cancer, aging, and other complex illnesses, all with the goal of translating research discoveries for clinical applications focused on improving patient outcomes.

He has extensive experience creating and leading research initiatives in complex pharmaceutical, healthcare and academic settings.A principal investigator of multiple National Institutes of Health and foundation grants, Dr. Tranah publishes in high-impact scientific journals.

His published work includes findings from large-scale genomic analyses conducted in population-based cohorts as well as direct sequencing of patient tumor and blood samples for monitoring cancer treatment.He has proven expertise developing pre-clinical genomic drug discovery projects focused on medically relevant traits in several areas of medical unmet need.

Dr. Tranah received a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California, Davis. He also completed postdoctoral fellowship in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.