Laurens Kraal

BIDS Alum – Data Science Health Innovation Fellow

Real name: 
Laurens Kraal

Laurens Kraal joined BIDS and BCHSI/UCSF in Fall 2019 as part of the first cohort of Data Science Health Innovation Fellows in the Innovate For Health program.  He received his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from UCSF, during which he was also involved with multiple life-sciences startups. Most recently, Laurens held product and data roles at a microbiome diagnostics company. Laurens is passionate about making health data available, understandable, and actionable.