E445 Franck Rapaport, Director of Precision Medicine, Computational Biology and Data Science at Sanofi

Today's guest is Franck Rapaport, Director of Precision Medicine, Computational Biology and Data Science at Sanofi. Sanofi are an innovative global healthcare company, driven by one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Their teams across the world strive to transform the practice of medicine, turning the impossible into the possible for patients. They provide potentially life-changing treatments and the protection of life-saving vaccines to millions of people, and affordable access to their medicines in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Franck joined Sanofi in May 2021 and became the lead of the Precision Medicine and Computational Biology Data Science lab in July 202. His team applies machine learning to advance precision medicine and finds new treatment options for immunological, inflammatory, and neurological diseases. Previously, Franck's interest in computational biology led him to Institut Curie and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where he designed and implemented new computational methods for the analysis of expression and copy number data.

In the episode, Franck will talk about:

Their mission and work in the pharma sector,

How they are applying Computational Biology and Data Science in precision medicine,

Recent success of the team and potential impact in medicine,

Team structure and day-to-day life of the team,

Upcoming projects and what the future holds for Sanofi,

Career opportunities and why they’re a great place to work