Maria Chatzou Dunford Leaders

Dr. Maria C. Dunford, holding a PhD in Biomedicine, MSc in Bioinformatics, and BSc in Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, is the CEO & Founder of Lifebit. She combines her expertise in bioinformatics, medical informatics, and high-performance computing to lead Lifebit in its mission to democratize access to clinical, real-world, and omics data. Lifebit's innovation, the Lifebit CloudOS, is the world’s first federated genomics platform, revolutionizing research by enabling unified, secure research over distributed big data. Under Dr. Dunford's leadership, Lifebit is enhancing research capabilities in pharmaceutical and genetics companies worldwide.