Joseph Lehar BA, PhD

Dr. Joseph Lehar is an executive director of computational biology at Merck Research Laboratories. Before MRL, Joseph built computational biology teams at Google/Verily, Novartis, and CombinatoRx, a biotech focused on drug combinations. Joseph holds a Ph.D. in physics, and his original career was astrophysics, which he pursued at MIT, Cambridge University, and Harvard. Joseph’s experience includes systems biology, high-throughput screening, clinical investigations, and digital phenotypes across multiple disease areas. In his current role, Joseph is involved with external collaborations and digital health.