Juan F. De la Hoz

Bio

I am a computational scientist working to transform how we understand and treat mental illness by harnessing the complexity of real-world clinical and genetic data.

As a research fellow at the Center for Precision Psychiatry and the Center for Genomic Medicine of the Massachusetts General Hospital, I work on integrating longitudinal clinical records and genetic data to map how psychiatric disorders evolve over time. My research focuses on creating computational tools that work across countries, ensuring that advances in precision psychiatry benefit diverse populations worldwide.

During my PhD with Drs. Loes Olde Loohuis and Nelson Freimer, I developed NLP tools for analyzing clinical notes in Spanish, and worked on expanding research infrastructure in Colombia. My earlier work spans areas of evolutionary biology, bioinformatic algorithms, and agricultural genomics.

When not advancing precision psychiatry, I can be found cycling around Boston, perfecting my pandebono (sourdough) technique , and dancing salsa.