Fran Kiernan

Physician-Geneticist-Musician - MD, MSc AI/mustec MS Genomic Medicine. Resident @Broomfield Hospital, clerkships @Swedish Hospital Chicago, Limassol General. Transcriptomics+bioinformatics research @UCL. In AI since 1997

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Full-time · 2 yrs)
    • Emergency Medicine Physician
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Innovation Fellowship
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

      Clinical innovation development and introduction across the NHS trust. - Developer of Resident AI (a secure white-label AI knowledge base, and portfolio management tool for medical residents) - Developer of Aria: AI Phone Booking Management System (preparing for trial role out in MSE Endoscopy as cycle 5 of ongoing QIP) - Antimicrobial IV to Oral switch initiative - Antimicrobial resistance working group - IVOS working group - East of England Genomics working group

    • Resident Doctor
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • Co-Founder at Aetheria Medical
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Client engagement, expert forum facilitation to rethink healthcare.. Evaluation design, innovative methodologies and data analysis. AI systems, agentic and automation development and deployment. Patient-centered optimization of healthcare practices, care environments, and clinical culture. Public health data analysis and interpretation. Primary research focus leveraging AI and big data for health span optimization and longevity medicine.

  • Research Assistant at UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    Sequencing and analysis of mRNA from human neural tissue to explore the transcriptomic basis for neurodegenerative diseases. Working with lab technology including sequencing on Nanopore (MinIon), Sanger (3730xl), Illumina NextSeq, and 10x Genomics Chromium, plus quantification on the lightcycler 480, tapestation, nanodrop, qubit, and lots of gels. My dry lab work is predominately done in R with a bit of bash, python and Galaxy.

  • MS4 Clerkship at Swedish Hospital at NorthShore University HealthSystem
    Jul 2022 - Jun 2024 · 2 yrs

    Clerking across multiple specialties. Working on EPIC EMR and other clinical tools. Direct patient engagement in in-patient and clinic settings.

  • Medical Student at St George's, University of London
    Aug 2019 - May 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos