James Lawlor

James is a 37-year-old adult with CF living in Huntsville, Ala. He has always loved science and research (at least in part due to growing up with CF) and now works as a computational biologist for the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. There, he writes software, manages data, and does statistics to support a team using whole genome sequencing to diagnose pediatric rare disease. James has bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and mathematics and a master's degree in modeling and simulation from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. James has been involved in the CF community since joining Cystic-L and Teens With CF listservs in the early 2000s. More recently, he's served on the CFF Adult Advisory Council (2018-2020), been a community reviewer for the Clinical Research Committee (2019-2023), been a UAB CF Center CFLN patient partner (2020-2024), been on several ResearchCon planning committees, and co-chaired ResearchCon in 2020. In his spare time, he enjoys performing with community chamber choirs, attending local theatre and music events, reading, and gaming with his friends. James lives with his very disreputable dog, Kibeth.