The platform we couldn’t find.
So we built it.
Decode Health is a precision medicine R&D company based in Nashville, TN. Our platform removes bottlenecks by combining automated multiomics and clinical analytics with proprietary patient data and deep scientific expertise to help pharma, diagnostics, and health technology teams run programs that produce results faster and with more rigor than conventional approaches allow.
Over the past decade, our team has published peer-reviewed results across both biomarker discovery and clinical decision support, spanning autoimmunity, neurodegenerative disease, oncology, infectious disease, and beyond. We’ve secured more than $2.2M in competitive NIH/NIAID SBIR funding alongside additional state matching awards, and worked with partners ranging from Fortune 500 companies to academic medical centers and patient advocacy organizations.
We run structured programs with defined phases, repeatable methodology, and IP that compounds across every engagement. The platform’s automation means we deliver at a speed and cost structure that traditional approaches cannot match, and our commercial arrangements are designed to keep our incentives aligned with yours.
One platform. Two proven applications.
Biomarker & Molecular Discovery
Multiomics analytics, including deep RNA-seq expertise, combined with clinical data to identify disease signatures, candidate biomarkers, and therapeutic targets — with recent publications in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, NIH/NIAID-funded.
Clinical risk prediction & decision support
Real-world claims and EHR data turned into prospectively validated ML models that identify rising-risk patients before they become high-cost — with recent publications in Communications Medicine (Nature Portfolio) and BMJ Health & Care Informatics.
Leadership
Chase Spurlock, PhD
CEO & Co-Founder
Franklin R. Cockerill III, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Eric Thrailkill
Healthcare Growth & Strategy
Elena Grigorenko, PhD
Multiomics, Senior Scientist
Advisors
Paul Owen
Executive Advisor
Julia Polk
Co-Founder & Executive Advisor
Alan Spiro, MD, MBA
Executive Advisor
Michele Hart-Henry
Executive Advisor
Board of Directors
Don Hardison Board Chairman
Chase Spurlock, PhD CEO & Co-Founder
Franklin R. Cockerill III, MD Chief Medical Officer
Julia Polk Co-Founder & Executive Advisor
Nelson Byrd Board Member
Recent Accomplishments
Four peer-reviewed publications
$1.9M NIH/NIAID Phase II SBIR award
Scientific presentation at ACTRIMS 2026
Ranked #86, Inc. Regionals 2024: Southeast
Industry recognition
Data science internship program with Vanderbilt University featured in Vestigo
About Us
Decode Health is a precision medicine R&D company based in Nashville, TN. Our platform removes bottlenecks by combining automated multiomics and clinical analytics with proprietary patient data and deep scientific expertise to de-risk and accelerate biomarker discovery and clinical decision support for pharma, diagnostics, and health technology partners, producing commercially structured findings in weeks rather than months.
