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I am a computational biologist with a PhD in biostatistics. While I generally work with genomics data, I am currently on sabbatical while I try to transition back to women's health research and seeking short-term statistics contract or consulting roles. I am an expert R user, an excellent communicator, and skilled statistician, and would love to take on general data science and data visualization projects outside of my biotech/genomics wheelhouse.…I am a computational biologist with a PhD in biostatistics. While I generally work with genomics data, I am currently on sabbatical while I try to transition back to women's health research and seeking short-term statistics contract or consulting roles. I am an expert R user, an excellent communicator, and skilled statistician, and would love to take on general data science and data visualization projects outside of my biotech/genomics wheelhouse.

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I am a computational biologist with a PhD in biostatistics. While I generally work with genomics data, I am currently on sabbatical while I try to transition back to women's health research and seeking short-term statistics contract or consulting roles. I am an expert R user, an excellent communicator, and skilled statistician, and would love to take on general data science and data visualization projects outside of my biotech/genomics wheelhouse.…I am a computational biologist with a PhD in biostatistics. While I generally work with genomics data, I am currently on sabbatical while I try to transition back to women's health research and seeking short-term statistics contract or consulting roles. I am an expert R user, an excellent communicator, and skilled statistician, and would love to take on general data science and data visualization projects outside of my biotech/genomics wheelhouse.

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I am a computational biologist with a PhD in biostatistics. While I generally work with genomics data, I am currently on sabbatical while I try to transition back to women’s health research and seeking short-term statistics contract or consulting roles. I am an expert R user, an excellent communicator, and skilled statistician, and would love to take on general data science and data visualization projects outside of my biotech/genomics wheelhouse.

Skills

Python

bash

GitHub CoPilot

Experience Level

Expert

Python

Intermediate

bash

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Computational Biologist and Manager at Freenome

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025

Coordinated resourcing and timelines for analytical validation analyses and reports in collaboration with the development, regulatory, and project management teams. Managed a team of 2 computational biologists, in addition to independent contributor responsibilities described below.

Senior Computational Biologist II at Freenome

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023

Designed experiments, performed simulation studies, analyzed cell-free DNA methylation and protein data, and wrote protocols and reports to support IVD product development. Contributed to pre-submission documents and teleconference presentations to propose and negotiate analytical validation study designs with the FDA. Worked with wet lab and modeling research teams to create test sets from existing experimental data and design new experiments to inform future model development. Supervised an intern investigating sources of variability in sequencing QC metrics.

Senior Computational Biologist I at Freenome

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Designed experiments, performed simulation studies, analyzed cell-free DNA methylation and protein data, and contributed to analytical method development for IVD products. Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to inform product development and model improvements.

Fellow at The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago

January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022

Recipient of the Cancer Genomics and Ethics of Big Data Science fellowship; attended full-time ethics course; discussed ongoing ethics consults; performed independent research to investigate privacy risks in public epigenetic data.

Senior Scientist, Genetics Research at AbbVie Genomics Research Center

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2021

Analyzed DNA methylation, GWAS, WGS, RNAseq, and gene expression microarray data. Collaborated with immunology, oncology, virology, and women’s health groups. Implemented and developed methods for analyzing (epi)genomics data from racially and ethnically diverse cohorts. Supervised two graduate student interns.

Instructor at Boston University Department of Biostatistics

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Taught Introduction to Statistical Computing, a graduate-level SAS programming course.

Research Assistant at Boston University Department of Biostatistics

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018

Analyzed whole genome sequencing data for the CHARGE and TOPMed type 2 diabetes working groups, integrating epigenetic annotations into aggregate genetic tests. Developed DNAnexus applications and workflows.

Research Assistant at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Analyzed longitudinal (cord) blood DNA methylation data from Project Viva. Evaluated and implemented new DNA methylation normalization and analysis methods.

Biometrics Intern at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017

Evaluated imputation methods for longitudinal count data via simulations in R and SAS. Imputation recommendations were incorporated into statistical analysis plans for two clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of Fitusiran.

Teaching Assistant at Boston University Department of Biostatistics

January 4, 2015 - December 13, 2016

TA for Introduction to Statistical Computing, Intermediate Statistical Computing, Statistical Methods for Epidemiology, and the Summer Institute for Biostatistics Training.