Experience

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  BioSymetrics

  • United States
  • Biotechnology
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Data Scientist

    • Mar 2023 - Present

  • Data Scientist

    • Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

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  The Hospital for Sick Children

  • Canada
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Bioinformatician

    • Sep 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Lab Research Project Coordinator

    • Sep 2018 - Sep 2019

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  University of Toronto

  • PhD Candidate

    • Jan 2011 - Aug 2018

    • Spearheaded and provided advice for the construction of novel disease classifications, using proven machine learning algorithms, Python, and R, that revealed underappreciated aspects of autoimmune diseases including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Takayasu arteritis, and myositis.• Published in a rheumatology journal and a high-impact medical journal.• Directly mentored two medical school students and one undergraduate student, as well as several summer research students indirectly through related projects.• Supervised by Dr. Rae Yeung at SickKids and Dr. Quaid Morris at the Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto.

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  Immunology Graduate Students Association, University of Toronto

  • Co-President (2014-2015); Social Coordinator (2012-2014)

    • Sep 2012 - Aug 2015

    • Established foundations for relationships with organizations outside the immunology graduate research community, including the Life Sciences Career Development Society and the undergraduate Immunology Students’ Association.• Organized the 9th Department of Immunology Annual Retreat, with 97% of feedback survey respondents expressing interest in returning in 2016.• Organized two immensely successful fundraisers, raising $800 for Nellie's, a women and children's shelter in East Toronto, and $1100 for the Canadian Cancer Society.• Headed an initiative to overhaul IGSA’s constitution from 2004 to reflect IGSA’s current operations, a process that included public consultation and unanimous ratification at a general meeting.

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  The University of British Columbia

  • Dr. Steven Hallam's Laboratory, Life Sciences Centre

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 2009 - Dec 2010
    • Dr. Steven Hallam's Laboratory, Life Sciences Centre

    • Spearheaded the inference of metabolic pathways within whole microbial communities from DNA extracted from water column samples using Pathway Tools, spawning multiple derivative thesis projects.• Mentored one undergraduate and two Master’s rotation students.

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  BlackBerry

  • Software Tools Developer (Co-op)

    • May 2009 - Aug 2009

    • Developed an in-house testing platform for BlackBerry devices using Python.

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  The University of British Columbia

  • Dr. Donald Moerman's Laboratory, Life Sciences Centre

  • Co-op Student

    • Jan 2008 - Apr 2009
    • Dr. Donald Moerman's Laboratory, Life Sciences Centre

    • Designed and implemented a laboratory information management system for Caenorhabditis elegans knockout strains using PHP and Postgres, tailored to the needs of Dr. Moerman’s laboratory, to replace an out-dated system.

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  The University of British Columbia

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    • May 2007 - Aug 2007

    • Taught tutorial classes for about 20 students each for an introductory computer science course.• Encouraged directly several students curious about computer science to join the Computer Science program at UBC, all of whom now hold positions at technology firms.

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  The University of British Columbia

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

    • Sep 2006 - Dec 2006

    • Exposed a tutorial class of about 20 students to various computer science concepts in an introductory course designed for non-computer science degrees.