April 23: Careers in Health Data Science,3:30 pm, Rm 3-333

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

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*Careers in Health Data Science*

April 23, 2015

3:30-4:30 pm

Rm 3-333

*Speaker: Dr. Kathy Copic, Insight Health Data Science Fellowship Program*

*Pre-registration appreciated: *https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student, 
under Events

Dr. Kathy Copic will describe the health data science landscape, and 
will give advice for those interested in transitioning to industry.  
Scientists and engineers with research experience in computational 
biology, bioinformatics, genomics, physics, math, engineering, and other 
quantitative fields are playing key roles in transforming the way 
companies and nonprofits work with data to impact our daily lives.

There is an unprecedented amount of data across the health and life 
sciences sector. This information is a form of “big data” not only for 
the sheer size but also its complexity, diversity, and time-dependence. 
Health data scientists analyze this data to find more effective 
treatments for a given disease, increase quality of life using 
personalized lifestyle recommendations, discover new types of cancer 
treatments, provide realtime health information to doctors or families, 
and link environmental factors to disease and corresponding treatment 
options.

Kathy Copic earned her Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Michigan, 
did a post-doc at Columbia, and was a Staff Scientist at Berkeley 
National Lab.  Now Director for New Initiatives and Growth at Insight 
Data Science, Kathy helps scientists transition from academia into new 
careers in industry. She will share her experience with the Insight 
Health Data Science Fellowship Program, which provides an intensive 
seven-week postdoctoral training fellowship designed to bridge the gap 
between academia and a career in industry. Data Scientists from the 
Broad Institute, Optum Labs, Novartis, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer 
Center, and Biogen Idec will be working with Fellows in Boston and 
hiring from the program.  Learn more about the first Health Data Science 
session in Boston at: insighthealthdata.com 
<http://insighthealthdata.com>.  Find out more about the IDS Data 
Science and Data Engineering programs: insightdatascience.com 
<http://insightdatascience.com> and insightdataengineering.com 
<http://insightdataengineering.com>

*Pre-registration appreciated: *https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student, 
under Events**


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