Contributors

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Candace Savonen

I am passionate teaching data science and making it fun! I believe that as a part of the data science community, we need to work to become a more inclusive work environment. This would not only create better science, but would widen the circle for individuals who are currently underrepresented in data science.

I’m a part of three main teams:

  • ITCR Training Network - aims to equip cancer researchers better utilize data to fuel their cancer research.
  • DataTrail - aims to decrease the racial disparities in data science by providing educational opportunities for underrepresented communities and data science employers.
  • Fred Hutch Data Science Lab - aims to help coordinate data science and build a supportive community amongst the Fred Hutch Cancer scientists.
https://www.cansavvy.com/
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Carrie Wright

Carrie Wright is a Senior Staff Scientist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and an affiliated faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH).

Dr. Wright’s work is focused on innovating ways to make data science and computational biology more accessible. She is passionate about helping scientists, researchers, nonprofit organizations, and others utilize these skills to advance science, medicine, and social justice. She is a member of the Open Case Studies team, the Genomic Data Science Community Network (GDSCN), and the Informatics Technology for Cancer Research (ITCR) Training Network (ITN). She also currently serves as chair of the ITCR OPEN Group.

https://carriewright11.github.io/
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MJ Wu

I am a Master in Public Health in Johns Hopkins' Department of Health Policy and Management. I have experience in research and conducting literature review, as well as teaching and content development. I hope to gain any experience in health policy and contribute to the field of patient safety and healthcare quality. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mj-mingche-wu-06086a158/

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Casey Greene

Dr. Casey Greene is the Chair of and a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, the founding Director of the Center for Health AI, and the Interim Director of the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine. His lab develops machine learning methods that integrate distinct large-scale datasets to extract the rich and intrinsic information embedded in such integrated data.

https://greenelab.com/

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David Hanauer

David Hanauer, MD, MS, FACMI, FAMIA, earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan followed by training in pediatrics at the NYU/Bellevue medical center in New York City. He then obtained a master's degree in medical informatics at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston through the combined Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. His work spans the continuum of informatics, ranging from independent research to informatics infrastructure development in support of research.

He and his team create the tool EMERSE (Electronic Medical Record Search Engine) which helps people fully utilize medical record data. 

https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/lhs/david-hanauer-md-ms-facmi-famia

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Ellen Cohen

Ellen Cohen is the deputy director for Data for The Common Good (DC4G). She is an ccomplished advisor and executive who has launched several cross-institutional, international and public private initiatives in the fields of healthcare, energy, technology and education policy and training. Has helped organizations grow and diversify, increase revenue streams, drive strategy, establish and achieve measurable results and attract top talent. An experienced advisor with functional expertise in research and regulation, data infrastructures, managing budgeting and revenue, strategy, marketing, technology, professional training and development and process improvement.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-cohen-23550ba/

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Gordon Harris

Dr. Gordon Harris is the director of the Open Health Imaging Foundation (OHIF) and the co-Director of the DF/HCC Tumor Imaging Metrics Core (TIMC) and the MGH Radiology Consulting Group, and Director of the MGH 3D Imaging Service and Radiology Clinical Trials Program. 

He and his team's work helps standardize imaging data workflows to ultimately help patients get their data handled and processed for the clinic or research. 

https://researchers.mgh.harvard.edu/profile/2776012/GORDON-HARRIS

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Jaclyn Taroni

Jaclyn is the Director of the Childhood Cancer Data Lab, a program of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, where she leads a team of data scientists, engineers, designers, and community managers. The Data Lab's mission is to empower pediatric cancer experts poised for the next big discovery with the knowledge, data, and tools to reach it.

https://www.jaclyn-taroni.com/about

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Sam Volchenboum

Dr. Sam Volchenboum is the Director of the Pediatric Cancer Data Commons at the University of Chicago, a board-certified pediatric hematologist and oncologist, the Dean of Masters Education, and the co-founder of Litmus Health, a data science platform for early-stage clinical trials.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samvolchenboum/

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