Lauren McDonnell

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HOMETOWN
Menlo Park, California, USA

LANGUAGES
English, French, Spanish

FAVORITE GENE
High altitude genetic adaptations found in Andean, Ethiopian, and Tibetan populations - wish I had that!

UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION
University of California Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts in Economics

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Aditazz
Software Engineer

DARTMOUTH QBS PROFILE

ACADEMIC TRACK
Health Data Science

CAREER TRACK(S)
Biomedical Data Scientist

AWARDS & TRAINING GRANTS
2019 Google Women Techmakers Scholarship Recipient

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Python, R, SQL, Javascript, Tableau, HTML, CSS, GitHub

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Dartmouth Global Health Fellow

 


QBS MS Experience

QBS Electives
QBS 192/CS 89: Health Informatics, QBS 100: Molecular Basis of Human Health & Disease, QBS 136: Applied Epidemiological Methods, QBS 139/PH 147: Advanced Methods in Health Services Research

Capstone


My Interests

"I am passionate about global health, as well as immunological variations within populations. I am interested in leveraging data science and machine learning to reduce disease burdens in developing countries."

RESEARCHER I ADMIRE
Jane Goodall

FAVORITE RESEARCH PAPER
Dead Salmon in an fMRI

Why QBS?

"QBS has the ideal combination of applied mathematics, computer science, and medicine, as well as the flexibility to tailor the program to personal interests."

FAVORITE QBS CLASS
QBS 192/CS 89: Health Informatics

Life @ Dartmouth

WHEN I AM NOT IN LAB... 
"In my free time, I enjoy traveling, volunteering, and enjoying the beautiful outdoors of New England."

 

Volunteering for Engineers without Borders in Kenya

Traveling through Europe