Blythe Adamson, PhD, MPH
Data scientist, health economist, and pharmacoepidemiologist accelerating research development of valuable medicines
Senior quantitative scientist on the academic research team at Flatiron Health. Collaborating with a cross-functional team of engineers and product managers to prototype and productionalize machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), and biostatistical approaches to derive meaning out of >2 million cancer patients’ electronic health records. Adamson was recognized as one of the Top 30 Leaders Transforming Healthcare by Business Insider in 2019.
Experience
Previous HIV researcher at the global headquarters for the NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network, based at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for >10 years. Designed and built mathematical models of disease progression with Boston Scientific, Intellectual Ventures, the Institute for Disease Modeling, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).
Generated evidence of economic value for innovative healthcare technologies as in independent consultant for governments, non-profits, industry. Co-founded SmartDx, an award-winning diagnostic platform to support clinical decision-making with predictive patient risk factors and real-time big-data analytics.
Served as Chair of the Global ISPOR Student Network leading >5,000 graduate students in 37 countries, equipping 110 presidents of university chapters, and facilitating 10 committees to strengthen the next generation of health economists.
Skill
Codes in R, Python, C++, Stata, Visual Basic, and JSON. Mathematical models include machine learning, Markov, dynamic transmission, discrete event simulation, Monte Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analyses.
Training
Trained with a doctorate in pharmaceutical science from The Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy & Economics (CHOICE) Institute at the University of Washington mentored by Professor Emeritus Lou Garrison. Epidemiology master of public health (MPH) mentored by James Kublin and Peter Gilbert.
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