Afrah Shafquat
Senior Data Scientist II
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAfrah Shafquat is a Senior Data Scientist II with 12 years of experience applying statistical and computational methods to high-dimensional problems across healthcare and beyond. She specializes in extracting actionable insights from diverse data types—medical imaging, genetics, microbiome, internet traffic, and audio—translating complex signals into answers that inform clinical and research decisions. Based in New York and working at Medidata Solutions, she focuses on method development that bridges rigorous AI research with real-world healthtech impact. Holding a Ph.D. from Cornell and a bachelor’s from MIT, she combines deep academic training with practical problem-solving at scale. Known for tackling noisy, heterogeneous datasets, she brings a curiosity for unconventional signals and a track record of turning them into robust, interpretable models.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Cornell University
Github Skills (22)
shotgun10
sequencing9
genomics8
metagenomics8
bioinformatics8
markov-chain7
composition7
profiling6
python6
single-cell-genomics4
crossword4
trajectory-generation4
dimensionality-reduction4
data-wrangling4
topological-data-analysis4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
afrahshafquat/phelex
Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:39 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
afrahshafquat/afrahshafquat.github.io
May 2020 - Sep 2021
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:8 pushes in 1 year 3 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
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