Ally Hawkins
Data Science Manager
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlly Hawkins is a Senior Data Scientist with a PhD in Cancer Biology and an MS in Bioinformatics from the University of Michigan, blending six years of translational research and data science experience. She builds analytical tools and curricula to empower the pediatric cancer research community at Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation while translating single-cell and spatial genomics from her postdoc at Weill Cornell into actionable insights. Her work focuses on mapping cell-cell interactions and resistance mechanisms across diverse tumors, pairing deep wet-lab expertise with computational rigor. Based in Nashville, she excels at turning complex biological questions into reproducible analytic pipelines and training resources for researchers. An MIT-trained biologist, she brings a rare combination of hands-on experimental discovery and data-driven software development that accelerates therapeutic target identification.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Cancer Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Cancer Biology at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate SchoolBachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (21)
spatial-transcriptomics10
nextflow10
python9
machine-learning9
atlas8
bioinformatics8
rna-seq6
cran6
bioconductor6
seq6
gene-expression5
r4
bar-code4
sequencing4
database3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
AlexsLemonade/scpca-docs
Aug 2021 - Jul 2026
User information about ScPCA processing
Contributions:11 releases, 207 reviews, 153 PRs in 5 years
user-information
AlexsLemonade/ScPCA-manuscript
Mar 2024 - May 2026
The manuscript repository for the Single-cell Pediatric Cancer Atlas (ScPCA)
Contributions:1 release, 45 reviews, 48 PRs in 2 years 1 month
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