Emily De La Rua
Senior Data Scientist
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolEmily De La Rua is a Senior Data Scientist based in Old Toronto with five years of experience applying machine learning and statistical methods in biopharma and healthcare settings. She has worked at Roche in multiple data science roles and currently consults at Denali Therapeutics, translating complex biomedical data into actionable insights. Emily holds a Master of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence from the University of Waterloo and a BSc in Statistics from Western University, combining rigorous statistical foundations with modern ML practice. Her background includes teaching university-level courses and frontline healthcare and public service roles, reflecting strong communication skills and a pragmatic, user-focused approach to analytics. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who bridges research-grade methods and production-ready solutions in regulated environments.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Ontario Secondary School Diploma at Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteBachelor of Science Statistics, Bachelor of Science Statistics at Western UniversityMaster of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Master of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence at University of Waterloo
English
Github Skills (60)
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clinical-trials10
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lme410
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anova10
footnotes10
regression-models10
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pharmaverse/cardinal
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
FDA Safety Tables and Figures
Contributions:88 reviews, 20 commits, 97 PRs in 1 month
insightsengineering/tern.gee
Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
Create TLGs using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)
Contributions:6 reviews, 12 commits, 22 PRs in 4 months
equationsestimatingestimating-equationsgee
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