Marlena Duda
Postdoctoral Researcher at TReNDS Center
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolMarlena Duda is a PhD-trained data scientist and postdoctoral researcher based in Atlanta with 9 years of hands-on experience applying machine learning to large-scale neuroimaging and clinical datasets. She develops ICA-based multimodal fusion methods and time-varying functional dynamics models for applications such as schizophrenia, neurodevelopment, and brain age prediction on cohorts exceeding 10,000 subjects. Her work has produced 11 peer-reviewed papers, multiple invited talks, and cross-disciplinary collaborations spanning academic and industry settings, including an ML internship at Genentech where she built interpretable pan-cancer models. Comfortable bridging deep learning, LSTMs/transformers, and statistical rigor from a dual PhD/statistics training, she focuses on interpretable, clinically-relevant models rather than black-box performance. Outside the lab she teaches fitness classes, reflecting a commitment to translating complex science into accessible practice and maintaining balance between analytic intensity and personal wellbeing. Her rare combination of large-cohort neuroimaging expertise and practical model interpretability makes her especially suited for translational AI in healthcare.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioinformatics at University of MichiganBachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Northeastern University
Github Skills (10)
python5
science5
jupyter-notebook5
machine-learning4
data-science4
pandas3
jupyter3
lstm2
nlp2
deep-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
marlenad/GlobalTemporalDerivative
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
marlenad/ASD_FRN
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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