Medina Colic
Senior Director, Client Engagement at SALESEER, Inc.
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMedina Colic is a multidisciplinary scientist and leader with 10 years of experience at the intersection of computational biology, cancer research, and client-facing roles. Currently Director of Client Engagement at SALESEER and a former MD Anderson postdoctoral fellow, she specializes in using functional genomics, network modeling, and chemogenetic approaches to uncover therapeutic vulnerabilities in cancer. With a PhD-focused background exploiting genetic interactions and hands-on experience building deep-learning models for alternative splicing at Harvard Medical School, she blends rigorous quantitative analysis with practical translational insight. Her career spans industry internships (Merck), consulting training, and founding student science initiatives, demonstrating an ability to translate complex science into clear strategy and stakeholder value. Fluent in both wet-lab and computational methods, she uniquely bridges experimental design and data-driven modeling to drive actionable research outcomes. Based in Houston, she pairs scientific curiosity with proven leadership in mentoring, organizing symposia, and client engagement.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science - Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science - Software Engineering at North American UniversityPiano Piano, Piano Piano at Secondary music schoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Bioinformatics and Genomics at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesHigh School Diploma Math and Natural Sciences, High School Diploma Math and Natural Sciences at Una Sana College
English, Bosnian, Turkish, German, Spanish
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Github Skills (19)
command-line9
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python8
machine-learning8
distributions7
tensorflow7
deep-learning7
genomics6
statistics5
matplotlib5
data-science4
azerothcore4
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mcolic/datasciencecoursera
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
mcolic/bioinformatics
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 1 push in 1 day
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