Mitra Ansariola
Principal Scientist, Cancer Immunology, Predictive Sciences at Bristol Myers Squibb
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolMitra Ansariola is a Principal Scientist in Cancer Immunology and Predictive Sciences based in San Francisco, bringing 11 years of experience applying multi-omics integration and AI-driven models to translational oncology. With a PhD in Computational Biology from Oregon State, she advanced transcription start site prediction and network-motif discovery methods, marrying rigorous algorithm development with biological insight. At Bristol Myers Squibb (and earlier Celgene) she progressed from postdoctoral work to senior and principal roles, translating complex molecular data into predictive biomarkers and decision-ready models. Colleagues know her for bridging deep computational theory—such as cut-norm evaluation and graph randomization—with practical predictive science that accelerates drug discovery. She combines academic rigor with product-focused execution, often surfacing subtle data artifacts that materially improve model interpretability and clinical relevance.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at Alzahra UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology , Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Biology at Oregon State University
azeri, Persian, English
Github Skills (18)
variational-autoencoder8
hierarchical7
tsne7
single-cell-analysis6
autoencoder6
density-estimation5
topological-data-analysis5
single-cell-genomics4
deep-learning4
probabilistic4
temporal-data3
mixture-of-experts2
r-package2
datasets1
finder1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
megrawlab/IndeCut
Dec 2016 - Jan 2018
Contributions:60 commits, 69 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
ansariom/WaRSwapSoftApp
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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