Thomas Mcdonald
Senior Research Scientist at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolThomas Mcdonald is a Senior Research Scientist and computational biologist with a decade of experience applying advanced statistical and computational methods to large-scale cancer and public health datasets. Based in Boston, he holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Rice University and has progressed through research and leadership roles at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he now helps steer the Center for Cancer Evolution. He combines deep probabilistic modeling and biostatistics expertise with hands-on mentoring and course instruction, having taught graduate biostatistics and developed semiparametric Bayesian models during a Novartis internship. Known for bridging rigorous theory and translational cancer research, he brings an uncommon blend of academic depth and applied impact across institutional collaborations.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics at Rice UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics at Trinity University
Github Skills (18)
r-package9
bioinformatics7
simulation-modeling7
agent-based-modeling7
systems-biology7
computational-biology7
sbml6
simulation-framework6
biology6
cosmology6
symmetry6
electrophysiology5
simulation5
3d4
python4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
olliemcdonald/siapopr
Jan 2017 - Jun 2022
R wrappers for SIApop
Contributions:81 commits, 4 PRs, 64 pushes in 5 years 5 months
r-packagerstatswrappers
olliemcdonald/SIApop
Aug 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:41 commits, 18 pushes, 5 branches in 4 months
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