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K. Ada McFarlane

K. Ada McFarlane

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Digital Therapeutics | Data Visualization | Healthcare Information Technology

  • Education

    • University of Utah

      2016 - 2018
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Film & Media Arts - Emphasis in Entertainment Arts & Engineering

      Interdisciplinary degree with curriculum covering programming (mostly Python), 3D modeling & animation, game design, history of film, and use of video recording equipment & editing software.

    • Brigham Young University

      2012 - 2013
      Bioinformatics

      Activities and Societies: Women in Computer Science

    • Northern Virginia Community College

      2014 - 2014

    • Bunker Hill Community College

      2014 - 2016
      Game and Interactive Media Design

    • University of Utah School of Medicine

      2018 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Biomedical Informatics

      Capstone: “Patient-Facing Schedule II Prescription Management Aid”- Statistical data analysis & data visualization- Healthcare jargon & standard terminologies- Systems analysis, Human centered design, expert & user research- Wireframing and prototyping

  • Experience

    • Brigham Young University

      Feb 2013 - Aug 2013
      Undergraduate Research Assistant

    • Vector Marketing

      Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
      Sales Representative

    • Portland Pie Company

      May 2015 - May 2016
      Server

    • Arborium Studios

      Sept 2017 - May 2018
      Game Developer

      Worked with University of Utah professors and students to design, develop, and publish "Forest Below" mobile game for my capstone project.- Collaborated with a team of 10+ students both in person and using Slack and Trello.- Worked on developing a style and style guide to help maintain consistency of visual asssets.- Designed and produced 2D sprites (Photoshop) and animations (After Effects).

    • Boston University

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Research Assistant

      Summer internship at Boston University Department of Medicine: Computational Biomedicine. - Used R Shiny (implementing HTML in R) to update, design, and implement user interface for single-cell RNA-seq analysis package (SCTK). - Worked collaboratively with back-end designers to tailor the toolkit's interface for user needs relative to statistical analysis workflows.

    • Intermountain Health

      Jun 2022 - Feb 2024
      Bioinformaticist Associate

  • Licenses & Certifications