Handong Ma

Handong Ma

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Co-Founder at Shanghai Synyi Medical Technology Co., Ltd

  • Education

    • Columbia University in the City of New York

      2013 - 2015
      Master of Art (MA) Biomedical Informatics 3.8

      Activities and Societies: co-President of CUMC-CSSA (Chinese Student and Scholar Association) Start conducting scientific research right after enrolled (the only research assistant for two years).Take extra courses offered by Computer Science/Statistics and Math departments.

    • Fudan University

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor of Science Biology
    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2014 - 2015
      Master of Science (MS) Computer Science

      First cohort to get enrolled in this competitive program.Extra course allowed to take per semester (will graduate faster than program expected).Distinguished project of HealthViz.org.

    • Shanghai Jiao Tong University

      2018 - 2021
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science
  • Experience

    • Institute of Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University

      Jul 2010 - Sept 2013
      Research Associate

      Advisor: Prof. Weidong TianIndependent project about molecular evolution analysis and gene function prediction of “Mediator” complexFirst author of a SCI review article about the computational identification methods, molecular mechanisms and function prediction methods about long non-coding RNA

    • Accenture

      Mar 2013 - May 2013
      Project Intern

      Project with Mitsubishi Electric.Supply chain for four new factories of Mitsubishi in China.Consolidate all possible supplier data for choice and assessment.

    • Plorz LLC

      May 2013 - Oct 2014
      Senior Web Developer

      Worked as Senior Web Developer for the startup company Plorz LLC.Responsible for design and implement whole http://plorz.com website architecture using Python (backend), HTML5, CSS3 and Google App Engine (GAE).Developed machine learning algorithm in monitoring customer behavior while using the site.

    • Columbia University in the City of New York

      Oct 2013 - now
      Research Assistant

      Research fields include: Health information exchange (HIE); Natural Language Processing (NLP) for clinical text; Clinical Trials eligibility bias estimation; Predictive models for drug side effects; Electronic Health Record (EHR) information retrieval.Role: Build clinical trial data mining pipeline, online application using Python, R, HTML5,etc; Advisor: Prof. Chunhua Weng

    • Shanghai Boson Medical & Technology

      Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
      Software Engineer

      Developed clinical data analysis web application: EliTES (Eligibility criteria Tracking and Estimation System).Database management and UI design.Research about secondary use of clinical trial information in predicting adverse drug side effects.

    • Synyi

      Apr 2016 - now
      Co-Founder

      Company Info:Shanghai Synyi Medical Technology Co. Ltd. was founded in April 2016 in China. All four Co-founders have foreign working and study experience in related fields, including Ph.D. from Columbia University Biomedical Informatics program, data analyst from Pfizer New York and computer scientist from Georgia Institute of Technology. The company focuses on making the best use of Electronic Health Records(EHR) for patients, doctors, and hospital managers by offering Medical Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence service modules. At this stage, the company is working on structuring EHR to building databases for hospitals and regional health data warehouses. With its localized NLP technology and data standardization pipeline in Chinese medical domain, the company aims at generating the best clinical datasets for future artificial intelligence application use. Currently, the company is partnering with national healthcare projects and has accumulated over one billion patient EHR from thousands of healthcare providers. The company's online data management platform has been widely used by doctors from dozens of hospitals. Show less

    • Synyi (Beijing) Medical Technology Co., Ltd

      Oct 2017 - now
      CEO
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • An Introduction to Marketing

      Coursera Verified Certificates
      Jan 2014
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    • An Introduction to Corporate Finance

      Coursera Verified Certificates
      Dec 2013
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    • An Introduction to Financial Accounting

      Coursera Verified Certificates
      Nov 2013
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    • Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship

      Coursera Verified Certificates
      Nov 2013
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    • An Introduction to Operations Management

      Coursera Verified Certificates
      Jun 2013
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Handong Ma
      Silver Medal, Safety Commendation, International 2012 Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition Asia - Oct 2012
    • Awarded to Handong Ma
      Second Prize, Shanghai College Latin Dance Competition - Jul 2012
    • Awarded to Handong Ma
      Everest Project Scholarship by Chinese Education Department - Apr 2012
    • Awarded to Handong Ma
      Best Summer Social Project of Shanghai - 2010
    • Awarded to Handong Ma
      1st Prize, National Olympic Competition of Biology - 2009
  • Volunteer Experience

    • College Volunteer

      Issued by Shanghai World EXPO 2010 ICP on May 2010
      Shanghai World EXPO 2010 ICPAssociated with Handong Ma