
Handong Ma
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About me
Co-Founder at Shanghai Synyi Medical Technology Co., Ltd
Education

Columbia University in the City of New York
2013 - 2015Master of Art (MA) Biomedical Informatics 3.8Activities 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 - 2012Bachelor of Science Biology
Georgia Institute of Technology
2014 - 2015Master of Science (MS) Computer ScienceFirst 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 - 2021Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science
Experience

Institute of Biostatistics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University
Jul 2010 - Sept 2013Research AssociateAdvisor: 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 2013Project InternProject 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 2014Senior Web DeveloperWorked 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 - nowResearch AssistantResearch 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 2014Software EngineerDeveloped 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 - nowCo-FounderCompany 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 - nowCEO
Licenses & Certifications
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An Introduction to Marketing
Coursera Verified CertificatesJan 2014 - View certificate

An Introduction to Corporate Finance
Coursera Verified CertificatesDec 2013 - View certificate

An Introduction to Financial Accounting
Coursera Verified CertificatesNov 2013 - View certificate

Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship
Coursera Verified CertificatesNov 2013 - View certificate

An Introduction to Operations Management
Coursera Verified CertificatesJun 2013
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Handong MaSilver Medal, Safety Commendation, International 2012 Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition Asia - Oct 2012
- Awarded to Handong MaSecond Prize, Shanghai College Latin Dance Competition - Jul 2012
- Awarded to Handong MaEverest Project Scholarship by Chinese Education Department - Apr 2012
- Awarded to Handong MaBest Summer Social Project of Shanghai - 2010
- Awarded to Handong Ma1st Prize, National Olympic Competition of Biology - 2009
Volunteer Experience
College Volunteer
Issued by Shanghai World EXPO 2010 ICP on May 2010
Associated with Handong Ma
Languages
- enEnglish
- chChinese
- frFrench
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