Marie Wang, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Oregon Health & Science University

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2016

  Lysosomal Disorder | Advanced Imaging | Matlab Led a team to successfully raise funds and achieved a 20% increase over the previous year, hosted multiple events and enhanced relationships with other schools and organizations.

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student Researcher

    Sept 2011 - Aug 2016

  • President of Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA)

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2013
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  Toastmasters International

  Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

  Treasurer of Sporty Speakers Toastmasters Club

  Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization supporting professionals to advance leadership, communication and public speaking skills. I joined Sporty Speakers Toastmasters Club in January, 2016 as a club member. I started my leadership role since July, 2016 as a club treasurer. My responsibilities include managing club's bank account, keeping timely, accurate, up-to-date financial records for the club, outreaching members to collect membership fees by deadlines, and submitting new membership applications and membership-renewl dues to Toastmasters International World Headquarters. Show less

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  Lumencor, Inc.

  Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Technical Support Specialist

  Provide technical support of Lumencor light engines to sales, customers, and potential customers. Respond to technical inquiries within 24 hours. Prepare for, set up, attend, and promote products at trade shows. Manage and arrange demo loans. Manage RMAs and warranty-related customer requests for service. Generate support documentations for installation and implementation of Lumencor products.Collect experimental data regarding product performance and applications. Prepare and deliver technical presentations and webinars to internal and external staffs and sales representatives for training purposes. Show less

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  Oregon Health & Science University

  Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  Postdoctoral Scholar

  Alzheimer's disease | Translational Research

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  Ximbio

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2019

  Ximbassador (a.k.a. Biomedical Research Reagents Liasion)

  Working as the Ximbassador (a biomedical research reagents liaison position) for Ximbio and Oregon Health & Science University Technology Transfer and Business Development Department.

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  University of Washington

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

  Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience & Data Science

  Developed a predictive model for Alzheimer’s disease using cross validation partial linear and cross validation lasso linear regression.Led the analysis of how sleep pattens affect Alzheimer’s disease using time-to-event analysis, mixed models, decision trees.Constructed an image analysis workflow to batch quantify fluid diffusion in the brain. This process was originally done manually over weeks, and now can be completed in less than an hour with better accuracy and less human bias.Gave lectures in applied statistics and machine learning models to biomedical researchers with a variety of backgrounds and supervised the data and image analyses for the entire research group.Simultaneously managed 5+ projects among multiple collaborations, leading to 3 peer-reviewed publications and 5 manuscripts in preparation over the past 4 years.Supervised 3 undergraduate research assistants and their projects. Helped them achieve authorships in publications, win the Mary Gates Research Scholarship, and become invited speakers at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. Show less

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  Seagen

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

  Bioinformatics Scientist
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  Pfizer

  Dec 2023 - now

  • Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

    May 2024 - now

  • Bioinformatics Scientist

    Dec 2023 - Apr 2024