| Partnering for Cures: Medicine Needs Data Scientists |  |
| Posted: 16 November 2017 Partnering for Cures, organized by the Milken Institute was held in San Francisco on November 14th, 2017. More details of the plenary and breakout sessions can be found here Breakout Session: Medicine Needs Data Scientists Massive volumes of data are generated as part of biomedical research and everyday clinical care. While data have always driven biomedical innovation, the development of the internet and big data tools provide new opportunities to collaborate, analyze, and accelerate progress. Data scientists are perhaps the most highly sought after technical experts today across all sectors of the economy. After being named the "Sexiest Job of the 21st Century" by the Harvard Business Review in 2012, data scientist jobs continued to boom, with demand across industries going through the roof and salaries well into six figures. With so many options outside of health, how can we attract the best and brightest to the fight to cure disease? How do we more effectively incorporate them and their skill sets into research at all stages? This panel represents that demand side of the market for data science, since none of us is a data scientist, so we will dig into what makes this demand. How can data science help us solve perennial problems that plague medical research and care? What will the near-term and longer-term future look like if data science and data scientists are effectively included as part of the team? Panelists:
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An well written review of the complete event is available from Close Concerns, a healthcare information company focused on diabetes and
obesity. Their summary of the plenary and workshop sessions can be found Click Here. |
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