ALYSSA FEGEN

I studied at UBC and have experience in the following:

data analysis

software engineering

scientific research

UX/UI/Web Design

With my unique academic background in computer science and the life sciences, I can offer intuitive solutions to improve our current healthcare delivery system.

I am passionate about applying these skills to healthcare and making a difference in people's lives. The ever-growing intersection of technology and healthcare is something I am excited to be a part of.

Find out more about me below!

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P R O J E C T S

Here are some of the academic, work-related, personal, or hackathon-based projects I've worked on or am still involved in.

MediCollate

Personal Project in Progress: Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL

EmoDemy

Hackathon Project: HTML, A-Frame

bioSyntax

Ongoing Hackathon Project: Shell, XML

Go Enrich — GO Enrich

Work Project: R, Javascript, Shiny

Deux Exponential

Personal Project: Racket

NextBus

Academic Project: Java Android Application

S K I L L S

I also enjoy learning new technologies, skills, frameworks, and languages all the time, and can pick up and master them quickly.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

Python

R

Javascript

HTML/CSS

SQL

Java

C/C++

Racket

TECH STACK:

MongoDB
Express
Angular
Node
jQuery
Flask
Shiny
Heroku

DATABASES:

Oracle
MySQL
Firebase

SOFTWARE:

Microsoft Office
Adobe Suite
Git
Atom
Sublime
PyCharm
Eclipse
IntelliJ
RStudio
Vim
Gedit
Notepad++

E X P E R I E N C E

During my undergraduate career, I had the opportunity to apply my skills to my work, especially during my co-op placements. I am also very involved in the community.

Employment History

MAY 2016 - AUG 2016

Statistical Analyst/Programmer, Research Assistant

MS/MRI Research Group – Centre for Brain Health, UBC Hospital, Vancouver

Analyzed clinical data of 100 MS patients using the Mixed-Effects Model to evaluate the results of a 2-year long clinical trial of a novel MS therapeutic
Attended weekly lab meetings to better understand the nature of MS, its treatments, and different MRI scanning techniques
Assisted with raising the awareness of current MS patients of the ongoing research projects at the clinic and consenting them to be involved in such studies

JAN 2016 - APR 2016

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (CPSC 110)

UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver

Maintained expertise in course material in Racket to ensure effective teaching and advising of students and marking of assignments and examinations
Participated in regular meetings with course coordinators and other teaching assistants to discuss and suggest ideas to improve current teaching practices
Regularly involved students in learning during labs, encouraging them to try new ways of approaching problem-solving and to always ask questions

JAN 2015 - DEC 2015

Undergraduate Academic Assistant

Nislow/Giaever Lab – UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver

Created R scripts utilizing the Fisher test to find significant Gene Ontology (GO) term enrichments with the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome to help identify novel chemotherapeutic targets
Utilized several R packages to clean and manipulate large data sets to prepare them for data analysis and visualization with bioinformatics tools
Attended weekly lab meetings to learn of ongoing research projects to better understand user requirements, obtain feedback, and present work to the lab

Community Involvement

Vancouver R User Group

Member + Instructor

Apr 2015 - May 2017

Richmond General Hospital

Emergency Department Volunteer

Feb 2014 - Jun 2015

UBC Undergraduate Research Opportunities (URO)

Research Assistant

Sep 2013 - Apr 2014

E D U C A T I O N

In future, I hope to pursue graduate studies in Health Informatics.

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

BSc. Combined Major in Microbiology and Computer Science

SEP 2012 - APR 2018

P U B L I C A T I O N S

These are some academic articles I was involved in producing.

bioSyntax: Syntax Highlighting For Computational Biology (Preprint)

DOI: 10.1101/235820

Submitted: 20 Dec 2017

Authors: A. Babaian, A. Ebou, A. Fegen, H. Y. J. Kam, G. E. Novakovsky, J. Wong

Abstract:

Computational biology requires the reading and comprehension of biological data files. Plain-text formats such as SAM, VCF, GTF, PDB and FASTA, often contain critical information that is obfuscated by the complexity of the data structures. bioSyntax (http://bioSyntax.org) is a freely available suite of syntax highlighting packages for vim, gedit, Sublime, and less, which aids computational scientists to parse and work with their data more efficiently.

C O M P E T I T I O N S

Finally, these are some competitions or hackathons I have participated in over the years.

Biomod 2015

Representative of UBC's inaugural team for the annual Biomolecular Design competition at Harvard University. Project attained silver designation and won best presentation by audience choice.

Lumohacks 2016

Participated in Canada's first major health hackathon. Developed a prototype of a web application for personal tracking of cancer recovery progess.

Hatching Health 2017

Competed in UBC's health hackathon. Devised a solution for the lack of inter-operability and compatibility between various EMR systems in British Columbia.

hackseq 2017

Winning team of Vancouver's only genomics hackathon. Developed bioSyntax: a syntax-highlighting package for computational biology formats.

Microsoft Neurodiversity Hackathon 2018

Involved in Microsoft's Neurodiveristy Hackathon advocating inclusive education for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Hacking Health 2018

Winning team of Hacking Health at the eHealth Conference in Vancouver, along with the CIHI and Infoway awards. Developed CareCircles: a platform that streamlines the consenting process among patient support networks.

C O N T A C T

Say hi! I'm always interested in new opportunities or projects.

You can get in touch with me directly at:

alyssafegen [at] alumni.ubc.ca

or anywhere below!