E104 Geetu Ambwani, Senior Director of Data Insights at Flatiron Health

Today's guest is Geetu Ambwani, Senior Director of Data Insights at Flatiron Health in New York. Their mission is to improve lives by learning from the experience of every cancer patient. What stands in the way is that much of the available, real-world clinical data is unstructured and stored across thousands of disconnected community clinics, medical centers and hospitals but this is a problem that Flatiron believe they can solve.

Geetu is deeply interested in the art and science of applying machine learning and data science techniques to formulate and help solve hard problems in the healthcare space. Over the last 15 years, she has worked successfully at the intersection of data science and product development and is constantly driven to find new insights into text, semi-structured, and structured data. She also enjoys participating in conferences and panels organized by the NYC tech and data community.

In the show, Geetu will discuss:

Flatiron’s impact in the healthcare sector,

The role of the Data Insights function,

Interesting projects within drug discovery for cancer patient care,

How they set up a successful Data Science team,

Transitioning her skills from media into Healthtech,

and What the future looks like at Flatiron Health