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Priya Sethumadhavan

Wollongong,Australia

Summary

Accomplished Medical Bioinformatics Specialist with nearly 6 years of experience in data curation, ontology development, and collaborating with pharmaceutical companies on various international projects. Skilled in collaborating with global pharmaceutical teams and providing data-driven insights for research and development. Seeking to transition into a Drug Safety Associate role, utilizing expertise in biological data management and cross-functional collaboration to support drug safety and compliance.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Scientific Team Lead

Causality Biomodels
02.2024 - Current
  • Leading a team of 6 professionals, ensuring high standards of data management and regulatory compliance
  • Managing data curation and project timelines remotely, ensuring consistent communication with team members and clients
  • Leading virtual meetings to address project issues and maintain progress on tasks
  • Collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary teams across different locations to achieve project goals
  • Managing data curation processes with a focus on accuracy, quality control, and adherence to guidelines
  • Developing biomedical ontologies and data models, ensuring precise data entry and validation
  • Conducting regular reviews to ensure compliance with data curation quality standards
  • Presenting project deliverables and addressing client queries to ensure satisfaction and alignment with project goals
  • Conducting onboarding sessions and training programs for new hires and interns.

Knowledge Scientist

Causality Biomodels
12.2018 - 05.2022
  • Curated scientific data, ensuring adherence to FAIR principles
  • Extracting annotations from biological databases - GenBank, RefSeq, ENSEMBL, dbSNP
  • Extracted metadata from scientific articles and clinical trials
  • Following the OBO guidelines and FAIR principles in constructing ontologies to ensure interoperability, reusability, and accessibility of data
  • Terminology management in the field of biomedicine and medical informatics
  • Knowledge graphs and computable disease models
  • Information extraction from scientific sources.

Education

Master of Science in Medical Bioinformatics -

Sri Ramachandra University
11.2018

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (Bioinformatics) -

Sri Ramachandra University
06.2016

Skills

  • Strong knowledge of bioinformatics databases and data curation principles
  • Experience with data integrity, accuracy, and consistency in research and scientific projects
  • Knowledge of SNOMEDCT, MedDRA, ICD-10
  • Understanding of good clinical practices
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate effectively in a matrix organization
  • Ontology development
  • Knowledge of relational databases and database management systems
  • Intermediate in Python, SQL, and R for data analysis, scripting, and automation

Attributes

  • Effective communicator, Able to communicate well in English, Experience delivering professional presentations during team meetings.
  • Support team initiatives, Able to build working relationships with internal and external stakeholders., Keen to assist team members where possible to support the business.
  • Show attention to detail, Ensured accuracy and precision in data curation and ontology development.

Publications

  • Rao, S.G., Rokkam, P., Zhang, B., Sargsyan, A., Kaladharan, A., Sethumadhavan, P., Jacobs, M., Hofmann-Apitius, M., Kodamullil, A.T., Three-layered Semantic Framework for Public Health Intelligence., Journal of Public Health Intelligence, Manuscript under review
  • Khatami, S.G.; Sargsyan, A.; Russo, M.F.; Domingo-Fernández, D.; Zaliani, A.; Kaladharan, A.; Sethumadhavan, P.; Mubeen, S.; Gadiya, Y.; Karki, R.; et al., Curating, Collecting, and Cataloguing Global COVID-19 Datasets for the Aim of Predicting Personalized Risk., Data, 2024, 9, 25, https://doi.org/10.3390/data9020025
  • Sargsyan, A., Wegner, P., Gebel, S., Kaladharan, A., Sethumadhavan, P., Lage-Rupprecht, V., Darms, J., Schultz, B., Klein, J., Jacobs, M., Madan, S., Hofmann-Apitius, M., Kodamullil, A.T., The Epilepsy Ontology: a community-based ontology tailored for semantic interoperability and text mining., Bioinformatics Advances, 2023, 3, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbad033
  • Ramanathan, G., Sethumadhavan, P., Elumalai, R., Paul, S., Doe, J., Role of CYP2E1 (PstI/RsaI) gene polymorphisms on the tacrolimus drug toxicity of kidney transplantations among South Indians., Immunopathologia Persa, 2016, 2, e20

References

Available on request

Timeline

Scientific Team Lead

Causality Biomodels
02.2024 - Current

Knowledge Scientist

Causality Biomodels
12.2018 - 05.2022

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences (Bioinformatics) -

Sri Ramachandra University

Master of Science in Medical Bioinformatics -

Sri Ramachandra University
Priya Sethumadhavan