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Baskin School of Engineering
Genomics Institute
Design and Usability Engineer
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Genomics Institute
I have been the Design and Outreach Engineer for the past five years for UCSC Xena, a tool that gives biologists an integrated, secure and user-friendly way to access genomics. I have also done User Experience Design for BRCA Exchange, a tool that aims to advance our understanding of the genetic basis of breast, ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers by pooling data on BRCA1/2 genetic variants and corresponding clinical data from around the world, and also for UShER, a tool to quickly place SARS-CoV-2 sequences in a global phylogenetic tree. I was also a Quality Assurance Engineer for the UCSC Cancer Browser and the UCSC Genome Browser.
In my User Experience Design role I work extensively with biologists, clinical researchers, and engineers to understand what is needed in a web application to effectively and interactively explore and present data in a comprehensible manner. My expertise in user interfaces has allowed me to significantly improve the design of our web applications to better suit biologists’ needs. I excel at gathering user needs through various methodologies and then transform abstract user feedback into concrete designs and new workflows. As part of my Outreach role, I give workshops, talks and posters at scientific conferences. I document how to use tools and leverage video tutorials, scientific papers, newsletters, and Twitter to help reach users.
- Goldman MJ, Craft B, Hastie M, Repečka K, et al. Visualizing and interpreting cancer genomics data via the Xena platform. Nat Biotechnol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0546-8
- Goldman, MJ, Zhang, J, Fonseca NA, Cortés-Ciriano I, et al. A user guide for the online exploration and visualization of PCAWG data. Nat Commun (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16785-6
- Cline MS, Liao RG, Parsons MT, Paten B, et al. BRCA Challenge: BRCA Exchange as a global resource for variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2. Plos Genetics (2018). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007752
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