Mathematics in Drug Development with Linnéa Franssen

Linnéa Franssen, Principal Modeling and Simulation Scientist at Roche, is joining us to share personal reflections and suggestions regarding opportunities to enter the pharmaceutical industry from academia as a modeller. Linnéa holds a PhD in Mathematical Oncology from the University of St Andrews, following an MSci in Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. She joined…

Maths Beyond Academia: Data Science & Consulting with DAMSL

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Richard Wilkinson and Theo Kypraios are Professors of Statistics at University of Nottingham. In 2017, Theo, Richard and 3 other UoN colleagues founded DAMSL, a datascience consultancy that works with clients from industry and the publicsector to help them extract value from their data. Their clients includeNetwork Rail, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, SC…

Modelling adverse side effects of drugs on the heart

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Prof. Gary Mirams in the Centre for Mathematical Medicine & Biology and his team have been working on modelling electrical activity in the heart. They work with the pharmaceutical industry and their regulators to use simulations of how heart cells are affected by drugs to predict increased risk of side effects before human clinical trials.