Emma Yu

Research Assistant At Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

Greater Chicago Area

About

Experience

  • Research Assistant at Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

    • Led a team of 6 undergraduate peers in an AI/ML genetic variant classification tool evaluation project • Formulated the data collection methodology and oversaw the delegation of the collection process • Published an abstract in the American Association for Cancer Research and submitted a manuscript to journals • Presented a poster for the AI classification tool evaluation project at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022 • Instructed team members on basic machine learning concepts and data analysis

  • Data Science Research Intern at Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    • Experimented with topic segmentation to improve the performance of a natural language processing tool designed to extract unstructured data from medical charting systems • Inspected through over 500 model errors to locate areas that could be targeted by topic segmentation • Interpreted existing Python code for a BERT neural network model to develop a user-friendly predictor script • Introduced the predictor script and documentation to a client and provided comprehensive training on its usage

  • Data Science Intern at Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO)
    Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos

    • Led a classification model-building project to identify junk terms from medical terminology processing • Collaborated with a senior data scientist and gained experience working with real-world data and advanced machine learning techniques • Engineered extensive features using Natural Language Processing and achieved a model performance metric F1-score of 0.98 • Presented promising results to the Director of Content Delivery and received confirmation to take the model to production

  • Global Medical Missions Alliance (GMMA) (2 yrs 7 mos)
    • Outreach Coordinator
      May 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

      • Coordinated career-building events for general members including pre-med peer workshop, healthcare professional panel, and medical student panel • Collaborated with a non-profit organization in Chicago to plan an informational seminar with general members for children living in low-income neighborhoods

    • General Member
      Sep 2019 - May 2020 · 9 mos

      • Traveled to Mexico with other members and healthcare professionals to provide free clinical care to the community • Attended seminars led by various physicians and other healthcare professionals to gain insight into a career in medicine • Promoted a sense of community within the chapter and on campus by participating in social events and campus outreach events

  • Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University
    Sep 2021 - Dec 2021 · 4 mos

    STAT 202 - Introduction to Statistics • Instructed introductory statistics students on basic statistical theory and R coding • Held 2-hour office hour sessions every week and provided one-to-one assistance for students • Provided feedback to the professor on ways to improve lecture styles according to students’ request