Title: AWM/Invitations to Industry invited speaker
Speaker: Helen Moore (AstraZeneca)
Abstract: Part 1: Predicting Response to Immunotherapy. Immunotherapies don't work for many cancer patients; but when they do work, they can work extremely well. It is important to figure out as early as possible if a patient will be a "responder" or "non-responder" because we don't want to switch their therapy if they will end up responding. I will present a simple mathematical model of tumor dynamics I used with a machine learning technique to create an early predictor of response/non-response. I will also show how I validated the predictor on data sets for several cancer types and immunotherapies.
Part 2: Getting a Math Modeling Job in Industry. I will discuss the types of mathematics in demand in the biopharma industry, which companies hire mathematicians, how to find out about their jobs, and how to prepare for an interview and a job in industry.
