Becoming a Healthcare Xplorer is so much more than solving a data challenge: It is a great opportunity to boost your career, to meet inspiring people and last but not least, to realise your idea together with Roche.
"The Healthcare Xplorers program is an amazing opportunity that lets you take part in the technological (r)evolution of healthcare. The Healthcare Xplorers Camp challenges you, both technically and personally, by having you present your ideas to a panel of experts. The best parts for me were being able to witness the different ways the other participants tackled the same topic, to receive personal feedback from top scientists, and finally to work on such relevant and cutting-edge technologies myself!"
Tam Huynh, participant batch 3
"With this unique opportunity, I could dive into the Roche culture and experience the vibrant community. In my project, I test machine learning approaches for drug repositioning in real use cases, and hopefully contribute to positive patient outcomes in the long run."
Sophia Krix, participant batch 2
"The Healthcare Xplorers program was a great experience and challenge for my personal development. Being able to pitch my idea at the Xplorers Camp and having a fruitful exchange about it was the most exciting part. Now I am very happy that I have the opportunity to write my master's thesis at Roche and thus put my ideas into practice!"
Larissa Elbeck, participant batch 2
"Being part of Healthcare Xplorers will give me the opportunity to tackle new challenges, especially those that have a direct impact on humanity."
Ali Akouch, participant batch 2
"It was an exciting experience to participate in the Healthcare Xplorers challenge. I enjoyed diving into a topic that is actually relevant for patient care, thinking of ways to approach it and exchanging ideas at the Xplorers Camp. Not only was Healthcare Xplorers great for my personal development but now, as an intern at Roche, I also get to implement these ideas!"
Melanie Fattohi, participant batch 1
"Healthcare Xplorers has been a great opportunity to test my skills by solving a real business question. What I especially enjoyed was presenting my idea and receiving direct feedback at the Xplorers Camp. And the best thing: I got the chance to drive my idea further as an intern at Roche!"
Madhushree Sinha, participant batch1
"The Healthcare Xplorers program is an amazing opportunity that lets you take part in the technological (r)evolution of healthcare. The Healthcare Xplorers Camp challenges you, both technically and personally, by having you present your ideas to a panel of experts. The best parts for me were being able to witness the different ways the other participants tackled the same topic, to receive personal feedback from top scientists, and finally to work on such relevant and cutting-edge technologies myself!"
Tam Huynh, participant batch 3
"With this unique opportunity, I could dive into the Roche culture and experience the vibrant community. In my project, I test machine learning approaches for drug repositioning in real use cases, and hopefully contribute to positive patient outcomes in the long run."
Sophia Krix, participant batch 2
"The Healthcare Xplorers program was a great experience and challenge for my personal development. Being able to pitch my idea at the Xplorers Camp and having a fruitful exchange about it was the most exciting part. Now I am very happy that I have the opportunity to write my master's thesis at Roche and thus put my ideas into practice!"
Larissa Elbeck, participant batch 2
"Being part of Healthcare Xplorers will give me the opportunity to tackle new challenges, especially those that have a direct impact on humanity."
Ali Akouch, participant batch 2
"It was an exciting experience to participate in the Healthcare Xplorers challenge. I enjoyed diving into a topic that is actually relevant for patient care, thinking of ways to approach it and exchanging ideas at the Xplorers Camp. Not only was Healthcare Xplorers great for my personal development but now, as an intern at Roche, I also get to implement these ideas!"
Melanie Fattohi, participant batch 1
"Healthcare Xplorers has been a great opportunity to test my skills by solving a real business question. What I especially enjoyed was presenting my idea and receiving direct feedback at the Xplorers Camp. And the best thing: I got the chance to drive my idea further as an intern at Roche!"
Madhushree Sinha, participant batch1
In realisation
A machine learning-based framework for digital biomarkers discovery, analysis and development
— Focus: PHC
Develop machine learning-based framework for digital biomarkers discovery: A generic platform for digital biomarkers development and analysis using patient surveys and wearables data.
— Mentor Batch 4
— Mentor Batch 4
Dr. Kamran Farooq
Senior Data Scientist @ Data Insights Squad , GIS
In realisation
Augmented patient pathways in oncology
— Focus: PHC
Real world population-level oncology data contains information that can change the way patients are treated. Do you want to pave the way to the future of healthcare?
In realisation
Develop machine learning-based methods for early anomaly detection in diagnostics instrument and assay data
— Focus: PHC
Millions of patients around the world rely on the precision and accuracy of our diagnostics devices and lab instruments every day. We are curious to learn from your ideas: how could we monitor the quality of our products and detect emerging issues as early as possible?
In realisation
Generating synthetic patient-reported outcomes to foster collaboration in clinical settings
— Focus: PHC
Shifting the focus to patients in the clinical workflow is key for a meaningful and patient-centric healthcare transformation. For this, we would like to explore the changes in the patient’s quality of life along with the care flow. We foresee that data sharing will be key to foster collaboration. Would you take that journey with us?
— Mentors Batch 3
— Mentors Batch 3
Marta Batlle
Start-IT, Machine Learning
Celia Bel
Senior Data Scientist, Roche Information Solutions
Danilo Guerrera,
Data Scientist, Machine Learning
Dr. Michael Laimighofer
Team Lead – Data Science @ The Cube
Dr. Carsten Magnus
Principle Data Scientist, Roche Information Solutions
Enrique Vidal Ocabo,
Senior Data Scientist, Roche Information Solut
Dr. Lara Schneider
Data Scientist @ The Cube
In realisation
Predicting drug effects in a multimodal biological network
— PHC
The fundamental understanding of the human organism and how it is perturbed by variants and drugs forms the basis of delivering tailored care. How can we predict the specific effect a drug has on its known cellular target(s) based on its cellular interaction network?
In realisation
Explore the future of sensing
— PHC
How will trends affect lives and behaviors and influence the daily lives of our patients? How connected will our world be in the future and what could that mean for the future solutions for diabetics
In realisation
A deep learning-based approach for detection of neurological disease patterns using a draw-a-shape test
— PHC
Interested in machine learning, and analysing digital health datasets to uncover hidden disease progression? Want to make a tangible impact on the lives of people living with neurological diseases? Then help us apply deep learning methods to develop better digital measurements of impairment!
In realisation
Non-invasive liquid level detection
— Lab Automation
Do you want to help improve the testing capacity of medical laboratories and hospitals? Do you want to have a direct impact on society’s ability to test for and thereby track diseases faster? Have a look at the data set and convince us of your solution proposal!
In realisation
Graph-based Bottleneck Analysis in a complex production environment
— Process and Manufacturing Analytics
You love diving really deep into data and business topics which are linked to real value chain problems. You like to work on real, incomplete, dirty data sets, using complex methods while explaining it in simple words. Welcome to the world of enterprise data science!
— Mentors Batch 2
— Mentors Batch 2
Frank Dondelinger
Data Analysis Lead MS, Digital Biomarkers, pREDi
Marcin Elantkowski
Principal Associate Data Analyst, Digital Biomarkers, pREDi
Dr. Charlotta Fruechtenicht
Senior Data Scientist, PHC Analytics
Romain Guerre
Software Engineer, Sample Quality
Dr. Frank Kienle
Digital Strategy Manager, Materials & Business Process Management
Dr. David C. Krey
Senior Innovation Lead, Diabetes Care Global R&D Innovation
Jim Lefevere
International Business Leader Pre-Diabetes & OAD, Diabetes Care Global Strategy & Customer Solutions
In realisation
Impact of checkpoint inhibitor therapies on a patients’ immunogenicity status
Are you curious about cancer immunotherapy everyone in the oncology world is talking about? Do you love using and advancing your skills to analyze complex data and shedding light on current research questions?
In realisation
Computational deconvolution for patient stratification in the context of non-small cell lung cancer
Computational methods can help to unravel the complexity of the tumor microenvironment of individual patients. We ask for your help to assess such methods to enhance our understanding of cancer heterogeneity and to improve patient classification.
In realisation
Development of a digital companion for breast cancer patients
Cancer patients often do not know what to do when they get their initial diagnosis and are often overwhelmed with the situation. We are curious to learn from your ideas how to enable patients to navigate through the jungle of information, challenges and hurdles, so that they can be in the driver’s seat of their patient journey inside the healthcare system.
In realisation
Incorporating Natural Language Processing (NLP) Workflows into an open-source genomics cancer portal
Support clinicians in decision-making processes through easy access of mutation dependent targeted therapy options by using NLP.
— Mentors Batch 1
— Mentors Batch 1
Dr. Franziska Braun
Senior Data Scientist, Pharma Research and Early Development Informatics
Dr. Markus Bundschus
Head Data Science Technologies, Data Office
Dr. Lars Hummerich
Head of Oncology Innovations, Oncology Innovations
Jan Riekmann
Group Lead Data Insights, Data Office