I am a Senior Expert - Engagement & Training in the POH VET Team, specializing in change management and communications. I'm based in Whippany, NJ (USA).

Position: Sr. Manager, Value & Insights Team: Value, Engagement & Training (VET) Dep.: Product Owner Hub (POH) Location: Wuppertal, Germany

Given the considerable amount of data that is collected throughout clinical trials, it can be asked if this data can be used to improve our understanding of the trial, regardless of outcome. The radiomics pilot seeks to provide a toolkit that is capable of analyzing the different modalities of information found in clinical trials (genome, gene expression, biomarker, clinical information, and imaging information) to derive insights into why a patient may be responding, or why a clinical trial was unsuccessful. The current efforts have focused on clinical trials in oncology, while collaborating with the RED-ONC function. Overall, the project is in its pilot state, and demonstrating a proof of concept, while documenting many challenges and learnings with the development of such a toolkit. Potential directions that could expand this toolbox include deriving the factors that best predict why a patient would stay in a clinical trial, and providing assistance with patient selection of clinical trials. Other potential directions involve suggesting why a particular trial may have been unsuccessful and providing that information back to the drug development team.

With the new head of R&D Community Engagement, RDCE, a new set-up has also been introduced, which newly regulates the tasks and responsibilities of the business partners assigned to the functions, SPOCs, which stands for Single Point of Contact. What is now in scope and what is not? The poster provides information on this.

Hey there, I am Santi and I love applying machine learning to gain insight on hard problems. These days I mostly work with large biomolecules (RNA, DNA and proteins), but sometimes I also get lost in ginormous medical images. In the pic you can see me musing about the stunning architecture of the Reina Sofia Art Center. I hope Madrid was inspiring for you too! Drop me an email if you want to talk about it :-)