1. KAREN HEGARTY
835 PilotView Street,Winston-Salem,NC27101 | (413) 636-2578 | Kar.Joyce@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
My backgroundisinusinggraph theoryandevolutionaryalgorithmstostudycomplexsystems.Iusedthese
conceptsto studythe humanbrain ingraduate school.Aftergraduation,IjoinedStarlingInsights atitsinception
and utilizedthese techniquestocreate asuccessful frameworkforpredictingpatientoutcomesbyanalyzing
large amountsof healthcare data.I lookforwardto my nextopportunitytoserve acompanybycreatingnew
and creative waystodistill complex dataintoinformative andactionableinformation.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Networkconstructionandanalysis
 Computeralgorithmconceptionand
implementation (C++,CUDA,Matlab,
JavaScript,HTML)
 Predictive anddescriptiveanalytics
 Geneticalgorithmdesign
 Linux andWindowsoperatingsystems
 Excellentwrittenandoral communication
skills
EXPERIENCE
02/2013 – 09/2015 Lead Scientist| Starling Insights, LLC
 Designingandimplementingnewwaysof analyzingcomplex healthcare data
 Network analysiswithgraphtheory,predictive analytics usingevolutionaryalgorithms
 ProgramminginC++, Matlab, Parallel computingwith CUDA forC++, JavaScript,HTML
01/2012 – 05/2012 Teaching Assistant| Wake ForestUniversity
 Course:DirectedJournal ClubinNetworkScience
08/2005 – 05/2008 Teaching Assistant| WesternNewEnglandCollege
 Courses:IntroductiontoEngineering,EngineeringProblemSolving
06/2007 – 08/2007 Summer ResearchFellow| Boston University
 Signal processing,auditorystimuli development,programming
06/2006 – 08/2006 Summer ResearchFellow| VanderbiltUniversity
 Signal processing,designinglaboratoryexperiments
EDUCATION
2008 – 2013 PhD | Biomedical Engineering
Wake ForestUniversity |Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina
2004 – 2008 BSBE | Biomedical Engineering,MagnaCum Laude
WesternNewEnglandUniversity|Springfield,Massachusetts
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Publications 8 publications,including5firstauthor
Patent Agent-basedmodel andApplications,2011