Paula Alfken
Paula Alfken is a PhD candidate at the department of biomedical engineering and physics at the Amsterdam UMC location AMC. She has a M.Sc in Artificial Intelligence and will be working with OrganoVIR Labs as part of the EU-funded COMBAT dengue project. Her focus will be on integrating multi-omics data for early detection of severe dengue cases using AI models.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Amsterdam UMC) is one of the foremost research institutions in the Netherlands and one of its largest hospitals, with 1500 staff members employed in medical research. The Amsterdam UMC research is organized in 7 themes within the AMC Research Institute, where AMC Principal Investigators (PIs) are appointed to develop their own research lines. The AMC Graduate School organizes doctorate level academic training of AMC PhD students (209 PhD rewarded in 2016). This concentration of expertise makes the center a breeding ground for fruitful scientific collaborations.