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Kimberly Lactaoen

Data Scientist

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About

Kimberly Lactaoen is a data scientist working on a wide range of projects leveraging electronic health records for understanding asthma in adults. She has extensive experience in data wrangling and analysis with R, and has a special interest for enhancing healthcare, especially in underrepresented populations.

Kimberly earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Developmental and Reproductive Biology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She is passionate about many areas of science, from conservation biology to behavioral ecology and biomedical informatics.

In her spare time, Kimberly likes to keep things mellow and enjoys low strenuous outdoor activities. Occasionally she’ll venture outside of her comfort zone – like learning how to snowboard.