Zahra Karimaddini, PhD, has a background in computational biology, data science and personalized medicine. Zahra received her PhD in Computation Biology and Bioinformatics from ETH Zürich, with a focus on applied mathematics in neural development. Later she joined Roche as a postdoctoral researcher with a focus on machine learning in cancer biology. Since 2020 she has worked as Data Standards and Governance Specialist at Roche. In this role she is working on development and enhancement of various non-CRF data models, including digital measures, that collect clinical trial data F.A.I.R.ly and regulatory compliant.
In addition to her work at Roche, Zahra is currently co-leading the Digital Health Technology (DHT) subteam at CDISC to develop data standards for using DHTs in clinical trials.