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Maxwell Murphy

I am a PhD student in Biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley and member of the EPPIcenter at UCSF. My research focuses on developing statistical methods and tools to better understand the complex transmission dynamics of malaria and is jointly advised by Rasmus Nielsen and Bryan Greenhouse at UCSF. I am passionate about using data and analysis using state of the art statistical techniques to improve public health outcomes. In addition to my background in statistics, I have significant experience in fullstack application development, ranging from writing bespoke MCMC methods in C++ to building web interfaces in React. I am a strong advocate for open science and reproducible research, and have contributed to several open source projects. I am also available for consulting on data science and statistical analysis projects, appointments can be made here or by contacting me at {consulting at maxmurphy.dev}.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

PhD in Biostatistics (2019 - Present)

MA in Biostatistics (2017 - 2019)

BA in Molecular and Cell Biology (2009 - 2013)

Skills

Programming Languages

  • R
  • Python
  • C++
  • Typescript

Statistics

  • Bayesian Statistics/MCMC
  • Survival Analysis
  • Regression/Machine Learning
  • Experimental Design
  • Causal Inference

Teaching

University of California, Berkeley

Instructor and Coordinator: Biostatistics Outreach Workshop (Spring 2023)

Graduate Student Instructor for Public Health 252E: Advanced Topics in Causal Inference (Spring 2023)

Graduate Student Instructor for Data 100: Principles and Techniques of Data Science (Spring 2019)

Projects

MOIRE (Multiplicity of Infection and Allele Frequency Recovery from Noisy Polyalleleic Data)

A Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) based approach to Bayesian estimation of individual level multiplicity of infection, within host relatedness, and population allele frequencies from polyallelic genetic data.

R
Bayesian
MCMC
Genetics
Malaria
Rcpp

MicroSPAT (Microsatellite Parameterized Analysis Tools)

A GUI for semi-automated analysis of raw capillary electrophoresis (CE) data output by the ABI 3730, designed specifically for working with multi-allelic samples. Developed to improve speed, reproducibility and consistency of microsatellite analysis between analysts. No longer actively developed.

Python
Electron
Angular
Microsatellites
Genetics
Malaria

sampleDB

A GUI application for managing biological sample tracking that use Micronics or similar sample barcoding systems. Superceded by newer generation SampleDB, but still in use by some labs.

Python
Electron
Angular
Malaria
LIMS

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