
Xavier Tizon
Senior Data Scientist | Machine Learning in Pharma
Salaire / Taux journalier
21000 Dijon, France
Freelance, ouvert au CDI
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Introduction
Data scientist with 10+ years of freelance experience specializing in pharma and biomedical applications. Expert in deep learning for medical imaging, drug discovery ML, and clinical trial analytics using R/Python/PyTorch. Delivering cutting-edge AI solutions for cancer research and therapeutic development.
Expérience de travail
Freelance data scientist, Pharma/Life Sciences/Biomedical
xvrtznFreelance
avr. 2018 - Présent
8 ans 7 mois
Dijon Area, France
(R&D, 2021-2022) Visualization and reporting of preclinical oncology experiments (R, shiny) (R&D, 2022) Classification of retinal images by deep learning – integration into a novel diagnostic device (deep learning, pytorch) (R&D, 2020-2021) Detection and classification on dental X-ray images using deep learning (deep learning, pytorch) (R&D, 2020) Statistical analysis of equivalence data on a novel biological test (R, statistics) (R&D, 2019) Modeling of PET imaging data for brain cancer radiotherapy treatment planning (R) (R&D, 2018) ML to predict side effects in patients eligible for refractive surgery (ophthalmology) (Scientific writing, 2021) Answer to a European grant proposal on explainable AI (Scientific writing, 2019-2020) Report writing for CIR (Crédit Impôt Recherche) – Computer vision, 3D, pharma (Teaching, 2018-) Mentor, “Data scientist” and “Machine learning engineer” tracks, Openclassrooms (Teaching, 2020) Project reviewer and mentor, “Deep Learning in medical imaging” (Manning publishing) (Teaching, 2018) Development of a machine learning and data science curriculum (banking sector)
Scientific advisor - Data science and Machine learning
InFocus TherapeuticsFreelance
févr. 2024 - oct. 2024
9 mois
21000 Dijon, France
Technical, scientific and strategic consulting in the context of a drug discovery startup Proof of concept of ML/DL approaches to help decision-making in drug discovery (predictive modeling, analysis of heterogenous and high-dimensional biological datasets, LLMs to mine scientific literature datasets…)
Senior Data Scientist
Quinten Health
juin 2023 - janv. 2024
8 mois
Paris, France
Participation in 3 client projects (principal data scientist within the client-dedicated team) Efficacy to effectiveness - Projection of efficacy data gathered in randomized clinical trials onto real-world databases to evaluate the real-life potential of novel therapeutics Chronic treatment schedule optimization - Modeling the risk of adverse events in patients follow-up during maintenance therapy Transportability of follow-up criteria - Surrogacy analysis of time-to-event variables in clinical trials R&D - Evaluation of an external package to model time-dependent biomarker data Evaluation of the internal training program for data scientists - propositions for improvements
Directeur scientifique
FFCD (Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive)
sept. 2018 - juil. 2019
11 mois
Dijon Area, France
Development of scientific partnerships to develop the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the context of clinical research in digestive oncology (medical imaging, clinical biostatistics, genomics…) Head of biometric services (biostatistics, data management and IT – 12 collaborators)
Oncodesign
juin 2006 - oct. 2017
11 ans 5 mois
Dijon Area, France
Data Scientist, research IT
sept. 2016 - oct. 2017
1 an 2 mois
Dijon Area, France
Reporting, visualization and data mining of heterogeneous datasets in the context of preclinical oncology research (in vitro and in vivo data, flow cytometry, histology, imaging, combination studies, qPCR, Luminex...) Team lead, research IT (3 developers). Development of data tools in R (shiny, tidyverse...) in an agile environment Several scientific data and business intelligence projects, from basic requirements/proof of concept to production phase
Head, Imaging Lab
août 2011 - août 2016
5 ans 1 mois
Dijon Area, France
Study director, Preclinical oncology studies (turnover of 1M€ per year, 80% international). Presale (scientific consulting, study design), project management, data analysis and reporting Manager of a small team of 2 scientists to run client and R&D imaging studies Scientific support for business (webinars, training, presentation of research results at conferences) IMAkinib – Contribution to the development of a new TKI-based PET imaging tracer for the stratification and follow-up of EGFR-mutated lung cancer patients
Imaging Lab manager
juin 2006 - août 2011
5 ans 3 mois
Dijon Area, France
In charge of performing in-vivo imaging studies (setup, planning, acquisition, analysis and reporting) - on-site MRI and out-of-site nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT) Imaging R&D (development of the image analysis workflow in the lab, broadening of the imaging offering to advanced MRI techniques and other imaging modalities) Pharm’image (regional center of excellence in Pharmaco-imaging) – Member of the scientific committee, participation in the redaction of grants and research reports
PostDoc/teaching assistant
Université de Bourgogne
avr. 2005 - juil. 2006
1 an 4 mois
Dijon Area, France
Research project: Dimensionality reduction in multispectral satellite imaging Teaching: electronics (B.Sc. introductory course), Image processing (M.Sc. level), Matlab and image processing (ESIREM engineering school, M.Sc. level)
Validation and support engineer
TECHNIDATA
mai 1997 - déc. 1998
1 an 8 mois
Grenoble Area, France
Telephone Support (France and abroad) and functional validation of Laboratory Information Management Systems. Achievement: I was responsible for the pre-delivery stage of 2 new software products (validation, documentation, installation and training on beta-sites) involving new technologies like Intranet and relational databases. I travelled within France, and to Italy and Canada.
Formation
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
PhD
1999 - 2004
5 ans 1 mois
Telecom physique Strasbourg
M.Sc.
1993 - 1996
3 ans 1 mois