Angela Rizk-Jackson, PhD

Angela is a seasoned professional in the realm of academic research. Her experience spans laboratory, clinical, and administrative settings. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, she majored in Integrative Biology. She later obtained a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, and completed postdoctoral work at UCSF in the area of neuroimaging, using machine learning analytical methods. As a Program Manager at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, she led Open Data efforts by helping to establish UC DataShare (now Dryad), and worked to facilitate several strategic initiatives aimed at accelerating research. As Chief Operating Officer at BCHSI, she has worked to manage partnerships with collaborators from Industry, academia, federal agencies, and non-profits; enhance integrative research programs and University research data infrastructure; and establish new graduate training programs in computational health sciences.