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Basics

Name Sarah Rebecca Meyer
Label Researcher in BioAI
Email sarahrebecca.meyer@bluewin.ch
Url sarahrebeccameyer.com
Summary A Swiss medical informatician, veterinarian, and software engineer bridging artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, and clinical research to build intelligent, data-driven solutions for healthcare and biopharma.

Work

  • Oct 2025 - Present
    Senior Researcher in BioAI
    Software Engineering Group, University of Bern
    Research and development of AI-driven bioinformatics tools within the Innosuisse-funded BioAI4LCMS project, focusing on scalable, adaptive “Bioinformatics-as-a-Service” solutions for biopharmaceutical data analysis. Contributing to software architecture, algorithm design, and cross-institutional collaborations, and supporting additional research initiatives at the intersection of machine learning, bioinformatics, and software engineering.
    • Bioinformatics
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Software Engineering
  • Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
    Thesis Researcher
    University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
    Development of a machine learning pipeline to model neonatal gas exchange and predict the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve shift in preterm infants, enabling AI-driven assessment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity. Design of an end-to-end workflow & deployment of two tools: a Streamlit annotation platform for clinicians and a React/Flask web app for real-time clinical use.
    • Physiology-Based Predictive Modeling
    • Machine Learning
    • Medical Informatics
  • Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
    Software Developer in Healthcare
    CISTEC AG, Zurich, Switzerland
    Development and optimization of components of the KISIM hospital information system used by major Swiss hospitals. Design, testing, and documenting new and existing system functionalities, performing analysis and specification for client implementations, and administering and configuring customer systems, as well as bug analysis and resolution, maintaining technical documentation, and collaborating closely with project leads to ensure smooth deployment and continuous improvement of clinical software solutions.
    • Software Development
    • Healthcare IT
    • System Optimization

Education

  • Sep 2023 - Aug 2025

    Muttenz, Switzerland

    Master of Science Medical Informatics
    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Basel, Switzerland
    Medical Informatics
    Final Grade: 5.8
    • AI / ML: Machine Learning in Medicine, Explainable AI & Bias Mitigation in Healthcare, AI in Drug Discovery
    • Biostatistics & Advanced Analysis: Data Analytics, Multi-omics, Data Integration, Signal Processing, Development of 1D & 2D Digital Biomarkers
    • Data Privacy: GDPR/HIPAA, Cybersecurity & Cyber Resilience
    • Regulatory Compliance & Data Governance: Medicines & Medical Devices Development (EMA/FDA), GCP & GMP, EDC, Real-World Evidence
    • Digital Health & Business Transformation: Digital Transformation in Healthcare, Digitalisation of Business Processes in Healthcare
    • Clinical Decision Support Systems: HL7, FHIR, DICOM, PACS, EHR/EMR Systems
    • Programming & Software Engineering: Python, R, SQL, NoSQL, Git, Docker
  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2022

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Master of Veterinary Medicine
    University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Veterinary Medicine
    Final Grade: 5.2
    • Clinical Practice: Hands-on diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical training across species.
    • Research Skills: Study design, data analysis, and evidence-based interpretation.
    • Communication: Client interaction and interdisciplinary teamwork.
    • Public Health: Insight into zoonoses, epidemiology, and One Health.
    • Ethics: Competence in animal welfare and professional responsibility.
  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2020

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
    University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    Veterinary Medicine
    Final Grade: 4.4
    • Foundations: Core knowledge in anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
    • Preclinical Skills: Basic diagnostics, laboratory methods, and animal handling.
    • Scientific Thinking: Introduction to research and data interpretation.
    • Clinical Insight: Early exposure to case-based reasoning and veterinary ethics.

Awards

  • 14.11.2025
    Roche Best Graduate Award MSc Medical Informatics
    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW)
    Awarded for outstanding overall performance in the MSc Medical Informatics, with a final grade of 5.8.
  • 31.10.2025
    Best Poster Presentation Award
    University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
    Awarded for outstanding scientific communication of innovative research on machine learning models for neonatal gas exchange at the UKBB Research Day 2025.

Certificates

Veterinary Diploma
Eidg. Departement des Inneren (EDI) 30-12-2022
HealthTech Summer School
Zurich University of Applied Sciences 30-07-2024
AI4Health Credential
EELISA European University 30-07-2024
Cambridge Proficiency
Cambridge Assessment English 23-01-2019

Skills

Data Science
Python
R
SPSS
SQL
Pandas
NumPy
SciPy
Scikit-learn
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning & AI
Supervised learning
Unsupervised learning
Explainable AI
SHAP
LIME
Feature importance
Deep learning
FNN
CNN
YOLO
Data Infrastructure
SQL
Data modelling
Relational databases
Vector databases
Biomedical & Clinical Data
Signal processing
Digital biomarker development
EMR integration
FHIR
DICOM
ICD-10
ICD-11
Bioinformatics
Multi-omics data processing
Bioinformatics formats
FASTA
Large Language Models
LLaMA
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
ChromaDB
Software & Tools
Ruby
Python: Streamlit, Flask
HTML & CSS
Bootstrap
React
JavaScript
Flutter
Bash
Git: GitHub & GitLab
CI/CD pipelines
Docker
Test-Driven Development
Logging
Scrum

Languages

German
Native speaker
English
Fluent (C2 Cambridge Proficiency)
French
B1
Italian
B1

Projects

  • Oct 2025 - Present
    BioAI4LCMS
    An industry–academia collaboration (Genedata, University of Bern SEG, HES-SO Valais) to build AI-assisted LC–MS software that automates method development and data interpretation. Using self-learning models and heuristic optimization, the platform refines data processing, peak detection, and noise reduction to deliver faster, reproducible, and scalable analyses across instruments and labs.
    • Adaptive LC–MS workflow automation
    • Self-learning processing & peak detection
    • Heuristic optimization for method setup
    • Integration with Genedata Expressionist
    • Standardization and scalability across labs
  • Apr 2024 - Present
    CEPEF-HARAT
    A doctoral project with the University of Zurich, the Swiss Data Science Center, and the CEPEF consortium to develop the first ML-based tool for predicting mortality risk in equine anaesthesia. Built on the CEPEF4 dataset (>48k cases from 94 centres), the work cleans and structures heterogeneous data, applies NLP/LLMs to free-text fields, and advances explainable models for transparent, clinically useful risk assessment.
    • CEPEF4 dataset (>48k anaesthesia cases)
    • NLP/LLMs for free-text structuring
    • Explainable AI (e.g., SHAP, LIME)
    • Clinical risk stratification for horses
    • Collaboration with UZH, SDSC, CEPEF
  • Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
    NeoCurve
    An MSc project at UKBB that predicts the oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curve (ODC) shift as a physiologic marker of gas-exchange efficiency in preterm infants. A data-efficient, interpretable ML approach estimates ODC shift from as little as one or two SpO₂–PiO₂ points, validated across multi-centre datasets and deployed as a clinician-oriented web tool.
    • ODC shift from 1–2 SpO₂–PiO₂ points
    • Physiology-grounded, interpretable model
    • External validation across datasets
    • Streamlit annotation platform
    • React/Flask bedside decision-support app