Alden Cabajar

Resume

My professional experience

 

Work Experience

Data Scientist

January 2018 - January 2019

OptumLabs Inc., A subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group

Performed statistical analysis and built machine learning models in various projects relevant to healthcare.

    Used healthcare claims data to find current trends in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, as well as evaluating oncology centersand their current capabilities
    used a WaveNet Decoder and a pretrained encoder to create representation of stress response from physiological signals.
    Fitted poisson and negative binomial models to assess the risk of inpatient stays for patients aged >= 65 years old.
    Used the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) public database and developed an R package that will list drug interactions that will most likely create an adverse event.
    Developed machine learning and statistical models that would help understand and predict metrics of success in a diabetes intervention

Research Associate

Nov 2015-Nov 2017

Bioprocess Engineering and Research Center, University of San Carlos

Designed and performed experiments in the development of commercial products (food ingeredients, nutraceuticals) from mango waste in collaboration with a biotech startup.

  • Applied Design of experiments to construct efficient explorations of the parameter space.
  • Used statistical methods and software for inference and modeliing in experiments.
  • Used response surface methodology for the optimization of spray drying parameters to increase yields and product quality.

Instructor

2016-2017

Engineering Mathematics Department, School of Engineering, University of San Carlos

Designed and performed experiments in the development of commercial products (food ingeredients, nutraceuticals) from mango waste in collaboration with a biotech startup.

  • Taught trigonometry and differential calculus to undergraduate engineering and architecture students

Professional Skills

Statistics

Machine Learning

Programming

Other tech skills

 

Publications

  • Cabajar, A.A., Siacor, F.D., Lim, K.J., Lobarbio, C.F., Taboada, E.B. Application of statistical solvent mixture design in optimizing the solid-liquid extraction of phenolic compounds from mango seed kernels. Applied Science and Engineering and Progress, 142.
  • Siacor, F.D., Lim, K.J., Cabajar, A.A., Lobarbio, C.F., Lacks, D.J., Taboada, E.B. Physicochemical properties of spray-dried mango phenolic compounds extracts. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2.
  • Lim, K.J., Cabajar, A.A., Migallos, M.K., Lobarbio, C.F., Taboada, E.B. Microencapsulation of Phenolic Compounds from Waste Mango Seed Kernel Extract. Nature Environment Pollution Technology, 183, 765-775.
  • Lim, K.J., Cabajar, A.A., Lobarbio, C.F., Taboada, E.B., Lacks, D.J. Extraction of Bioactive Compounds mango (Mangifera indica L. var. Carabao) seed kernel with ethanol-water binary solvent systems. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 565, 2536-2544.

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