Biography
Hello and welcome to my personal website! I am an aspiring biostatistician interested in incorporating digital technologies into healthcare systems for monitoring health and tracking disease progression. As a master’s degree candidate at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics, I have developed a multifaceted skill set of quantitative methods. I currently work on JP Onnela’s team where I support Beiwe - a research platform that gathers and analyzes physical and other data from participants’ iOS and Android mobile devices. In May of 2023, I graduated from Brandeis University with two Bachelors of Science in Neuroscience and Biology and minors in Computer Science and Chemistry. I grew up in Moscow, Russia, attending the Anglo American School of Moscow and graduating with an International Baccalaurreate diploma.
- Digital Health
- Statistical Learning
- Missing Data
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MS in Biostatistics, 2025
Harvard Chan School of Public Health
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BS in Neuroscience and Biology, 2023
Brandeis University
Skills
Experience
- Provided study support to 10+ external research teams using Beiwe to capture digital health data streams (accelerometer, GPS, active surveys and audio recordings) using iOS and Android apps on participants’ mobile devices
- Maintained the open-source, python-based Forest package that converts raw Beiwe data into individual and cohort-wide summaries for the four passive and active data streams mentioned above
- Conducted audits of Beiwe app performance and quantified impacts of app updates on data quality and longevity
- Demonstrated usage of the Forest package to research teams and worked to resolve any issues that arose
- Identifed new software bugs to the development team and shared resolutions to the research teams running studies
- Analyzed claims data of ~60k HCPs and identified 5,000 top promotional targets for a rare-oncology product launch
- Modeled several field team structures using a series of workload assumptions to generate a final sizing of 35 field reps
- Aligned the US into 35 territories rolled up into 5 regions, ensuring adequate workload and transportation access for reps
- Generated content and synthetic sales data for a demo of a pharmaceutical field team incentive compensation solution
- Designed a procedure for an online, simulation-based chemistry laboratory experiment during the pandemic, when chemistry lab was offered only remotely
- Led laboratory sessions and recitations for groups of 20+ chemistry laboratory students
- Provided one-on-one tutoring, coding support and feedback for programming assignments and problem sets of students in data structures and discrete mathematics
- Proposed a standardized home-based tES protocol as part of a written review of previously published literature
- Assisted in T-test statistical analysis for a multi-site aging study that provided patients with personalized health insights
- Recruited participants and observed lab and home-based screenings for cognition and mobility
Projects
Certificates
Recent & Upcoming Talks
Recent Posts
Contact
Let’s connect! Feel free to drop me a message — would be excited to hear from you.
- maxmelnikas@hsph.harvard.edu
- 857 999 6421
- 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115