Wei-Yi Cheng, PhD
Senior Data Scientist
Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Informatics
Roche Innovation Center New York
Dr. Wei-Yi Cheng is a senior data scientist at Roche Innovation Center New York. He specializes in integrated big data analytics with a focus on digital biomarker development for neurological diseases and genomic biomarker discovery. He is one of the global driving forces in Roche to identify areas where advanced analytics can bring value to pharmaceutical R&D. Dr. Cheng received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York, where his research focused on the development of genome-scale data mining algorithms for biological discovery and predictive modeling.