Robert Matson

As a Senior Data Scientist at nference, I specialize in designing and implementing biomedical research studies. My work is centered on using AI and advanced analytics with real-world evidence data to address key scientific and healthcare related questions. I work with a range of data, including structured electronic health records, unstructured text, molecular, genetic, and medical imaging data. I have strong programming skills in Python, R, and SQL, and expertise in statistical modeling, machine learning, and multi-modal AI. I lead collaborative research projects with pharmaceutical and medical device companies, focusing on patient stratification, target discovery, biomarker and risk-factor identification, and evaluation of treatment effectiveness and response.

• Niesen MJM, Matson RP, Puranik A, O’Horo JC, Pawlowski C, Vachon C, et al. Third dose
  vaccination with mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2 vaccines improves protection against SARS-CoV-2
  infection. PNAS Nexus. 2022;1: gac042.
• Matson RP, Niesen MJM, Levy ER, Opp DN, Lenehan PJ, Donadio G, et al. Paediatric safety
  assessment of BNT162b2 vaccination in a multistate hospital-based electronic health record system
  in the USA: a retrospective analysis. The Lancet Digital Health 2023;5:e206–16.
• Matson RP, Comba IY, Silvert E, Niesen MJM, Murugadoss K, Patwardhan D, et al. A deep
  learning approach predicting the activity of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines against emerging
  variants. NPJ Syst Biol Appl 2024;10:138.

• Played Baseball and Football at the Division 3 level.
• Enjoy playing guitar, hiking, traveling, and watching sports.