Senior Data Scientist & Imaging Platform Lead
Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine
Ariana Familiar, PhD, is a Senior Data Scientist and Imaging Platform Lead at the Center for Data-Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D³b). She develops cloud-based platforms that bring together imaging, genomic, and clinical data, making it possible for researchers and doctors around the world to study pediatric brain tumors on a large scale.
At D³b, Dr. Familiar leads international efforts to standardize and expand imaging workflows across children’s hospitals, ensuring that leading-edge data science tools are both reproducible and accessible. Her research applies predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to create practical methods that can improve the way brain tumors are evaluated and treated.
Dr. Familiar earned her PhD in Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience) from the University of Pennsylvania, after completing her BA at New York University. She is passionate about building research infrastructure that fuels discovery and helps deliver better outcomes for children with brain tumors.