Coco Dong, Ph.D., is a Director, Quantitative Applications, in the Deerfield Institute. Dr. Dong joined the Firm in 2020 as a Senior Genetic Data Scientist, Deerfield Discovery and Development. She transitioned to the Deerfield Institute in 2023. Prior to Deerfield, she was a Strategist in the Alternative Investment and Manager Selection group at Goldman Sachs. Before Goldman Sachs, she was a Principal Statistician at GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Dong holds a B.S. in Biomedical Science from Central South University in China, as well as an M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Southern California.
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