معرفی
Dr. Kathryn Napier is a Lead Data Scientist at the Curtin Institute for Data Science (CIDS) within Curtin University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. She leads the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI), a team developing tools to track open access research performance and improve scholarly communication. Her work bridges data science, healthcare informatics, and bioinformatics, with a focus on transdisciplinary research integration.
Education:
- PhD
- BSc (Honours)
- BSc
- CHIA (Certified Health Informatics Analyst)
Research Focus: Kathryn’s research spans data science applications in healthcare, bioinformatics, and open access metrics. She designs web-based registries for rare diseases (e.g., familial hypercholesterolemia, Angelman syndrome) and develops machine learning models for clinical and ecological studies. Her work emphasizes privacy-preserving data linkage and global research evaluation tools.
Key Projects:
- COKI Dashboard: Tracks global open access performance using 12 trillion data elements
- Chronic Kidney Disease Modeling: Uses linked health data to improve outcomes
- Ballet Biomechanics: Machine learning for dancer posture analysis
Labs/Teams: Leads the COKI team, collaborating with CWTS (Leiden University) and international partners to advance open science and university performance analytics.
