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Austin Allen

@austinallen2

I build production machine learning pipelines for clinical and research data.

United States
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I build machine learning systems for clinical and research data, from LLM-driven agent pipelines to deep learning models. At DataThink, I lead a three-person team automating raw clinical data into CDISC-compliant datasets with confidence-scored, citation-backed decisions for human review.

I maintain R packages that expose more than 20 statistical methods as tools for an LLM agent, serving as the statistical engine across client work. I also built a HIPAA/GDPR de-identification pipeline using spaCy NER and regex to process roughly 20,000 patient messages with zero PHI leakage in review.

Previously, I fine-tuned a ResNet-50 segmentation model with Kitware and trained a PyTorch CNN on a 2.4 million-example genomics benchmark at Duke, achieving about 96% in-distribution accuracy while detecting out-of-distribution inputs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Data Science Engineer

DataThink

Jul 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Led a 3-person team building an AI pipeline that automates raw clinical data into CDISC-compliant datasets, with confidence-scored, citation-backed derivation decisions flagged for human review. Maintained R packages exposing 20+ statistical methods as tools for an LLM agent, and built a HIPAA/GDPR de-identification pipeline processing ~20,000 patient messages with zero PHI leakage.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Duke University logoDU

Duke University

Master of Biostatistics, Biostatistics

2023 - 2025

Master of Biostatistics with a Data Science Emphasis, including coursework in applied deep learning, computer vision, and big data systems.

Brigham Young University-Idaho logoBU

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Post-Baccalaureate, Data Science

2022 - 2023

Post-baccalaureate data science coursework covering foundational and advanced topics in data science.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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