Malvika Sharan
Summary
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RockstarMalvika Sharan is Senior Director - Office of Data Science at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a Non-Executive Director at Open Life Science, bringing ten years of experience at the intersection of computational biology, open science, and community-driven technology. A recovering computational biologist turned open-source and community builder, she champions participatory, accessible, and ethical data and AI systems with a focus on reproducibility and equitable collaboration. She leads and facilitates initiatives like The Turing Way and Open Life Science to codify practical, auditable workflows and digital skills for research communities. Her hands-on contributions to The Turing Way repository include improving testing and automation to safeguard content quality—even catching stray “lorem ipsum” placeholders—illustrating her attention to both code and content integrity. Known for centering human‑centered innovation and intersectionality, she connects diverse stakeholders to build sustainable, reproducible practices that scale across disciplines.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
testing10
python10
documentations9
documentation9
bash9
github-ci8
github-actions-workflows8
github-actions-workflow8
github-action-workflow8
ed6
co6
data-science5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
the-turing-way/the-turing-way
Sep 2019 - Jan 2023
Host repository for The Turing Way: a how to guide for reproducible data science
Role in this project:
Software Engineer (with a focus on testing and documentation)
Software Engineer (with a focus on testing and documentation)Contributions:11 releases, 920 reviews, 3102 commits in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Malvika primarily contributed to improving the code quality and maintainability of the project. Their work involved implementing and refining tests to identify and eliminate issues related to bad Latin phrases and "lorem ipsum" text within the book content. They also updated documentation and scripts to help with automation. This suggests a focus on ensuring the integrity and quality of the book's content.
how-to-guidesciencehut23-270hostdata-science
open-life-science/ols-2
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:1 review, 106 commits, 53 PRs in 1 month
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