Hi, I'm Paul Boutros. I'm a cancer data scientist here
at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The goal of our research is to figure out how to use
large datasets, that are now being collected
in routine patient care,
to improve the way that we treat cancer patients.
One of the major projects we're looking at right now is:
How does a cancer differ
if it arises in a man
or in a woman.
And we've been mining thousands of cancer genomes
analyzed by groups around the world
and using that to discover the subtle differences
in how a cancer grows depending on who it grows in.
I love my job.
UCLA is one of the best places in the world
to do data science.
We have an incredible community of mathematicians,
statisticians, and computer scientists
and a willingness from everybody here on campus
to collaborate.
And this can lead to all sorts of new discoveries.
