Vishakha Sharma

Vishakha Sharma, PhD
Senior Principal Data Scientist at Roche Diagnostics

Vishakha Sharma is a Senior Principal Data Scientist in Roche diagnostics information solutions. In this role, she leads advanced analytics initiatives such as natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) to discover key insights improving navify product portfolio, leading to better and more efficient patient care. Vishakha has authored 55+ peer-reviewed publications and proceedings and has delivered more than 25 invited talks. She serves on several international scientific and technical program committees, and as a panelist at AI/ML/NLP conferences (including NeurIPS, ICLR, AMIA, HIMSS). Prior to joining Roche, her research work was funded by the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative and focused on developing NLP precision medicine software. Vishakha is a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). She holds a PhD and MS in Computer Science, and a BE in Computer Engineering.