About

Jelena Ljubicic is a Bioinformatics and Data Science professional with 6.94 years of relevant experience. She is currently working as a Data Science Intern at benshi.ai. Jelena has a Master's degree in Bioinformatics from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a Master's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Belgrade. She also completed a Data Science course at allwomen. Jelena has worked as a Bioinformatician/Data Analyst Intern at Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) where she tested tools for short tandem repeat detection in a high-performance computing (HPC) environment, using real whole genome sequencing data. She also performed a comparative analysis of the tools based on their outputs and developed Python, Bash, and Awk scripts for data manipulation. Jelena has also worked as a Domain Expert in eHealth project at National Institute of Standards and Technology. She was a Pharmacy domain expert in the team that developed NIST ERX Validation Tool for ONC Certification of e-prescribing software systems. She developed test cases and test data in collaboration with NCPDP Work Group 11, using NCDPD SCRIPT Standard. Jelena ensured the usage of RxNorm, ICD-10, SNOMED CT, and National Cancer Institute subset of FMT dose forms codes according to the NCPDP SCRIPT Standard. She secured the validity and accuracy of EDI and XML messages used for interoperability testing and tested functionalities and maintained quality of NIST ERX Validation Tool. Jelena also participated in writing of test process documentation and successfully resolved users’ issues and bug reports leading to tool improvement. Jelena's tech stack includes Data Science, AI, test, and Python. She has a strong background in bioinformatics, pharmacy, and data science. She is a detail-oriented professional with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.