Lucy Gao is an experienced academic and data scientist with a strong background in statistics and biostatistics. Currently serving as a Senior Scientist at Uber since November 2025, Lucy previously held the position of Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn, where responsibilities included leading data science efforts for Ads Experimentation. As an Assistant Professor at The University of British Columbia from July 2022 to September 2024, Lucy developed a graduate course on modern statistical methodology and supervised graduate students. Before that, at the University of Waterloo from July 2020 to July 2022, Lucy obtained significant grant funding and taught mathematical statistics to a large undergraduate cohort. Lucy holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biostatistics from the University of Washington and a Bachelor of Science Honours in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Victoria.
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