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Paula P.

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Head of the Digital Health Unit at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
📍 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Paula leads the Digital Health Unit at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, leveraging her 15 years of experience in applying AI to life sciences. A Stanford PhD graduate, her work focuses on early diagnosis and disease prevention. Colleagues describe her as a super focused, creative, and pleasant data science leader.

Outside of her research, Paula is a strong advocate for diversity in STEM and has served as a Barcelona co-ambassador for the "Women in Data Science" initiative. She is a mother of two and uses her platform to speak on human rights issues and raise public awareness about AI in healthcare.

Unique fact: In addition to her academic leadership roles, she is the founder of Phenobyte, a data science consultancy serving the health and life sciences industry.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Head of the Digital Health Unit
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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AI in Healthcare
Leads a team developing AI tools for early diagnosis and disease prevention, using medical imaging, EHR, and wearable data to solve complex health questions.
Diversity in STEM
A vocal advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, she has served as a co-ambassador for the Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative in Barcelona.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Head of the Digital Health Unit
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
12-2020 - 1-2025
Associate Research Professor
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
1-2020 - 1-2025
Founder and Managing Director
Phenobyte
2-2019 - 12-2020
Senior Consultant Life Sciences Europe
Health Catalyst
6-2018 - 1-2019
VP Pharmasciences
Sensyne Health
In the press

Media appearances

Paula Petrone Forbes | BSC-CNS. Featured in Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
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Education
2004 - 2009
PhD
Stanford University
1998 - 2001
Licenciatura
Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche
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