Helen Elizabeth Moore is an American mathematician. Originally a

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, she moved from academia to industry and from pure to applied mathematics, and in particular the applications of control theory to combination therapy in the health industry. She is affiliated with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

Education and career

Moore grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, where her interest in mathematics came from her grandfather, an architect. In her last two years of high school, she attended a state magnet school, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Next, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, initially studying physics but shifting to mathematics, and starting an ongoing mathematics competition club at the university. She completed her Ph.D. at

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with a doctorate in

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and minimal surface theory, ''Minimal Submanifolds with Various Curvature Bounds'', supervised by

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. She was frequently the only woman in her undergraduate classes, and the only woman of ten in her graduate program when she entered to leave with a Ph.D. After completing her doctorate, Moore taught at

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and, on a sabbatical from Bowdoin, at

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. While at Stanford, she became interested in disease modeling. She became Associate Director of the American Institute of Mathematics, while continuing to work as a mentor to women in

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at Stanford. From there she moved to industry, working for Bristol-Myers Squibb and later AstraZeneca. Moore was elected to the council of the

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in 2016. Furthermore, as of 2023 Moore serves as the Vice-Chair for the SIAM's Activity Group on Life Sciences.

Recognition

In 2018, the

listed Moore as a Fellow, "for impactful industrial application of mathematical modeling in oncology, immunology, and virology. For mentoring, teaching, and leadership."

References

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