Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Once Daniela Witten switched her major from foreign languages to statistics, she never looked back. This University of Washington researcher has been recognized on the Forbes "Thirty Under Thirty" list for her work in customizing medical therapy by analyzing gene data. Through machine learning she is transforming the data we all carry inside, and transforming how we'll all care for ourselves in the very near future.