Mayla R. Boguslav, PhD
Research Associate in the Research Development core
SC CTSI Role
Mayla's role focuses on studying and implementing the science of team science within SC CTSI. Her goal is to help SC CTSI collaborators work more effectively together to spark new research ideas and accelerate scientific progress. She works with researchers supported through team science workshops, team science seminars, team building vouchers, and the multidisciplinary pilot program. One key focus is evaluating the impact of SC CTSI’s team science initiatives on research teams. She is transitioning to support efforts around Translational Science; namely, leading the Translational Science Interest Group that aims to build foundational knowledge and facilitate constructive peer feedback on projects.
Contact Information
Professional Background
Mayla received her PhD in computational biosciences with a focus in natural language processing and the philosophy of science from University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Mathematics at Colorado State University, where she worked with the Data Science Research Institute and taught mathematical modeling. Her research focuses on helping people find research questions and ways to collaborate across disciplines. Over the last 1.5 years, she has co-led the team science efforts at SC CTSI. She is also co-lead of the Membership committee for the International Network for the Science of Team Science and for the Team Science Professional Special Interest Group Evaluation Working Group under ACTS. She has multiple manuscripts under review in team science and translational science.
She received the AMIA 2023 Edward H. Shortliffe Doctoral Dissertation Award and gave a keynote at the Bio-Ontologies special interest group at the 2024 Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology.
Interests
Being outside: biking, hiking, skiing, camping, backpacking. Also dancing, fostering dogs, traveling.