After graduating with a BSc. Biomedical Sciences in 2016 from the University of Ottawa (distinction: magna cum laude) and interning with medical data science startup company Deski, Anika was well equipped to begin her project developing medical diagnostic tools using machine learning. Anika started with a background in purely basic sciences with goals of studying medicine, but developed a passion for working with data and computers after successfully developing an analytics tool for budget and labour allocation during a student job with the Public Health Agency branch of the federal government. Ever since, her goal has been to apply machine learning to all sorts of medical datasets to find trends and create applications that may assist diagnosis. Anika's ambition is focused on creating a positive impact on the Canadian healthcare system in the long-term and she believes this project is a firm step in the right direction. She fells really fortunate for being studying in an interdisciplinary program that allows the union of fundamental skills in biomedical sciences with her newly acquired skills in computer science.