Takeda – Senior Director & Head of Sensing and Measurement Group 

Ariel V. Dowling, PhD is a Senior Director and Head of the Sensing and Measurement group within the Data Sciences Institute at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. In this role, Ariel oversees the assessment, validation, and deployment of digital devices and endpoints across the organization. Her group advises clinical teams on the selection of digital devices and endpoints, conducts due diligence on vendors and validation studies on devices, develops digital sensor implementation protocols and risk mitigation strategies, and assists with data analysis plans for device data. She was previously a Senior Clinical Data Scientist at Biogen Inc where she managed the wearable sensors deployed in clinical trials for Parkinson’s Disease. Prior to Biogen, Ariel was the algorithm team lead at MC10 Inc and worked at BioSensics LLC. Ariel holds an MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and an AB and BE in Mechanical Engineering from Dartmouth College. She currently serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Digital Medicine (DiMe) Society and Luca Healthcare.