About Me
I am a data scientist and biochemist. Since April 2026 I have been acting professor (Vertretungsprofessur, W3) and director of the Institute of Medical Statistics at University Hospital RWTH Aachen. I also lead the Preclinical Data Science group at the Institute for Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School (MHH).
My work lives where artificial intelligence, statistics, and translational research meet, for patients of every kind: a person, an animal in the clinic, or an animal in the laboratory. I have a particular knack for severity assessment, clinical decision support, and the honest, practical use of AI. The RELSA (Relative Severity Assessment) score is one of my leading tools. It began as a way to put a number on an animal’s suffering and has since grown into the Patient Vital Score (PVS), now watching over children in paediatric care.
And I am every bit as devoted to the craft: biometry, experimental design, and teaching the next generation to wield statistics and machine learning, and to bring the 3R principle to life.
Research Interests
- Severity Assessment: Multidimensional scoring algorithms (e.g., RELSA) for objective burden quantification
- AI in Regulatory Science: LLM-assisted evaluation and optimization of animal experiment applications
- Clinical Translation: From animal welfare scores to human ICU monitoring (Patient Vital Status)
- Experimental Design: Bayesian sample size planning and multi-center reproducibility validation
- 3Rs & Alternative Methods: Data-driven reduction strategies and organoid model validation
Current Position
Acting Professor (Vertretungsprofessur, W3) and Director Institute of Medical Statistics University Hospital RWTH Aachen Aachen, Germany
Group Leader, Preclinical Data Science Institute of Laboratory Animal Science Hannover Medical School (MHH) Hannover, Germany
Affiliations
- Co-founder, GMDS Working Group “AI in Research”
- Member, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM)
- Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gentheratpie (DG-GT)
- Vivid Contributor to the 3R-Competence Network NRW
- PI, R2N Research Network
- PI, FOR2591
Education
Habilitation in Data Science (PD) | Hannover Medical School (GER) | 2025
Dr. rer. nat. | Leibniz University Hannover (GER) | 2009
Diploma in Biochemistry | Leibniz University Hannover (GER) | 2006
Contact
Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in collaboration or have questions about my work.
- Email: info@talbot-science.de