Current Students
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Project Title: Enhancing molecular diagnosis in suspected Mendelian disorders using clinically focused splicing prediction algorithms
Advisor(s):
- Elizabeth Bhoj
- Yoseph Barash
Rotations:
- John Maris
- Jennifer Cremins
- Yoseph Barash
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Circadian Phase Inference in Single-Cell RNA-Seq
Advisor(s):
- Mingyao Li
- Garret FitzGerald
Rotations:
- Jason Moore
- Ian Barnett
- Golnaz Vahedi
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Leveraging Genome-wide Pleiotropy to Improve Multi-trait Association Methods for Electronic Health Record Data
Advisor(s):
- Benjamin Voight
- Marylyn Ritchie
Rotations:
- Christopher Brown
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Benjamin Voight
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: A population-specific framework for mutation rate modeling
Advisor(s):
- Benjamin Voight
Rotations:
- Sarah Tishkoff
- Benjamin Voight
- Frederic Bushman
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Rotations:
- Li-San Wang
- Yi Xing
- Ophir Shalem
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Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: The genetics of Staphylococcus aureus virulence: consequences for diabetic wound healing.
Advisor(s):
- Elizabeth Grice
Rotations:
- Elizabeth Grice
- Frederic Bushman
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Project Title: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of CAR Tcell therapy resistance.
Advisor(s):
- Kai Tan
Rotations:
- John Maris
- Kai Tan
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Advisor(s):
- Li-San Wang
Rotations:
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Li-San Wang
- Gerard Schellenberg
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Addressing heterogeneity in gene expression data using context-specific biological networks.
Advisor(s):
- Casey Greene
Rotations:
- Casey Greene
- Danielle Bassett
- Pablo G. Camara
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2014
Advisor(s):
- Arjun Raj
Rotations:
- Christopher Brown
- Arjun Raj
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Detection and quantification of alternative polyadenylation from RNA-seq to suggest novel regulators in health and disease
Advisor(s):
- Yoseph Barash
Rotations:
- Christopher Brown
- Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou
- Yoseph Barash
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Modeling Gene-Environment Interactions with Multi-task Machine Learning Methods to Explain GWAS0 Missing Heritability
Advisor(s):
- Jason Moore
Rotations:
- Jason Moore
- Kai Wang
- Casey Greene
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Incorporating biological knowledge into machine learning models to predict organ toxicity
Advisor(s):
- Jason Moore
Rotations:
- Jason Moore
- David Speicher
- Casey Greene
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Increasing the Power of Gene Expression Models by Incorporating Publicly Available Data
Advisor(s):
- Casey Greene
Rotations:
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Casey Greene
- Christopher Brown
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Investigating high-grade serous ovarian cancer heterogeneity through scRNA-seq
Advisor(s):
- Casey Greene
- John Wherry
Rotations:
- Casey Greene
- Struan Grant
- Christopher Brown
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Characterizing the epigenetic role of KMT2C in breast cancer metastasis and therapy resistance
Advisor(s):
- Lewis Chodosh
Rotations:
- Lewis Chodosh
- Sarah Tishkoff
- Elizabeth Grice
Daniel Hui
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Sarah Tishkoff
Rotations:
- Benjamin Voight
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Sarah Tishkoff
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2014
Project Title: The genomic and gene expression context of adaptive variation in indigenous African populations.
Advisor(s):
- Sarah Tishkoff
Rotations:
- Junhyong Kim
- Nancy Zhang
- Sarah Tishkoff
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: From RNA Distribution in Neuron Dendrites to Synaptic Plasticity
Advisor(s):
- Junhyong Kim
Rotations:
- Mitchell Lazar
- Eric Joyce
- Struan Grant
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Project Title: Improving Resolution of Protein Binding Sites by filtering conserved ultra-high signals in Arabidopsis
Advisor(s):
- Doris Wagner
Rotations:
- Brian Gregory
- Casey Greene
- Lewis Chodosh
- Doris Wagner
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Role of YY1 in chromatin looping throughout the cell cycle
Advisor(s):
- Gerd Blobel
Rotations:
- Jennifer Cremins
- Gerd Blobel
- Hao Wu
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Modeling Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in Cystic fibrosis patients
Advisor(s):
- Casey Greene
Rotations:
- Benjamin Voight
- Casey Greene
- Sharon Diskin
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Advisor(s):
- Yoseph Barash
- Louis Ghanem
Rotations:
- Andy Minn
- Casey Greene
- Yoseph Barash
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Searching for Non-Coding Mechanisms of Disease in Neuroblastoma
Advisor(s):
- John Maris
- Sharon Diskin
Rotations:
- Katherine Nathanson
- Lewis Chodosh
- Sharon Diskin
- John Maris
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Dokyoon Kim
Rotations:
- Elizabeth Grice
- Daniel Beiting
- Mingyao Li
- Dokyoon Kim
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Prioritizing Complex Disease-related Genes from Genome-wide Association Studies via Regulation-informed Gene-based Analyses
Advisor(s):
- Marylyn Ritchie
Rotations:
- Marylyn Ritchie
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Junhyong Kim
Rotations:
- Katalin Susztak
- Pablo G. Camara
- Junhyong Kim
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Advisor(s):
- Sharon Diskin
Rotations:
- Lewis Chodosh
- Sharon Diskin
- Kai Tan
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Advisor(s):
- Casey Greene
Rotations:
- Jason Moore
- Casey Greene
- Struan Grant
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Project Title: Investigating the clinical ontologies of loss-of-function and gain-of-function human gene variants
Advisor(s):
- Daniel Rader
- Marylyn Ritchie
Rotations:
- Mitchell Lazar
- Daniel Rader
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2014
Advisor(s):
- Lewis Chodosh
Rotations:
- Brian Gregory
- Lewis Chodosh
- Yoseph Barash
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Advisor(s):
- Jason Moore
- Andy Minn
Rotations:
- Christopher Brown
- Katherine Nathanson
- Andy Minn
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Junhyong Kim
Rotations:
- Junhyong Kim
- Joshua Plotkin
- Pablo G. Camara
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Defining Regulatory Mechanisms in CD8 T-cell Senescence with a Deep Interrogation of LINE-1
Advisor(s):
- Shelley Berger
Rotations:
- Robert Babak Faryabi
- Shelley Berger
- Kai Tan
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2015
Advisor(s):
- Arjun Raj
Rotations:
- John Maris
- Arjun Raj
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2013
Project Title: Characterizing the dynamics of RNA-protein interactions in two eukaryotic systems
Advisor(s):
- Brian Gregory
Rotations:
- Brian Gregory
- Lewis Chodosh
- Marcella Devoto
- Nancy Spinner
Vivek Sriram
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Dokyoon Kim
Rotations:
- Ryan Urbanowicz
- Marylyn Ritchie
- Dokyoon Kim
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Understanding The Heterogeneity of Alternative Splicing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia using Bayesian Machine Learning Models
Advisor(s):
- Yoseph Barash
Rotations:
- Yoseph Barash
- Mingyao Li
- Junhyong Kim
Robert Wang
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Yi Xing
Rotations:
- Yi Xing
- Yoseph Barash
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2014
Project Title: An integrative approach to identify neuroblastoma immunotherapeutic targets
Advisor(s):
- Benjamin Garcia
- John Maris
- Sharon Diskin
Rotations:
- Sharon Diskin
- John Maris
- Benjamin Garcia
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Multi-Omics Single-cell Analysis in Cancers
Advisor(s):
- Nancy Zhang
Rotations:
- Li-San Wang
- Nancy Zhang
- Lewis Chodosh
Brenda Xiao
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Advisor(s):
- Dokyoon Kim
- Marylyn Ritchie
Rotations:
- Dokyoon Kim
- Sharon Diskin
- Marylyn Ritchie
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Project Title: Combining transcriptomics and proteomics data to discover novel protein isoforms and variants
Advisor(s):
- Yi Xing
Rotations:
- Yi Xing
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Project Title: Developing High-Throughput Bulk and Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Methods for Targeted Splicing Detection and Quantification
Advisor(s):
- Yoseph Barash
- Peter Choi
Rotations:
- Yoseph Barash
- Peter Choi
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2013
Advisor(s):
- Gerd Blobel
Rotations:
- Christopher Brown
- Gerd Blobel
- Arjun Raj
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Advisor(s):
- Marylyn Ritchie
Rotations:
- Marylyn Ritchie
Degree: MD/PhD
Matriculation Year: 2014
Advisor(s):
- Jennifer Cremins
Rotations:
- Benjamin Voight
- Casey Greene
- Jennifer Cremins
Degree: PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Project Title: Modeling dynamic regulatory networks during development and differentiation using single cell data.
Advisor(s):
- Kai Tan
- Junhyong Kim
Rotations:
- Yoseph Barash
- Kai Tan
- Junhyong Kim
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