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John Pruett, Jr., MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
The neuroscience of ASD, social cognition and comparative cognition

Key words
fcMRI, fMRI, infant, autism, face perception, visual attention, psychophysics, social cognition, comparative cognition

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Alex Ramsey, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
My research focus is in implementation science, particularly as applied to tobacco use treatment and cancer prevention interventions. My goal is to design and implement multilevel interventions to improve the access and quality of health care.

Key words
smoking cessation, addiction treatment, implementation science, mixed methods, health behavior change, technology

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John Rice, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Statistical genetics; complex disease genetics; methods in statistical genetics

Key words
mathematical modeling, epidemiology, genetics

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Elisha Roberson, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Using bench molecular biology, high-throughput sequencing, and bioinformatics to understand human inflammatory / autoimmune disease.

Key words
human genetics; autoimmune; inflammatory disease; biomarkers; high-throughput sequencing; precision medicine

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Philip Ruzycki, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary

Key words

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Naresha Saligrama, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases

Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens

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Leonid Shmuylovich, MD,PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Develop optical imaging technologies that address clinical problems with a focus on dermatology

Key words
dermatology imaging engineering pigmentation global heath

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Jonathan Silva, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Engineering to help cardiac arrhythmia patients feel better and live longer.

Key words
Bioelectricity, Arrhythmias, Modeling, Molecular Imaging, Electrophysiology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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Aristeidis Sotiras, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences

Research summary
Intersection of medical image processing, machine learning, data science, and computational neuroscience

Key words

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Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We use multiomic approaches to discover mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and leverage these insights to identify new drug targets.

Key words
Human genetics; cardiovascular disease