Default image

Eva-Maria Strauch, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary

Key words
protein design, protein engineering, influenza, RSV, machine learning , vaccines, antivirals

Default image

Siobhan Sutcliffe, PhD, ScM, MHS

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Infectious causes of cancer and chronic diseases

Key words

Default image

Joshua Swamidass, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We computationally model drug metabolism to predict drug toxicity and to assist pathologists in assessing histology images.

Key words
deep learning, metabolism, pathology, image analysis, machine learning, bioinformatics, biostatistics, chemical informatics, drug and target discovery, drug design

Default image

Laneshia Tague, MD, MSCI

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Our research focuses on employing multi-omics strategies to elucidate mechanisms of immune tolerance, identify novel targets for immunosuppression and develop precision approaches to immunosuppression management in advanced lung disease and lung transplantation.

Key words
immunology, genetics, T cell, neutrophil, transplant, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, immunogenetics, immunogenomics, clonal hematopoiesis, senescence, immune aging

Default image

Gaia Tavoni, PhD

Assistant Professor

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

Research summary
Applying concepts and methods from statistical physics and mathematics to the study of the brain

Key words
theoretical and computational neuroscience, statistical physics

Default image

Christopher Topp, PhD

Assistant Member

Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Understanding the genetic basis of root growth and environmental plasticity using phenomics

Key words
imaging; plant; genetics; computation; phenotyping; roots; plant x environment

Default image

Muriah Wheelock, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Elucidating the biological pathways underlying cognition, emotion, and behavior, determining developmental deviations and degenerative processes in these pathways

Key words

Default image

Adam Wilcox, PhD

Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary

Key words

Default image

Elizabeth Yanik, PhD

Assistant Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Human and Statistical Genetics

Research summary
My research is focused on investigating the genetic determinants of under-studied musculoskeletal phenotypes, determining the impact of occupational burdens on musculoskeletal disease, and understanding interactions between genetic and non-genetic risk factors for musculoskeletal disease.

Key words

Default image

Po-Yin Yen, PhD

Associate Professor

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Focused on applied clinical informatics research to support clinicians adapting to health information technology

Key words