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Division of Biomedical Informatics Division of Biomedical Informatics

Biomedical Informatics Students

Aaron Broukim

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Brian Daniel Johnson

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David Brian Laub

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Grace Yu

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Hyrum Surya Eddington

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    BISB PhD Student

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Jonathan Lam

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    BISB Ph.D. Student

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    Artificial intelligence for disease diagnosis, Data privacy and storage using blockchain

    Education
    B.S. in Neurobiology, University of Washington (2017)

    • Selected Publications
      Bevacqua R, Dai X, Lam JY, Gu X, Friedlander M, Tellez K, et al. CRISPR-based genome editing in primary human pancreatic islet cells. Nature Communications (2021)
    • Bevacqua R, Lam JY, Peiris H, Whitener RL, Kim S, Gu X, Kim SK. SIX2 and SIX3 coordinately regulate functional maturity and fate of human pancreatic cells. Genes and Development (2021)
    • The Tabula Muris Consortium et al. A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse. Nature (2020)
    • The Tabula Muris Consortium et al. Single-cell transcriptomics of 20 mouse organs creates a Tabula Muris. Nature (2018)
    • Peiris H, Park S, Louis S, Gu X, Lam JY, Asplund O, Ippolito GC, Bottino R, Groop L, Tucker H, Kim SK. Discovering human diabetes-risk gene function with genetics and physiological assays. Nature Communications (2018)
    • Melief EJ, McKinley JW, Lam JY, Whiteley N, Bamford NS, Palmiter RD, Darvas M. (2018) Loss of glutamate signaling from the thalamus to dorsal striatum impairs motor function and slows the execution of learned behaviors. npj Parkinson's Disease (2018)

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    j7lam@ucsd.edu

Kuan-Hung (Peter) Yeh

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    BISB PhD Student

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    Real-World Evidence (RWE), Survival Analysis, Precision Oncology, Clinical Trials

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    M.S. in Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

    B.S. in Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU)

     

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    k1yeh@ucsd.edu

    Kuan-Hung (Peter) Yeh | LinkedIn

Samuel R. Reynolds

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    BISB PhD Student

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    Epigenomics, Understanding the tumor microenvironment, Cancer modeling

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    B.A. in Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2023

    Selected Publications

    Reynolds, S. R., Zhang, Z., Salas, L. A., & Christensen, B. C. (2024). Tumor microenvironment deconvolution identifies cell-type-independent aberrant DNA methylation and gene expression in prostate cancer. Clinical epigenetics16(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-023-01609-3
    Reynolds, S. R., Salas, L. A., Chen, J. Q., & Christensen, B. C. (2024). Detailed immune profiling in pediatric Crohn's disease using methylation cytometry. Epigenetics19(1), 2289786. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2023.2289786
    Zhang, Z.,  Reynolds, S. R.,  Stolrow, H. G.,  Chen, J.-Q.,  Christensen, B. C., &  Salas, L. A. (2023).  Deciphering the role of immune cell composition in epigenetic age acceleration: Insights from cell-type deconvolution applied to human blood epigenetic clocks. Aging Cell,  00, e14071. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.14071

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Timothy Viet Pham

Varshini Sathish

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    BISB PhD Student

    Research Interests

    Predictive modeling using machine/deep learning, disease management, precision medicine, genomics

    Education 

    B.S. in Bioengineering: Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego (2023)

    Selected Publications

    Jia H, Simpson S, Sathish V, et al. Development and benchmarking of machine learning models to classify patients suitable for outpatient lower extremity joint arthroplasty. J Clin Anesth. 2023;88:111147. doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111147
    Simpson S, Zhong W, Mehdipour S, Armaneous M, Sathish V, Walker N, Said ET, Gabriel RA. Classifying high risk patients for persistent opioid use after major spine surgery: A machine learning approach. Anesth Analg 2024 

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    https://www.linkedin.com/in/varshinisathish/ 

Wilfredo Gabriel Gonzalez-Rivera

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    BISB PhD Student

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    Precision Medicine, Genetics, Genomics, Social Science in Genomics

     Research Focus: "I aim to increase recognition of the importance of including underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in genomic research to improve the accuracy and generalizability of precision medicine for all."

    Education 

    B.S. Computer Science - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2021
    B.S. Industrial Biotechnology - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2021

    Awards

    STARS Graduate Advocate, 2023
    Alfred P. Sloan Scholar Fellowship, 2022
    Competitive Edge Scholar, 2022

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    wgonzalezrivera@ucsd.edu
     

Ziqi Xu

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    BISB PhD Student

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