Ben ANDERSON
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Chemistry
Advisor: Joshua Coon

Benton Anderson’s research will focus on robust, integrative analyses of high-dimensional datasets: the Smart Toilet.

Mele AVILLA
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Population Health Sciences
Advisor: Kristen Malecki

Dr. Mele Avilla’s research aims to provide an unbiased approach to assess the singular effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure on sex, age, body mass index (BMI), and to other PFAS using serum data from CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2012 cohort.

Aubrey BARNARD
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
Advisor: Irene Ong

Dr. Aubrey Barnard’s postdoctoral research is focused on discovery of environmental exposures that protect against allergic diseases.

Nathan BOLLIG
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Computer Sciences
Advisor: Mark Craven

Dr. Nathan Bollig’s research will focus on applications of machine learning to problems affecting animal and human health.

Coleman BREEN
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Statistics
Advisor: Sunduz Keles
Hailey BUSSAN
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Microbiology Doctoral Training Program; MSTP
Advisor: David O'Connor
Jay CHENG
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Biomedical Data Science Program
Advisor: Guanhua Chen

Jay Cheng’s research will focus on development of statistical learning methods for clinical and biomedical research.

Chase CLARK
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School of Pharmacy
Advisor: Jason Kwan

Dr. Chase Clark’s research focuses on bioinformatics analysis of specialized metabolites and the diversity of specialized metabolism across sequenced genomes.

Elise COWLEY
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Bacteriology
Advisor: Karthik Anantharaman

Elise’s focus is on a comprehensive survey of the diversity and ecology of bacterial sulfur  metabolism in the gut bacterial community of humans in 3 different health statuses: healthy, with adenomas, or with colorectal cancer.

Benjamin KAUFMAN
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Biomedical Data Science PhD Program
Advisor: Anthony Gitter

Benjamin Kaufman is a first year graduate student in the new PhD Program in Biomedical Data Science.

Parth KHATRI
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Biomedical Data Sciences

Parth Khatri is doing research rotations in the Biomedical Data Science PhD program.

Saniya KHULLAR
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Biomedical Data Sciences PhD Program
Advisor: Daifeng Wang

Saniya Khullar’s research is using machine learning to help uncover molecular and cellular causes for human neurodegenerative, neuropsychiatric, and neurodevelopmental disorders.

Da-Inn (Erika) LEE
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Biomedical Data Sciences PhD Program
Advisor: Sushmita Roy

Da-Inn Lee’s research focus is structure-driven machine learning for 3D genome organization.

Robert MILLIKIN
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Morgridge Institute for Research
Advisor: Ron Stewart

Dr. Robert Millikin’s research focus is identification of novel drug targets by integrating quantitative transcriptomics data with text mining.

Mehdi MOMEN
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School of Veterinary Medicine
Advisor: Peter Muir

Dr. Mehdi Momen’s research focus is identification of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) rupture variants and pathways that are shared between humans and dogs and confirm the relevance of dog therapeutic targets for human ACL rupture patients

Lin QI
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Biomedical Data Sciences
Advisor: Irene Ong
Joni SEDILLO
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Genetics
Advisor: Steven Schrodi

Dr. Joni Sedillo’s research focuses on investigation of the role epigenetic inheritance plays in human inherited diseases.

Margaret THAIRU
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Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Advisor: Jo Handelsman

Dr. Margaret Thairu’s research is focused on association of toxin exposure, the microbiome, meditation, and well-being.

Jeremiah YEE
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Biostatistics & Medical Informatics
Advisor: Mark Craven

Dr. Jeremiah Yee’s research will focus on generating a conceptual model of gene-environment interactions related to asthma, as well as development of computational approaches to exposure assessments. . .