CV
Education
- Ph.D in Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, June 2017 – May 2021
 - M.S in Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, August 2015 – May 2017
 
Professional Appointments
- Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh,August 2021 – Present
- PI: Dr. Hatice Ulku Osmanbeyoglu
 
 - Graduate Student Researcher (GSR), Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh,August 2015 – July 2021
 
Skills
- Integrative bioinformatics & Biostatistics
 - Machine Learning and Deep Learning
 - WGS, WXS, and RNAseq analysis
 - Solid skills in R, Perl, and Shell
 - Solid skills in High Performance Computing
 - Experienced with genomic data sources such as NCBI GEO, SRA, and dbGaP, GDC, ICGC, EGA, COSMIC, CCLE, GDSC, GTEx, Metabric
 
Research Experience
- Gradaute student, University of Pittsburgh, May 2017 – July 2021
- Integral multi-omics modeling to predict breast cancer patient response to HER2-targeted therapy
 - Landscape analysis of adjacent gene rearrangements reveals BCL2L14-ETV6 gene fusions in more aggressive triple-negative breast cancer
 - Concept Signature Enrichment Analysis: a novel pathway enrichment analysis method for interpreting complex pathway alterations and for single cell sequencing datasets
 
 - Graduate student, University of Pittsburgh, August 2015 – May 2017
- An algorithm for direct causal learning of influences on patient outcomes
 - Modeling miRNA-mRNA interactions that cause phenotypic abnormality in breast cancer patients
 
 - Lab Technician, University of Utah, October 2012 – April 2015
- Identification of master regulators that regulate White or Brown Adipose Tissue (WAT or BAT) differentiation
 
 - Research volunteer, University of Utah, November 2011 – January 2013
- Robust meta-analysis shows that glioma transcriptional subtyping complements traditional approaches
 
 - Research Coordinator, VA Health Center, January 2010 – December 2011
- Center for Health Information and Research (CHIR) Information Extraction Methods and Ejection Fraction
 
 
Honors and Awards
- The 2nd Best publication of the year in the department of Biomedical Informatics, August 2018 and August 2020