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