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[[Image:AbecasisRetreat2016.jpg|700px|center|Group Photo 2016]]
  
  
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[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Christian Fuchsberger
 
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Christian Fuchsberger
  
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[[File:Sarah.jpg.jpg|50px]] Sarah Gagliano
  
 
[[File:PicJingjing.jpg|50px]] Jingjing Yang
 
[[File:PicJingjing.jpg|50px]] Jingjing Yang
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=== Graduate Students ===
 
=== Graduate Students ===
  
[[File:Brieger_Katharine_1.jpg|50px]] Katharine Brieger
 
  
 
[[File:SaiChen.jpg|50px]] Sai Chen
 
[[File:SaiChen.jpg|50px]] Sai Chen
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[[File:Geng.jpg|50px]] Priscilla Geng
  
 
[[File:HeadOfAlanKwong.jpg|50px]]  [[Alan Kwong]]
 
[[File:HeadOfAlanKwong.jpg|50px]]  [[Alan Kwong]]
  
 
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Sebanti Sengupta
 
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Sebanti Sengupta
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[[File:Headshot.jpg|50px]] Joshua Weinstock
  
 
[[File:Gregory3.jpg|50px]] Greg Zajac
 
[[File:Gregory3.jpg|50px]] Greg Zajac
  
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Fan Zhang
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[[File:Fan.jpg|50px]] Fan Zhang
 
 
[[File:Wanlin.jpg|50px]]  Wanlin Zheng
 
  
 
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Wei Zhou
 
[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Wei Zhou
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[[File:Headshot-chris-clark-2 (3).jpg|50px]] Chris Clark : Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.
 
[[File:Headshot-chris-clark-2 (3).jpg|50px]] Chris Clark : Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.
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[[File:Kuser.png|50px]] Jonathon LeFaive  :  Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.
  
 
[[File:Kevin_Web-Profile.jpg ‎|50px]] Kevin Li  : Web Applications Developer
 
[[File:Kevin_Web-Profile.jpg ‎|50px]] Kevin Li  : Web Applications Developer
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[[File:IMG_4735.JPG|50px]] Anita Pandit  :  Research Computer Specialist
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[[File:Schmidt_small.jpg|50px]] Ellen Schmidt  :  Research Area Specialist Lead
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[[File:pjvh.jpg|50px]] Peter VandeHaar  :  Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.
  
 
[[File:MK_head.jpg|50px]] [[Mary Kate Wing]] : Applications Programmer working on GotCloud Pipelines, C++ library & tools (libStatGen, bamUtils)
 
[[File:MK_head.jpg|50px]] [[Mary Kate Wing]] : Applications Programmer working on GotCloud Pipelines, C++ library & tools (libStatGen, bamUtils)
 
[[File:Johanna_Web-Profile.jpg |50px]] Johanna Forster  :  Research Area Specialist Intermediate
 
  
 
== Alumni ==
 
== Alumni ==
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* Weimin Chen (graduated 2007), now Associate Professor at the [http://people.virginia.edu/~wc9c/ Department of Public Health Sciences & Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia]
 
* Weimin Chen (graduated 2007), now Associate Professor at the [http://people.virginia.edu/~wc9c/ Department of Public Health Sciences & Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia]
  
* Goo Jun (graduated 2008), now Assistant Professor at the [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1wzhcEQAAAAJ&hl=en University of Texas Health Sciences Center]
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* Goo Jun (graduated 2014), now Assistant Professor at the [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1wzhcEQAAAAJ&hl=en University of Texas Health Sciences Center]
  
 
* Bingshan Li (graudated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the [https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cqs/people/Bingshan/Li/cqs-faculty-members Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University]
 
* Bingshan Li (graudated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the [https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/cqs/people/Bingshan/Li/cqs-faculty-members Center for Quantitative Sciences, Vanderbilt University]
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* [[Scott Vrieze]] (graduated 2014), now an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at [http://www.colorado.edu/ibg/people/471 University of Colorado, Boulder]
 
* [[Scott Vrieze]] (graduated 2014), now an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at [http://www.colorado.edu/ibg/people/471 University of Colorado, Boulder]
  
* [[Lars Fritsche]] (graduated 2016), now a Research Professor in Trondheim, Norway
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* [[Lars Fritsche]] (graduated 2016), now an Associate Professor at [http://www.ntnu.edu/ism the Department of Public Health and General Practice at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology] in Trondheim, Norway
  
 
=== Former Doctoral Students ===
 
=== Former Doctoral Students ===
  
* Wei Chen (graduated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the [http://www.chp.edu/CHP/Chen%2C+Wei%2C+PhD Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]
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* Katharine Brieger, now Graduate Student, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
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* Wei Chen (graduated 2011), now Assistant Professor at the [http://www.chp.edu/CHP/Chen%2C+Wei%2C+PhD Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]
  
 
* Jun Ding (graduated 2010), now Staff Scientist / Facility Head at the [http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/lg/lg.htm Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging (NIH)].
 
* Jun Ding (graduated 2010), now Staff Scientist / Facility Head at the [http://www.grc.nia.nih.gov/branches/lg/lg.htm Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging (NIH)].
  
* Shuang Feng (graduated 2015), now Research Scientist at Big Data Lab at Hitachi America Ltd.
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* Shuang Feng (graduated 2015), now Senior Data Scientist at Uber.
  
 
* Weihua Guan (graduated 2010), now Assistant Professor at the [http://sph.umn.edu/faculty1/expertise/statistical-genetics/name/weihua-guan/ Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health].
 
* Weihua Guan (graduated 2010), now Assistant Professor at the [http://sph.umn.edu/faculty1/expertise/statistical-genetics/name/weihua-guan/ Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health].
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* Yun Li (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the [http://www.sph.unc.edu/?option=com_profiles&Itemid=6138&profileAction=ProfDetail&pid=708777879 Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina].
 
* Yun Li (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the [http://www.sph.unc.edu/?option=com_profiles&Itemid=6138&profileAction=ProfDetail&pid=708777879 Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina].
  
* Youna Hu (graduated 2012), now a Data Sciences Engineer at A9, a subsidiary of Amazon.com
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* Youna Hu (graduated 2012), now a Data Sciences Engineer at A9, a subsidiary of 23andMe, Inc.
  
 
* Mingyao Li (graduated 2005), now Associate Professor at the [http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/faculty/index.php?id=159 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania]
 
* Mingyao Li (graduated 2005), now Associate Professor at the [http://www.cceb.upenn.edu/faculty/index.php?id=159 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania]
  
* Liming Liang (graduated 2009), now Assistant Professor at the [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/liming-liang/ Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Harvard University]
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* Liming Liang (graduated 2009), now Associate Professor at the [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/liming-liang/ Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Harvard University]
  
 
* Tasha Fingerlin (graduated 2003), now Associate Professor at the [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/departments/Epidemiology/About/Faculty/Pages/FingerlinT.aspx Section of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center]
 
* Tasha Fingerlin (graduated 2003), now Associate Professor at the [http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/PublicHealth/departments/Epidemiology/About/Faculty/Pages/FingerlinT.aspx Section of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center]
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* [[Xiaowei Zhan]] (graduated 2014), now Assistant Professor at the [http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/152189/xiaowei-zhan.html Department of Clinical Science, University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center].
 
* [[Xiaowei Zhan]] (graduated 2014), now Assistant Professor at the [http://profiles.utsouthwestern.edu/profile/152189/xiaowei-zhan.html Department of Clinical Science, University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center].
  
* Jin Zhen (graduated 2009), now working in the Pharmaceutical Industry.
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* Jin Zheng (graduated 2009), now working in the Pharmaceutical Industry at Eli Lilly.
  
 
=== Former Masters Students ===
 
=== Former Masters Students ===
  
 
* Su Chu
 
* Su Chu
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* Nate Cohen
  
 
* Melinda Curran
 
* Melinda Curran
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* Elizabeth Jewell
 
* Elizabeth Jewell
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* Michelle Kleckner
  
 
* Ben Lerch
 
* Ben Lerch
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* Anita Yu Zhao
 
* Anita Yu Zhao
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* Wanlin Zheng
  
 
* Tingting Zhou
 
* Tingting Zhou
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* [[Jennifer Bragg-Gresham]]
 
* [[Jennifer Bragg-Gresham]]
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* Johanna Forster
  
 
* Jan Wigginton
 
* Jan Wigginton

Revision as of 02:47, 5 July 2017

Group Photo 2016


Mission Statement

We are developing and applying computational and statistical tools to further understanding of complex human diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Leadership

Goncalo Abecasis is currently the Felix Moore Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

Current Members

Research Fellows

Kuser.png Christian Fuchsberger

Sarah.jpg.jpg Sarah Gagliano

PicJingjing.jpg Jingjing Yang

Graduate Students

SaiChen.jpg Sai Chen

Geng.jpg Priscilla Geng

HeadOfAlanKwong.jpg Alan Kwong

Kuser.png Sebanti Sengupta

Headshot.jpg Joshua Weinstock

Gregory3.jpg Greg Zajac

Fan.jpg Fan Zhang

Kuser.png Wei Zhou

Xutong.jpg Xutong Zhao

Staff

Irene headshot.jpg Irene Felicetti : Administrative Assistant Sr.


TomBlackwell crop.jpg Tom Blackwell : Research Area Specialist Sr.

Sean head.jpg Sean Caron : UNIX Systems Administrator

Headshot-chris-clark-2 (3).jpg Chris Clark : Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.

Kuser.png Jonathon LeFaive : Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.

Kevin Web-Profile.jpg Kevin Li : Web Applications Developer

IMG 4735.JPG Anita Pandit : Research Computer Specialist

Schmidt small.jpg Ellen Schmidt : Research Area Specialist Lead

Pjvh.jpg Peter VandeHaar : Applications Programmer/Analyst Sr.

MK head.jpg Mary Kate Wing : Applications Programmer working on GotCloud Pipelines, C++ library & tools (libStatGen, bamUtils)

Alumni

Former Research Faculty

Former Research Fellows

Former Doctoral Students

  • Katharine Brieger, now Graduate Student, Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
  • Shuang Feng (graduated 2015), now Senior Data Scientist at Uber.
  • Youna Hu (graduated 2012), now a Data Sciences Engineer at A9, a subsidiary of 23andMe, Inc.
  • Jin Zheng (graduated 2009), now working in the Pharmaceutical Industry at Eli Lilly.

Former Masters Students

  • Su Chu
  • Nate Cohen
  • Melinda Curran
  • Vesela Gateva
  • Xijing Han
  • Dan Hovelson
  • Elizabeth Jewell
  • Michelle Kleckner
  • Ben Lerch
  • Yanming Li
  • Heather Munro
  • Nick Seewald
  • Theresa Scott (nee Daigneault)
  • Matthew Snyder
  • Vivian Wang
  • Yuan Wei
  • Abigail Woodroffe
  • Zaojun Ye
  • Matthew Zawitowski
  • Anita Yu Zhao
  • Wanlin Zheng
  • Tingting Zhou

Former Staff

  • Paul Anderson
  • Laura Baker
  • Johanna Forster
  • Jan Wigginton

Visitors

  • Qing Lu
  • Andrea Maschio
  • Giorgio Pistis
  • Eleanora Porcu
  • Toshiko Tanakato

Really Useful Stuff