2023
Doctoral Rotation Student (Spring 2023): David Tang, BS, Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics
Co-mentored Doctoral Thesis Student (2023-present, with Liming Liang): Buu Truong, MD / Statistical Genetics Researcher
Post-Doctoral fellow (2023-present): Ali Pazokitoroudi, PhD, Computer Science
Post-Doctoral fellow (2023-present): Gaspard Kerner, PhD, Human Genetics
Visiting Doctoral Student (Fall 2023): Robert Warmerdam, visiting from UMC-Groningen
2022
Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2022): Nolan Kamitaki, BA, Statistics
Undergraduate Summer Researcher (Summer 2022): Matt Sakiyama, BA expected, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Co-mentored Doctoral Thesis Student (2023-present, with Sasha Gusev) / Doctoral Rotation Student (Fall 2022): Chaimaa Fadil, MS, Statistics
2021
Post-Doctoral fellow (2021-present): Ben Strober, PhD, Biomedical Engineering
Co-mentored Post-Doctoral Fellow (2021-2023): Arun Durvasula, PhD, Human Genetics (Primary mentor: David Reich)
(2023: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California)
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow (Fall 2021): Richard Border, visiting from UCLA
Co-mentored Wellcome Trust Early Career Fellow (2023-present) / Co-mentored British Heart Foundation Fellow (2022-2023) / Visiting Doctoral Student (Fall 2021): Xilin Jiang, PhD, Genomic Medicine and Statistics
Doctoral Rotation Student (Fall 2021): Daniel Ben-Isvy, BS, Computational Biology
2020
Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2020): Arya Kaul, BS, Bioinformatics
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2021-2022) / Co-mentored Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-2021, with Aviv Regev at Broad Institute: Karthik Jagadeesh, PhD, Computer Science / Computational Biology
(2022: Co-Founder, TenSixty Bio)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2020-present): Jordan Rossen, BS, Computer Science and Chemistry
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-2022): Tiffany Amariuta, PhD, Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
(2022: Assistant Professor, UCSD)
2019
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2019-2022): Katie Siewert-Rocks, PhD, Genomics and Computational Biology
(2022: Senior Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2019-2023): Martin Zhang, PhD, Electrical Engineering
(2023: Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University)
2018
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-2022): Kushal Dey, PhD, Statistics
(2023: Assistant Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-2020): Wouter Peyrot, MD/PhD, Psychiatric Genetics
(2021: Scientific Researcher / Clinical Psychiatrist, Amsterdam University Medical Center. 2022: Assistant Professor)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-2021): Huwenbo Shi, PhD, Bioinformatics
(2021: Senior Scientist, Genentech)
Doctoral Rotation Student (Fall 2018): Anika Gupta, BS, Computer Science and Molecular Biology
2017
Doctoral Thesis Student (2018-2020)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2017): Margaux Hujoel, BS, Mathematics and Computational Biology, PhD ’20
(2020: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard/BWH)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2017-2021)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2017): Sam Kim, MIT-EECS, PhD ’21
(2021: Technology Specialist / Patent Agent, Fish & Richardson)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2017-2020): Omer Weissbrod, PhD, Computer Science
(2020: VP Comp Bio & AI, Eleven Therapeutics)
2016
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2016-2020): Bryce van de Geijn, PhD, Genetics
(2020: Senior Scientist, Genentech)
Visiting Doctoral Student (Summer 2016): Gleb Kichaev, visiting from UCLA
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2016-2019): Farhad Hormozdiari, PhD, Computer Science
(2019: Research Scientist, Google Brain)
2015
Doctoral Thesis Student (2015-2019)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Spring 2015): Luke O’Connor, BS, Mathematics, PhD ’19
(2019: Schmidt Fellow/PI, Broad Institute)
(2023: Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School)
Undergraduate Summer Researcher (Summers 2015, 2016): Heather Berlin, BS expected, Computer Science and Mathematics
Doctoral Thesis Student (2015-2020)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2015): Armin Schoech, MS, Computational Biology, PhD ’20
(2020: Data Scientist, Google)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015-2020): Steven Gazal, PhD, Statistical Genetics
(2020: Assistant Professor, University of Southern California)
Co-mentored doctoral thesis student (2015-2018): Yakir Reshef, PhD ’18
(thesis advisor: Ryan Adams, Harvard-Computer Science)
2014
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014-2017): Pier Palamara, PhD, Computer Science
(2017: Associate Professor, University of Oxford)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2016-2018)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summers 2014, 2015): Carla Marquez Luna, PhD’18
(2019: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow (Summer 2014): George Tucker, PhD, Applied Mathematics
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014-2017): Xuanyao Liu, PhD, Computational Biology
(2017: Research Assistant Professor, University of Chicago. 2019: Assistant Professor)
2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2013-2017): Po-Ru Loh, PhD, Applied Mathematics
(2017: Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. 2023: Associate Professor)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2014-2017)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2013): Hilary Finucane, PhD ’17
(2017: Broad Fellow/PI, Broad Institute)
(2020: Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2014-2017)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2013): Kevin Galinsky, PhD ’17
(2017: Senior Biostatistician, Takeda Oncology)
Visiting Professor (2013-2014): Jiashun Jin, Professor of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University
2012
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012-2016): Sasha Gusev, PhD, Computer Science
(2017: Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School. 2022: Associate Professor)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012-2014): Bjarni Vilhjalmsson, PhD, Computational Biology
(2014: DFF Fellow/PI, Aarhus University, Denmark. 2015: Assistant Professor)
Doctoral Thesis Student (2012-2013): Chia-yen Chen, MS, Biostatistics, ScD ’13
(2013: Post-doctoral Fellow, Harvard/MGH)
2011
Doctoral Thesis Student (2013-2015)/Doctoral Rotation Student (Summers 2011, 2012): Tristan Hayeck, BS, Mechanical Engineering, PhD ’15
(2015: Staff Scientist, New York Genome Center.)
(2019: Research Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania. 2023: Assistant Professor)
Visiting Doctoral Student (Fall 2011): Emile Chimusa, visiting from UCT, Cape Town, South Africa
2010
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2010-2012): Noah Zaitlen, PhD, Computer Science
(2012: Assistant Professor, UCSF)
(2018: Associate Professor, UCLA. 2023: Professor)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2010-2012): Bogdan Pasaniuc, PhD, Computer Science
(2012: Assistant Professor, UCLA. 2018: Associate Professor. 2023: Professor)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014-2016)/Doctoral Thesis Student (2010-2014): Gaurav Bhatia, MS, Computer Science, PhD ’14
(2016: Chief Data Scientist, Koneksa Health)
Doctoral Rotation Student (Summer 2010): Matt Edwards, visiting from MIT-EECS
2009
Scientific Programmer (2009-2016): Samuela Pollack, PhD, Nuclear Engineering
(2016: Scientific Programmer, HSPH)
2008
Professor (2018-present)/Associate Professor (2014-present)/Assistant Professor (2008-2014): Alkes Price, PhD, Mathematics
…and collaborators in Boston + USA, UK, Iceland, Denmark, India, South Africa, Australia
ASHG 2011 road trip, October 2011
Journal Club Retreat, May 2011
