Ryan Sun Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 10:00 AM, Kresge 502
Ryan will present his dissertation on “Methods for High-Dimensional Inference in Genetic Association Studies”. His committee is chaired by Dr. Xihong Lin.
Ye Ting Du Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 10:00 AM, FXB G11
Yeting will present his dissertation on “Adjustment for Population Stratification in Sequencing Association Studies and Model Averaged Matching Estimator”. His committee is chaired by Dr. Xihong Lin.
Heather Mattie Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 1:00 PM, Kresge 200
Heather will present her dissertation on ““On the Estimation and Prediction of Tie Strength in Social Networks”. Her committee is chaired by Dr.JP Onnela.
Chrystal Chan Master’s Thesis Defense
Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 1:00 PM, Building II, Room 401
Chrystal will present his/her Master’s thesis on “Differential Gene Expression in Co-Culture of Fusobacterium with Streptococcus and Campylobacter”. Her thesis advisor is Dr. Curtis Huttenhower.
Asfar Basunia Master’s Thesis Defense
Wednesday, April 26, 2017, 3:00 PM, Building II, Room 401
Azfar will present his Master’s thesis on “Latent Structure Discovery in TCGA Multi-omics Data”. His thesis advisor is Dr. Aedin Culhane.
Ji Hua Master’s Thesis Defense
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 12:00 PM, Building II, Room 401
Ji will present his Master’s thesis on “Gene Function Prediction in Microbial Communities”. His thesis advisor is Dr. Curtis Huttenhower.
Richard Thomas Barfield Dissertation Defense
Thursday, April 27, 2017, 3:30 PM, Building II, Room 426
Richard will present his dissertation on “Statistical Methods for Analysis of Genetic and Genomic Data in Population Science”. His committee is chaired by Dr. Xihong Lin and Dr. Peter Kraft.
Sarah Chika Anoke Dissertation Defense
Friday, April 28, 2017, 10:00 AM, Building II, Room 426
Sarah will present her dissertation on “Practicable Characterization of Systematic Heterogeneity”. Her committee is chaired by Dr. Corwin Zigler.