Events Calendar

Thesis Defense – Nona Jiang

In Person

Nona will present the thesis on “Eicosanoids and Blood Pressure Tracjetory in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)”. The thesis committee is chaired by Dr. Jennifer Ho, and includes Dr. John Quackenbush and Dr. Erin Lake.  

Thesis Defense – Kathy Liu

In Person

Kathy will present the thesis on “Categorical Feature Encoding in the Era of Machine Learning: An application to maternal health prediction”. The thesis committee is chaired by Dr. Heather Mattie, and includes Dr. Bethany Hedt-Gauthier and Dr. Erin Lake.  

Thesis Defense – Kenny Chen

Virtual

Kenny will present the thesis entitled “Penalized Approaches to Separation of Data in the Assessment of Factors Associated with Spinal Subdural Hemorrhage in Children Evaluated for Abusive Head Trauma”. The thesis committee is chaired by Dr. Kathryn Gray, and includes Dr. Katherine Canty, and Dr. Erin Lake.

Thesis Defense – Evelyn Jiang

In Person

Thesis Defense: Evelyn Jiang Time: Monday April 29, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Evelyn will present the thesis titled “Predicting gene expression using whole-genome DNA methylation in Medulloblastoma”. The thesis committee is chaired by Volker Hovestadt and includes Kyu Ha Lee and John Quackenbush.

Thesis Defense – Jessica Petrochuk

Virtual In Person

Thesis Defense: Jessica Petrochuk Time: Monday May 1, 2024, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 205 Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97662851929 Jessica will present the thesis titled “Foundation Model Based Prediction of Lung Cancer Survival Using Temporal Changes in Dual Time Point CT Scans”. The thesis committee is chaired by Raymond Mak and includes Benjamin Kann and … Continue reading "Thesis Defense – Jessica Petrochuk"

Thesis Defense – Yuting Liu

In Person

Thesis Defense: Yuting Liu Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time Location: Kresge 201 Yuting will present the thesis titled “A machine learning model for large-scale discovery of protein interactions with AlphaFold2”. The thesis committee is chaired by Sharad Ramanathan and includes Vlad Denic and John Quackenbush.

Thesis Defense – Wanying Dou

In Person

Thesis Defense: Wanying Dou Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “A Cloud-based Framework for Hyperparameter Optimization of Genomic Pipelines: Tuning the GATK VETS Model for Variant Filtration on Terra”. The thesis committee is chaired by Samuel Lee and includes Rong Ma and … Continue reading "Thesis Defense – Wanying Dou"

Thesis Defense – Stella Nam

In Person

Thesis Defense: Stella Nam Time: Friday May 3, 2024, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time Location: FXB G03 Wanying will present the thesis titled “Understanding the Holistic Constraints of Clustering Analysis for CyTOF Data Through Characterization of the Immunologic Response to a Novel Candidate Influenza Vaccine”. The thesis committee is chaired by Patrick Reeves and includes … Continue reading "Thesis Defense – Stella Nam"