Fast computation of the eigensystem of genomic similarity matrices.
Hahn G, Lutz SM, Hecker J, Prokopenko D, Cho MH, Silverman EK, Weiss ST, Lange C.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2024 Jan 25. 25(1):43. PMID: 38273228
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Research
Christoph's research interests are at the intersection of biostatistical methodology, numerical analysis, and computer science. Formally trained in all 3 areas, Christoph headed the analysis of the first genome-wide association study for complex diseases, the longitudinal analysis of BMI in the Framingham Heart Study. To address the challenges of this first wave of "big data" in genetics, Christoph's group developed statistical methodology to maximize power in such studies that minimize the effects of the multiple testing problem in GWAS and developed massively parallel software implementations for the analysis that also efficiently scale with the study size (PBAT software package). Christoph's group then successfully commercialized
the package in collaboration with GoldenHelix.
Currently, Christoph's group focuses on the statistical and computational challenges posed by whole-genome sequencing studies, e.g. powerful analysis methodology, clustering approaches of the genome, approaches to permutation testing, storage algorithm, etc.
Christoph is also involved in collaborative research in Asthma Genetics, COPD Genetics, and Alzheimer's Genetics.
Education
Ph.D., 2000, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Hahn G, Lutz SM, Hecker J, Prokopenko D, Cho MH, Silverman EK, Weiss ST, Lange C.
BMC Bioinformatics. 2024 Jan 25. 25(1):43. PMID: 38273228
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Methodology from genome-wide association studies accurately flags more deadly SARS-CoV-2 variant
For immediate release: Thursday, April 3, 2008 Boston, MA - A team of researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and elsewhere have described a possible reason why some studies have been…