Group Members
Principal Investigator
Jacob M. Luber, Ph.D.
Director, Health Data Science Lab
- CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Bioengineering (by courtesy), and Biology (by courtesy), The University of Texas at Arlington
- Assistant Professor (MD/PhD Program), Burnett School of Medicine at TCU
- Ph.D. Biomedical Informatics, Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG) Program, Harvard Medical School
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Staff
Helen Shang, M.D., M.S.
Visiting Assistant Professor/ Internal Medicine Resident
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
- Internal Medicine Resident (PGY-3), The University of California, Los Angeles
- MD, Harvard Medical School
- MS, The University of California, San Diego
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Michael Robben, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
- PhD at South Dakota State University in Moleculary Biology
- BS in Biology at Salisbury University
- co-mentored by Jon Weidanz, Ph.D.
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
PhD Candidates and Students
Mohammad Nasr
PhD Candidate, CS, G4
- MS at Sharif University
- BS at Sharif University
- co-mentored by Manfred Huber, Ph.D.
- Dissertation topic- style transfer, compression, and search of medical imaging
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Jillur Rahman Saurav
PhD Student, CS, G2
- BS in CS at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology
- Dissertation topic- ViT architectures, generative synthesis, and image to image translation applied to multiplexed spatial proteomics
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn, CV, Personal Website
- Selected for the 2023 Google CS Research Mentorship Program
Avishek Das
PhD Student, CS, G2
- BS in CS at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology
- Dissertation topic- Single cell analysis of X chromosome deactivation in non-model organisms
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Kelli Fowlds
PhD Student, Bioengineering, G2
- MA at Texas A&M University
- BA at Texas A&M University
- co-mentored by Michael Cho, Ph.D.
- Dissertation topic- Graph neural networks for looking at cell-cell interactions in organoid models of T1D
- LinkedIn
Anne Alsup
PhD Student, Bioengineering, G1
- BS at The University of Texas at Arlington in Bioengineering
- co-mentored by Michael Cho, Ph.D.
- Dissertation topic- Deep learning algorithms for segmenting challening confocal microscopy images
- LinkedIn
Jai Prakash Veerla
PhD Student, CS, G1
- BS in CS at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
- Dissertation topic- Measuring transcriptional bursting through lack of concordance between spatial proteomics and scRNA-Seq
- LinkedIn
Parisa Boodaghi Malidarreh
PhD Student, CS, G1
- BS at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
- MS at Iran University of Science and Technology
- Dissertation topic- Combining radiology images, polygenic risk scores, and genomics for looking at health disparities in at risk populations
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
Amir Hajighasemi
PhD Student, CS, G1
- BS at Iran University of Science and Technology
- MS at University of Tehran
- Dissertation topic- Search (patient similarity and matching) algorithms that work accross different data modalities (H&E, mIF, & `omics)
- LinkedIn
Joanne Mathew
PhD Student, CS, G1
- BS at University of Texas at Arlington
- co-mentored by VP Nguyen, Ph.D.
- Dissertation topic- Analyzing health sensor data with deep learning
- LinkedIn
Masters Students
Michael Aiyedun
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
- LinkedIn
Biraaj Rout
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, Ambedkar Institute Of Technology
- LinkedIn
Mohamed Mohamed
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
Aarushi Jain
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
- Intern, NVIDIA HPC Team, 2021-2022
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
- Selected for 2023 Internships at Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory
Chinmayee Gangalam
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad
- LinkedIn
Priyanka Emani
Masters Student, CS
- BS Engineering, Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
- LinkedIn
Poojitha Naidu
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad
- LinkedIn
Hayden Lotspeich
Masters Student, CS
- BS Computer Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
- LinkedIn
Undergraduate Students
Paul Koomey
Undergraduate Student, CS
- Google Scholar, LinkedIn
- Awarded the UTA CSE undergraduate academic achievment award for having top GPA out of 2,055 undergrads in the department + research accomplishments
- Received full time offer at Goldman Sachs + admission to Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science PhD in 2023
Fiza Saeed
Undergraduate Student, Bioengineering
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Alumni
Demetra Meletis
Associate Computational Biologist
- BS at Texas A&M University in Biological Science
- Currently pursuing a Masters in Genetics and Genomics at Universitat de Barcelona
- LinkedIn
Research Collaborators
VP Nguyen, PhD - Department of Computer of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
Manfred Huber, PhD - Department of Computer of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
Junzhou Huang, PhD - Department of Computer of Science, The University of Texas at Arlington
Michael Cho, PhD - Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
Georgios Alexandrakis, PhD - Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
Justyn Jaworski, PhD - Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
Theodora Koromila, PhD - Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington
Jeffery Demuth, PhD - Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington
Eric Jones Jr, PhD - Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington
Jon Weidanz, PhD - Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas at Arlington
Minvera Cordero, PhD - Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Arlington
Raquibul Hannan, MD, PhD - Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Laurentiu Pop, MD - Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Eytan Ruppin, MD, PhD - Cancer Data Science Lab, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Peng Jiang, PhD - Cancer Data Science Lab, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Diana Carrasco, MD - Clinical Genetics, Cook Children’s Hospital
Michael Lewis, MD - Pathology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Stuart Flynn, MD - Dean, Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University
Aleksandar Kostic, PhD - Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School
Jason Abernathy, PhD - ARS, United States Department of Agriculture
Amal Isaiah, MD, DPhil - Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Paul Yi, MD - Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Vishwa Parekh, PhD - Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
MinJun Kim, PhD - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University