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DIRECTORY
Youdinghuan (David) ChenPhD Candidate, Epidemiology and Biochemistry/Cell Biology
BWF PUP program: Dartmouth College "Big data in the life sciences training program"
Research interests: My primary research objective is to integrate epigenetic, genomics, and proteomics data for a better prediction of breast cancer risks using bioinformatics, biostatistics, and laboratory-bench approaches.
Email: david.k.chen.gr@dartmouth.edu
Michael Chou, MBBSScD Candidate, Epidemiology
BWF PUP program: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health "MD-GEM: The Maryland Genetic, Epidemiology, and Medicine Training Program"
Research Interests: copy number variants (CNVs). (read more)
Email: mchou5@jhu.edu
Phone: (202)910-8108
Yu-Hsuan Chuang, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow, Epidemiology
BWF PUP program: University of California-Los Angeles "University of California-Los Angeles inter-school program in metabolic diseases"
Research interests: The interaction between genetic variants and lifestyle factors influencing Parkinson's disease such as caffeine intake and cigarette smoking. (read more)
Email: ychuan3@ucla.edu
Phone: (404)790-5062 (c)
Joseph CicchesePhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research Interests: Tuberculosis and antibiotic treatments, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling. (read more)
Email: cicchese@umich.edu
Phone: 651-497-5172 (c)
Sarah Cobey, PhD SpeakerAssistant Professor, Ecology & Evolution
Affiliation: University of Chicago
Research interests: The coevolution of hosts and pathogens. I use computational and mathematical tools to test hypotheses and to advance theory. (read more)
Email: cobey@uchicago.edu
Phone: (617)756-7204 (c)
Sarah ConnollyPhD/MPH Dual Degree Candidate (Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis/Global Epidemiology)
BWF PUP program: Emory University "Human health: molecules to mankind (M2M)"
Research interests: HIV transmission and epidemiology; host and virus interactions. (read more)
Email: sarah.connolly@emory.edu
Meeting Coordinator
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Email: weaverd@umich.edu
Phone: (734)764-5462 (o), (734)780-4869 (c)
Emily Crossette, MSEPhD candidate, Environmental Engineering
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research Interests: Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance genes; wastewater/manure microbiology; microbial community analysis. (read more)
Email: emcrosse@umich.edu
Phone: (215)218-8567 (c)
This meeting is hosted by the Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS) program at the University of Michigan and is sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.