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DIRECTORY
Alison Weaverdyck, MAAssistant Meeting Coordinator
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Additional Comments: I am here to make your time during the conference as seamless as possible. If you need help with your profile, troubleshooting the downloads, or have other logistical problems, I am one of the friendly faces here at the University of Michigan who can help you solve them.
Email: aliweave@umich.edu
Phone: (952)200-4548
Timothy Wessler, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated Training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Research interests: Modeling biological phenomena using continuum (PDE) and particle-scale (stochastic ODE) descriptions in close collaboration with experimentalists. (read more)
Email: weti@umich.edu
Phone: (303) 587-7609
Michael Whitfield, PhDProfessor of Molecular and Systems Biology Director, Quantitative Biomedical Sciences Co-Director, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Big Data in the Life Sciences Training Program Basic Science Director, Dartmouth Scleroderma Center of Excellence Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
BWF PUP program: Dartmouth College "Big data in the life sciences training program"
Research Interests: mining big data, systems biology and genomic networks in systemic autoimmune disease. (read more)
Email: Michael.l.whitfield@dartmouth.edu
Phone: (603)650-1109 (o)
Steph Wraith, MSPHPhD Pre-Candidate, Epidemiology
BWF PUP program: University of Michigan "Integrated training in Microbial Systems (ITiMS)"
Email: sewraith@umich.edu
Jiayi WuPhD candidate, Genetics and Genomics
BWF PUP program: Boston University "Boston University's Transformative Training Program in Addiction Science (TTPAS)"
Research Interests: computational and statistical methods to find the genetic risk factors for a variety of diseases including addiction. (read more)
Email: jiayiwu@bu.edu
Phone: (857)313-8580 (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.