About
Position & Affiliation
Currently
2016 - present Head of Data Sciences, Bioinformatics Section, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
2021 - present Assistant Professor & FGS recommended member, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Previously
2005 - 2009 Research assistant, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institutes,Taiwan
Education
2011 - 2016 Doctor of Philosophy, Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia
2010 - 2011 Masters of Science, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
2003 - 2005 Masters of Science, Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
1998 - 2002 Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, University of British Columbia
Award
2019 CAMDA trophy award (Best analysis/presentation), ISMB/ECCB2019, Switzerland
Scripting languages
R, Python
Research keywords
Omics, bioinformatics, data science, regulation of gene expression, machine learning
Side interest(s)
Applying data science or scripting skills to optimize or improve the quality of life
Contact: julie.chenATumanitoba.ca | chih-yu.chenATphac-aspc.gc.ca