We are a small focused group with extensive collaborations both within and outside of the University of Pittsburgh.
Current Members
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Om Prakash Choudhary, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow, Computational Biophysics |
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Akif Burak Tosun, Ph.D. Post-doctoral Fellow, Computational Pathology |
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Luong Nguyen, Ph.D. student (co-mentor) Research: Computational Pathology |
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Daniel Spagnolo, Ph.D. student (co-mentor) Research: Computational Pathology |
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John Frazier, DMD, MSPH, Ph.D. student Department of Biomedical Informatics Training Program Research: Computational Pathology |
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Maurice Marx, B.S. Research Programmer, Computational Bioimaging |
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Aife Ni Chochlain Sophomore, Computational Biology |
Former Members
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Andrej Savol, Ph.D. Research: Identifying novel reaction coordinates for analyzing molecular dynamics simulations of globular proteins. Thesis Defended: April, 2015 Present: Bioinformatics, MGH (Sep 2015) |
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Shannon Quinn, Ph.D. Research: Distributed spectral graph methods for analyzing large-scale unstructured biomedical data. Thesis Defended: Nov, 2014 Present: Assistant Professor, Joint Appointment in the Depts. of Computer Science and Cell Biology, University of Georgia (Jan 2015) |
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Virginia Burger, Ph.D. Research: Early disease detection through computational pathology. Thesis Defended: Oct, 2013. Present: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT (Jan 2014) |
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John Durkin, M.D. Research: Computational Pathology |
Undergraduate Mentoring
- Catherine Lesuisse (TECBio REU 2015), University of Pittsburgh
- Aife Ni Chochlain (TECBio REU 2015), University of Pittsburgh
- Alex Carle (TECBio REU 2014), Purdue University
- Daniel Cardona (SysMed REU 2014), Cornell University
- Lauren Prince (TECBio REU 2013), Howard University
- Dan Spagnolo (SysMed REU 2012), Swarthmore College
- Benjy Narotsky (TECBio REU 2012), University of Pittsburgh