Skills:


Software:

  • Python:
    Performed HLA disease association analysis using PyHLA for COVID-19 study published in 2022 (link to paper)
    Quantified HLA allele expression from Geuvadis Consortium mRNA data using arcasHLA (dissertation work)
    Processed HLA typing data from the National Marrow Donor Program for disease association studies (dissertation work)

  • netMHCpan:
    Evaluated binding affinity between HLA Class I and peptides derived from cells infected with Epstein-Barr Virus

  • R:
    Designed a pipeline to perform disease association studies for HLA using logistic regression (dissertation work)
    Analyzed HLA alleles associated with aplastic anemia risk based on mutation rate & expression loss (link to paper)
    Wrote scripts to perform factor analysis and conditional analysis on disease association study results (dissertation work)
    Designed a web app on R Shiny to visualize HLA haplotypes using alluvial plots (link to app)

  • Epic:
    Maintained comprehensive documentation for hospitalized patients admitted to a med-surg/telemetry unit

Scientific Writing:

See “Publications” section for published scientific papers.

Other Skills:

Handling multiple projects simultaneously, collaborating with a team, and teaching in laboratory and hospital settings