Danqing (Angela) Yin is a PhD candidate in Bioinformatics at the University of Hong Kong, bringing a unique interdisciplinary background that combines her Bachelor of Biomedicine (University of Melbourne) and Master of IT (University of Sydney). Her research focuses on leveraging cloud computing and artificial intelligence to tackle complex challenges in single-cell omics and genomic […]
Yundan Liao
Yundan Liao is a visiting graduate student in Dr. Hailiang Huang’s lab, specializing in translational psychiatry. Yundan’s research focused on decoding the heterogeneity of efficacy and side effects of psychotropic drugs through multi-omics research. Yundan is widely interested in studying the shared genetic basis of different psychiatric disorders and translating the findings in psychiatric genetics […]
Kaitlin Pennels
Kaitlin (Kait) Pennels is a Senior Project Coordinator at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She coordinates the Genetics of Eating Disorder study through the Broad Program in Brain Health. Her work focuses on fostering international collaborations, research compliance, direct-to-participant recruitment, and data generation. Kait also works on coordinating large international collaborations like the […]
Jared Elenbaas
Jared is a resident physician scientist specializing in clinical pathology at Mass General Brigham. His graduate work involved understanding how the human disease risk locus, SVEP1, relates to disease using experimental and genetic techniques. He is interested in using human genomic and molecular trait data to understand common disease mechanisms. […]
Ruth Jin
Currently pursuing a major in data science, I find immense joy in analyzing and working with data statistics. I am dedicated to leveraging my skills and knowledge to contribute meaningfully to scientific advancements, particularly in the realm of biology and chemistry. I bring a strong work ethic, adaptability, and a passion for continuous learning. I […]
Arsalan Hassan
Dr. Arsalan Hassan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT in the Huang and Neale labs, specializing in the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He earned his PhD in Pharmacogenomics from the University of Peshawar, where his research focused on genetic and clinical factors associated with treatment resistance in schizophrenia. During […]
Ruifei Zhu
Ruifei is a Computational Associate I in the Huang Lab at the Broad Institute. She is currently interested in exploring the genetic impacts on complex human diseases by leveraging statistical and computational tools on large and diverse genomic datasets. She completed an MS degree in Bioinformatics at Boston University and an MSc in Biomedical Engineering […]
Aoxing Liu, PhD
Dr. Aoxing Liu is a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Broad Institute, advised by Dr. Mark Daly. In her PhD training in quantitative genetics from Aarhus University, Denmark, Aoxing worked intensively on classical animal breeding topics such as heritability, GxE, and breeding value estimation (PRS in humans). Gradually, she noticed that she […]
Toni Boltz, PhD
Toni is a postdoctoral research fellow in Dr. Alicia Martin’s lab. She completed her PhD in Human Genetics at the University of California, Los Angeles where she focused on functional genomics of neuropsychiatric disorders using transcriptomics, chromatin accessibility, and metabolomics datasets. In October of 2023 she joined the ATGU where she is interested in using […]
Austin Argentieri, PhD
Austin Argentieri is a Research Fellow in the labs of Mark Daly and Benjamin Neale. Prior to joining ATGU, Austin completed his PhD and postdoctoral research at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford working with Cornelia van Duijn. Austin’s research is focused on large-scale analyses to understand the genetic, biological, and environmental […]