Mervi Aavikko is an Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics at the University of Helsinki with a longstanding interest and experience in translational cancer research. Her work focuses on understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying cancer susceptibility and leveraging genomic data to inform precision medicine. Since November 2019, she has worked as a project manager in the […]
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 […]
Mutaamba is a Software Engineer under the supervision of Mitja Kurki and Mark Daly. Mutaamba received a Master in Computer Science from Oxford University in 2016. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Zhili Zheng is a computational scientist in the Daly lab, working primarily with the FinnGen team. Prior to joining the Broad and ATGU, Zhili obtained M.D and Ph.D, and worked as Ophthalmologist and Postdoc in statistical genetics. He possesses a wide range of expertise and interests, including clinical medicine, high-performance computing, statistical method development for […]
Kristin was a PhD student in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program at Harvard Medical School, co-advised by Alicia Martin and Mark Daly, and currently a Research Fellow. She completed her undergraduate degree in Integrative Biology at Harvard. She is broadly interested in developing approaches to study disease risk prediction in diverse populations, and in […]
Dr. Zhou is an Instructor at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT co-advised by Dr. Mark Daly and Dr. Benjamin Neale. She earned her Ph.D. in Bioinformatics under the direction of Dr. Cristen Willer and Dr. Seunggeun (Shawn) Lee. Her dissertation focused on the development and application of statistical methods for large-scale genetic association […]
Alice Zheng is a Project Coordinator in the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. She supports Hailiang Huang with the Asian Initiatives and works in conjunction with cross-functional groups in America and Asia to support the project management team and their ongoing research of psychiatric diseases. Her role […]
Christine Stevens is the Director of Operations & Development in Dr. Mark Daly’s Lab and the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. Christine joined The Broad Institute in 2003. Christine possesses a diverse knowledge of genomic technologies, and analyzes, and has strong experience in funding regulations and compliance. She is well versed in project management, […]
