These alumni conducted their dissertation research in a PQHS lab with a member of the PQHS faculty as their dissertation advisor while formally enrolled in another PhD program in the CWRU School of Medicine. We are very proud of these graduates!
Haimeng Bai, PhD
Program: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD
Dissertation: Exploring the Effect of a Haptoglobin Structural Variant on Neurocognitive Phenotypes Using Computational Approaches
Currently: Bioinformatics Scientist, Vanda Pharmaceuticals
Weicong Chen, PhD
Program: Computing and Information Science
Advisor: Curtis Tatsuoka, PhD
Dissertation: High-performance and Scalable Bayesian Group Testing and Real-time fMRI Data Analysis
Currently: Postdoc Research Scholar at the Parallel and Distributed Systems Laboratory (PADSYS Lab), one of the labs in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of California, Merced.
Britney Graham, PhD
Program: Systems Biology
Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD
Currently: Postdoctoral Scientist, Cedars-Sinai
Bowen Jin, PhD
Program: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Advisor: William S. Bush, PhD
Dissertation: Transcriptome-Wide Study of Transcriptional Kinetics in Human Cells
Currently: Senior Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Leighanne Main
Program: Genetics and Genome Sciences
Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD
Focus: Genetic architecture of Alzheimer disease among the Amish in Ohio, with a focus on uncovering protective factors
PhD conferred 05/17/2024.
Currently: Post-Doctoral Scholar, Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine, CWRU
Anna Miller, PhD
Program: Genetic and Genome Sciences
Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD
PhD conferred 01/20/2023
Currently: Molecular Science Liaison, Caris Life Sciences
Jasmine Olvany, PhD
Program: Genetics and Genome Sciences
Advisor: Scott Williams, PhD
PhD conferred 05/19/2023
Currently: Research Project Manager at Mercy Health
Andrea Waksmunski, PhD
Program: Genetics and Genome Sciences
Advisor: Jonathan L. Haines, PhD, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Focus: biological pathways and statistical driver genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the Amish
Degree conferred: 2020
Currently: Medical Writer for OPEN Health