We have now organized two symposia focusing on big data and precision medicine topics with a third one in the works focusing on measuring exposures. In an effort to sustain the dialog initiated by each of these events, we are hosting a blog on this website. This blog will feature short opinion pieces and articles […]
In biomedical research, “precision medicine” is the buzz-word or phrase du jour permeating the latest conference abstracts, manuscripts, and grant proposals. Precision medicine is broadly defined as using a data-driven approach to offer tailored treatments or prevention strategies to patients. The recent popularity of the precision medicine term is likely due to the 2015 White […]
We are well into 2017, and I have yet to post an update on the lab’s accomplishments as of the end of 2016. If you were a human being like the rest of us living in 2016, you probably feel the same as many of us about that year. It was a year very much […]
We have a trio of open faculty positions available here at CWRU. The positions are within the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, with some having the opportunity for an additional appointment in the Institute of Computational Biology: Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty with Expertise in Biomedical Data Science Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Cancer Epidemiology Director of the MPH […]
This year’s American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) was held—where else?—in Vancouver, Canada! Our northern neighbors invited human geneticists far and wide for five days of presentations, networking, and some scientific fun. Of course, I hardly ever pass up the opportunity to attend this meeting. As I have written before, ASHG is a great place […]
It has been a few months since my last post, so you might be asking, “Girl, what have you been up to lately?” Well, let me tell you…. The fall semester is always crazy busy. Classes begin. Our annual symposium is in full swing. And, the conferences. So many conferences. One unexpected meeting to hit […]
As I alluded in my previous post, I was invited to give talks at two prestigious meetings this year. The second meeting was the Gordon Research Conference Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms & Disease conference “Understanding the Mechanisms of Variant Effects in the Era of Genome Sequencing” held at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts […]
As a “mid-career” scientist (oh, I can’t believe I just wrote that), I find myself looking towards the next logical milestones on the path to promotion. One such milestone is an invitation to speak at a prestigious national or international meeting. I have given talks before at major conferences, but most were a result of […]
In a typical calendar year, my conference season tends to be concentrated to the fall semester, culminating with the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing in the first week of January just before or as the spring semester begins. Travel outside this schedule is generally limited to special meetings such as NIH study section, consortium meetings, etc. […]
It’s the end of another semester, and in this case, another academic year. This past semester, I taught EPBI 444 Communicating in Population Health Science Research and co-organized EPBI 502 Seminar in Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics. I don’t mind teaching all by myself, but it’s certainly more fun with friends! This past semester, I was […]
It’s official—spring is here and everything’s blooming in Cleveland (Figures 1 and 2). The sun is out, which puts a spring in our step. You know what else puts a spring in my step? Good news from the Crawford lab! First thing’s first: kudos to current Crawford crew member Brittany Hollister for surviving her latest […]
We are at the time of the year when I like to reflect back on the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB). It’s February, which means the snow is still blowing here at CWRU, and the temperatures are not inspiring the use of swimwear (Figure 1). The most recent PSB meeting was January 4-8, 2016, on […]