CICB-affiliated post-doctoral fellow selected as 2026 Keystone Symposia Fellow
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology (CICB)-affiliated post-doctoral fellow Dr. Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo has been selected as Keystone Symposia Fellow for the class of 2026. Esteban, whose research is focused on allele-specific expression and regulatory mechanisms in complex traits such as Alzheimer’s disease, is mentored by CICB Associate Director and Population and […]
BHI PhD student selected for 2025 AMIA LEAD Fund Trainee Award
Case Western Reserve University Biomedical & Health Informatics (BHI) graduate student Benjamin Mittman was selected for the 2025 AMIA LEAD Fund Trainee Award. The AMIA Leadership and Education Awards Donation (LEAD) Fund supports trainee scholarships for early career investigators and students whose abstracts have been selected for presentation at AMIA. Benjamin Mittman’s abstract, titled “Modeling […]
CICB-affiliated scientists and trainees are presenting at AD/PD 2026
The AD/PD annual meeting is an international conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and related neurological disorders. This year’s meeting will be held March 17-21 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Like previous years, several CICB-affiliated scientists and their trainees will be presenting their cutting-edge research. From the Bush lab: From cortex to cortex: decoding the shared genetic […]
ASHG 2025 Awards
Congratulations to Biomedical & Health Informatics PhD candidate Diya Yang and Instructor Yeunjoo Song, PhD! Their respective abstracts have been selected for the 2025 American Society of Human Genetics Reviewers’ Choice Award, a designation given to the abstracts that score in the top 10% from more than 3,000 abstract submissions. Ms. Yang and Dr. Song […]
CICB-affiliated scientists and trainees are presenting at the American Society of Human Genetics 2025
The American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting is one of the largest conferences for human genetics and genomics research. This year’s meeting will be held October 14-18, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. Like previous years, several CICB-affiliated scientists and their trainees will be presenting their cutting-edge research spanning many topics important in human diseases and […]
CICB scientists and trainees to present at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2025
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) is one of the largest scientific conferences on dementia research. This year’s meeting will be held July 27-31, 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Like previous years, several CICB-affiliated scientists and trainees will be presenting their cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. From the Bush lab: Investigating the Shared Genetic […]
CICB-affiliated PhD graduates honored at CWRU Commencement 2025
CWRU’s School of Graduate Studies diploma ceremony was held Friday, May 16, 2025 on campus at the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center. This year, several Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Biomedical & Health Informatics PhD candidates affiliated with the Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology whose degrees were conferred August 2024, January 2025, and May 2025 […]
CICB Presents at Labmatrix Virtual User Conference 2025
Labmatrix is technology empowering study teams to track clinical trial samples and consent across the myriad institutions and organizations involved. The Labmatrix Virtual User Conference 2025 brought together brought together members of the Labmatrix community from 14 countries for two days of collaboration and innovation. CICB’s Senior Director of Strategic Operations Mark Beno, Lead Architect […]
CICB-affiliated PhD candidate successfully defends her dissertation!
Ping Wang, Epidemiology and Biostatistics PhD candidate mentored by CICB founder and Director Dr. Jonathan Haines, defended her thesis titled “Investigating Phenotypic Subtypes and Plasma Biomarkers to Advance Genetic Research on the Heterogeneity of Alzheimer Disease” on March 12, 2025. Congratulations to Dr. Wang!
CICB-affiliated PhD candidate selected for ARVO oral presentation
CWRU Epidemiology and Biostatistics PhD candidate Lauren Cruz, MPH, has been selected to give an oral presentation at the upcoming 2025 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). ARVO is the largest eye and vision research organization with more than 11,000 members representing ~60 countries across the world. Ms. Cruz is co-mentored by former […]