Professor Scott Williams co-organized the 2023 ICHG, set to meet in Cape Town, South Africa
January 16, 2022 4:33pm Professor Scott Williams of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)’s Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology co-organized the upcoming International Congress of Human Genetics, scheduled for February 22-26, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology Presents at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2023
December 30, 2022 2:20pm Members of Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)’s Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology are presenting at the upcoming Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2023: Dana Crawford, PhD Risk Prediction: Methods, Challenges, and Opportunities (workshop) January 3, 2023 Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA SALUD: Scalable Applications of cLinical risk Utility and preDiction […]
Research shows that all COVID-19 infections include a wide mix of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants
September 8, 2022, 2pm Researchers at the Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology and Case Western Reserve University found wide genetic variation in SARS-CoV-2 viruses among 360 patients whose viral infections were genetically sequenced, showing that all individual infections include multiple variants of the virus. Led by the CICB’s Ricky Chan, researchers noted that reporting about […]
Dana Crawford, PhD, named an AAAS Fellow
Dana Crawford, PhD, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Crawford is a professor with the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and associate director of Population and Diversity Research with the Cleveland Institute of Computational Biology. The 2020 AAAS Fellows were formally announced in the […]
Satya Sahoo, PhD, Named a Fellow of AMIA
Satya Sahoo, PhD, has been named a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This achievement signals to colleagues and peers that the recipient is an expert in evidence-based informatics practice and engaged with a community that applies the latest advances in informatics to improve health and health care. Dr. Sahoo is an Associate Professor […]
Scott Williams, PhD, comments on predictive modeling
Scott Williams, PhD, recently commented to Cleveland.com on various COVID-19 prediction models, and why models can vary. Some of the variation involves the availability of timely data and confidence in the data, given how quickly things are changing. Read the full story here.
Mark Cameron, PhD, interviewed about COVID-19
Mark Cameron, PhD, was recently interviewed by Cleveland’s ABC affiliate, News 5, about COVID19, based on his experience with research colleagues in Toronto’s 2003 SARS outbreak. Watch the story here.
Dana Crawford, PhD, featured in ASHG News
Practice, practice, practice! Dana Crawford, PhD, comments to ASHG News on being an effective research communicator. Read more here.
NPR: Jonathan Haines, PhD, interview about Alzheimer’s research cohort recruitment
Jonathan Haines, PhD, Department Chair, talked with National Public Radio about the challenges of recruiting diverse populations for genetic studies of Alzheimer’s Disease. Listen here:
Combating Cancer: CWRU faculty highlight promising advances in diagnoses and treatments
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, joined several faculty members for a CWRU THINK magazine feature highlighting the cancer research underway at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Sloan’s focus is on using big data to better understand the mechanism of disease, its prevention, and treatment. “Having access to data from large sets of cancer patients beyond just your […]