Two Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology (CICB)-affiliated trainees were selected for the 2024-2026 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Human Genetics Scholars Initiative (HGSI): Razaq Durodoye and Esteban Vazquez-Hidalgo, PhD. Razaq is a graduate student in the Epidemiology & Biostatistics PhD program under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Williams. Dr. Vazquez-Hidalgo is a post-doctoral fellow […]
Before becoming a member of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and attending the annual meeting, I was not all that familiar with San Diego. Sure, we had visited a time or two as kids, but geez, that was a long time ago. Now we go so often, San Diego seems like a second […]
I love ASHG, but I have to admit that when I noticed that the 2017 meeting was in Orlando, I kinda groaned. I think a lot of geneticists groaned, especially since the 2016 meeting was in the oh-so-cool Vancouver, Canada. Aside from those totally excited about Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, the rest of […]
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 […]