University of Kansas Medical Center - Bioinformatician I
June 2024 to Present
- Actively engaged in web creative design and development.
- Designing project & planning.
Rachel Griffard-Smith
Summary
To harness the power of computer science, statistics, and data science and contribute to the world of bioinformatics.
Experience
University of Kansas Medical Center - Graduate Research Assistant
August 2022 to May 2024
- Actively engaged in web creative design and development.
- Designing project & planning.
- Working on designing.
Education
| School | Degree | Years Attended | Cumulative GPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Medical Center | M.S. Health Data Science | 2022 - 2024 | 4.0 |
| University of Kansas | B.S. Behavioral Neuroscience | 2017 - 2020 | 3.9 |
Publications & Projects
Therapeutic Potential of NRF2 activating drug RTA-408 in suppressing T-cell effector responses and inflammatory bowel disease
- Co-authors: Dasgupta, D., Tripathi, A., Yellapu, N.K., Pyaram, K.
- Preprocess and analyze bulk RNA-sequencing data
- Submitted to Cell Reports
Fixed single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of mouse models of asthma
- Co-authors: Sundar, I., Prasad, C.
- Preprocess and analyze fixed single-cell RNA sequencing analysis with Cell Ranger and Seurat
micRoclean: an R package for decontaminating low biomass 16S-rRNA microbiome data
- Co-authors: Pei, D., Schueddig, E., Mahoney, D., Chalise, P., Koestler, D.
- micRoclean repository
- Published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics: here
Professional Training
Single Cell RNA-seq Workshop
National Center for Genome Resources/New Mexico-INBRE, November 2023
- Apply and expand UNIX and R knowledge for processing and analyzing single-cell RNA-seq data
- Hands-on work with tools such as SingleCellExperiment and Seurat within UNIX environment
- Collaborate with attendees to improve communication of insights
Epic Cosmos Data Model Certification
Epic, June 2023
- Certified for Cosmos deidentified dataset
- Improved knowledge on querying and managing massive datasets
IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
Coursera, 2022
SQL for Data Science with R
edX, 2021 to 2022
Skills
- Programming:
- R
- Unix shell-scripting
- SQL
- Python
- Markdown
- Bioinformatics:
- Create and maintain pipelines for preprocessing, analysis, and visualization of ‘omic data
- Single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing analysis
- Differential expression analysis
- Leverage data from public databases such as GEO and NCBI
- Statistics:
- Statistical modeling and analysis relevant to bioinformatics
Hobbies
- Lifting
- Rock climbing
- Yoga
- Calligraphy