Medical Sciences
Using Data Science to Reveal Host-Microbiota Interactions that Promote Obesity During Early Life (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Jessica Mo to work in the laboratory of Professor Mariana Byndloss in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the summer of 2021. Jessica is a senior with majors in Medicine, Health, and Society and minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences. This project centered around the...
Network Propagation to Enhance the Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Rett Syndrome (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chetan Immanneni to work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey L. Neul in the Department of Pediatric Neurology during the summer of 2021. Chetan is a senior graduating in May 2022 with majors in Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society and a minors in Data Science. Chetan’s project focused on developing methods...
Addressing Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Andrew Gothard to work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffery Blume in the Data Science Institute at Vanderbilt University during the summer of 2021. Andrew is a junior with majors in Mathematics and Computer Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to introduce Andrew to data science techniques and the...
Substance Uses and Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Cerebellar Volumes: An Integrative Investigation on Brain Shrinkage (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qiaochu (Francis) Jiang to work in the laboratory of Neil Woodward in the Department of Psychiatry during the summer of 2021. Qiaochu is a senior with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Asian Studies. Substance use disorder (SUD), or substance abuse, is characterized by excessive and continued use of...
Understand Rare Disease by Aggregating In-House Data with Public Data from Pubmed, Social Media, and Search Engine (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zheyu (Richard) Zhu to work in the laboratory of Professor Yuankai Huo in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Zheyu is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the segmentation performance of four different feature extraction...
Disparities in Food Access and Food Insecurity Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Americans (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emilio Loret de Mola to work in the laboratory of Professor Gilbert Gonzales in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2020. Emilio graduated in 2020 with majors in Anthropology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand disparities in food...
Big Healthcare Data Learning (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yuzhe Lu to work in the laboratory of Professor Yuankai Huo in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science during the summer of 2020. Yuzhe anticipates graduating in May 2022 with majors in Math, Computer Science, and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship proposed a novel...
Data Science Institute welcomes 18 undergraduate fellows for virtual summer research
Jun. 5, 2020—On Monday, June 1st the Data Science Institute (DSI) welcomed its second cohort of Summer Research fellows. The summer research program (DSI – SRP) engages students who are interested in carrying out data-science-related research with a Vanderbilt faculty member and integrates them into the institute’s community of data science scholars. This year the program will...
