Mentor Areas
Despite significant progress in the genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders and the epilepsies, the natural histories and outcomes in many neurodevelopmental disorders remain unknown. Our lab develops new methods to understand how clinical presentations and genetic factors interact.
Mentor areas include clinical neurogenetics, bioinformatics, data science (mainly using the R computational framework).
Description:
Our labs works on gene discovery and data science in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy and related conditions, including large-scale data analysis from the electronic medical records. Mentored projects will include work dedicated to using computational methods to assess similarities between clinical features, identify novel genetic etiologies, and connect computational methods with clinically meaningful concepts. Students are encouraged to visit out blog (epilepsygenetics.net) for a description of our recent projects or contact us directly.
Preferred Qualifications
Basic computer skills are required.
Details:
Preferred Student Year
First-year, Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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