People

Zeeshan Ahmed, PhD.
Assistant Professor– Tenure Track and Core Faculty MemberDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers Health.

Elizabeth Peker
Research Scientist/Assistant & Project ManagerKush Patel
Research Student / Scientist
Dinesh Mendhe
Senior Scientific Software Engineer & Bioinformatician
Habiba Abdelhalim, BS
Senior Research Assistant/Scientist & Project ManagerStar lab member. Participated in several scientfic projects and publications.
Alumni

William DeGroat
Senior Research Assistant/ScientistParticipated in several scientfic projects and publications.
Alumni

Antony Shenouda
Research Student/ScientistProject: AI/ML approaches to analyze metabolomics data.
Alumni

Joy Xie
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: AI/ML approaches to analyze metabolomics data.
Alumni

Youssef Mourad
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: AI/ML approaches to analyze metabolomics data.
Alumni

Hammad Farooqi
Research Student/Scientist - Princeton UniversityProject: AI/ML implementation for predictive analysis
Alumni

Sahana Senthikumar
Research AssistantProject: AI/ML approaches to analyze metabolomics data.
Alumni

Rishabh Narayanan
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: “AI/ML approaches to analyze genomic data”.
Alumni

Sreya Vadapalli, BS/B.Tech.
Research AssistantProject: AI & ML approaches using gene expression and variant data for personalized medicine.
Alumni

Asude Berber, BS
Research ScientistProject: Investigate CVD genes with associated phenotypes among Atrial Fibrillation patients
Alumni

Shreya Ashok
Research ScientistProject: Functional/non-functional mutation analysis of CVD genes among high-risk Heart Failure patients.
Alumni

Achuth Suresh Nair
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Participated in Multiple Bioinformatics, Genomics and Precision Medicine Projects.
Alumni

Cynthia Venkatesan
Research Student/ScientistProject: Multi-omics approaches to identify and investigate genes associated with heart failure
Alumni

Oluchi Nwankwo
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Bioinformatics approaches to investigate the relationship between DOC and CVD
Alumni

Atharv Jayprakash
Research Student/ScientistProject: Bioinformatics approaches to investigate the relationship between DOC and CVD
Alumni

Raghunandan Wable
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Participated in Multiple Projects, including Integrated ACMG-approved genes and ICD codes
Alumni

Anirudh Pappu
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Participated in Multiple Projects, including Integrated ACMG-approved genes and ICD codes
Alumni

Atharva Harshavardhan Bhusari
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: AI/ML pipeline development for biomarkers discovery and disease prediction
Alumni

Ishani Mhatre
Research Student/ScientistProject: Functional mutation analysis of impactful genes associated with heart failure.
Alumni

Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan
Research ScientistProject: Investigating relationship between periodontists and CVDs
Alumni

Sophia Duenas
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Investigating relationship between periodontists and CVDs.
Alumni

Oluwaferanmi Abraham Omidiran
Research Student/ScientistProject: GWAS advancements to investigate disease associations and biological mechanisms.
Alumni

Zachary McGee
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Investigating relationship between periodontists and CVDs.
Alumni

Neev Sheth
Research Student/ScientistProject: Multimodal AI/ML to identify and investigate genes associated with CVD
Alumni

Alyssa Granito
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: "Predictive medicine by analyzing metabolomic data with AI/ML techniques".
Alumni

Sarah Usman
Research Scientist/StudentProject: Rare diseases.
Alumni
Kritika Singh
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: Rare diseases.
Alumni

Rishabh Patel
Research Student/ScientistProject: Multi-modal AI/ML with 3D visualization.
Alumni

Nicholas Persaud
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: Investigating functional mutations in known human genes among high-risk CVD population
Alumni

Aashna Patel
Research Student/ScientistProject: Role of GWAS in Understanding Human Genetic Variation.
Alumni

Riaad Persaud
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: Investigating metabolomics for identifying potential biomarkers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Alumni

Widnie Pierre-Louis
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Intelligent and integrative genomics data analysis with machine learning algorithms for precision medicine
Alumni

Rachel-Mae Hunter
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: Role of GWAS and polygenic risk score using big data for personalized
Alumni

Vignesh Venkat
Research Assistant/ScientistProject: AI/ML using gene expression data for predicting cardiovascular disease with high accuracy
Alumni

Eduard Gibert Renart, PhD
Postdoctoral ResearcherProject: Scientific solutions development for WGS and RNA-seq driven data processing and visualization.
Alumni

Mudassir Lodi
PhD StudentProject: Implementing Clinical-Genomics in Precision Medicine for CVDs.
Alumni

Rihi Jain
Research StudentProject: Learning role of AI, Healthcare, and Clinical-Genomics approaches in Precision Medicine.
Alumni

Kush K. Patel
Research Scientist/Student (MD)Project: Exploring Genome Wide Association Studies for Precision Medicine
Alumni

Sahil Mittal
Research StudentProject: Learning AI/ML and bioinformatics approaches for genomics and precision medicine
Alumni

Shreyas Bolla
Research StudentProject: Learning AI/ML and bioinformatics approaches for genomics and precision medicine
Alumni
Khalid Mohamed, MS
Research StudentProject: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Data Analytics and Precision Medicine.
Alumni

Jinhong Dong
MD/PhD StudentProject: Investigating genetic and diagnostic clinical data of patients suffering with any cardiovascular diseases.
Alumni

Ruoyun Xiong
PhD StudentProject: Analyzing genes-disease complexes and their clinical relationships for Precision Medicine.
Alumni

Justin Thomas Pranulis, MS
Research StudentProject: MSB at PacBio Sequenced Microbiome-Amplicon Data Embedding Variable Oligonucleotide Combinations.
Alumni
Samuel Asamoah, BS
Research StudentProject: Smart mobile systems development for monitoring and helping patients suffering with critical diseases.
Alumni

Khushbu Patel, BS
Research AssistantProject: Exploring Commercial and Academic Healthcare Systems To Facilitate Practice Transformation.
Alumni

Deepshikha Mishra, PhD.
Postdoc Research AssociateProject: WGS/WES data processing, management, and gene-variant discovery, annotation, prediction, and genotyping.
Alumni

Affrin Ahmed
PhD StudentProject: Structural NGS data analysis, security and de-identification of PHI for Precision Medicine.
Alumni

Samay Nandwana
Research StudentProject: Integrating clinical-diagnosis and genetics codes for Precision Medicine.
Alumni

Uzayr Wasif
Research StudentProject: Bioinformatics approaches to investigate the relationship between DOC and CVD
Alumni