Alumni

The UC San Diego Libraries provide access to official copies of all UC San Diego dissertations. Search the UC San Diego Libraries Catalog for UC San Diego Bioinformatics dissertations.


Andrea Castro

Andrea Castro

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Determinants for Effective Neoantigen Based Anti-Tumor Immune Response

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Advisor(s): Hannah Carter, Ludmil Alexandrov

Nathaniel Delos Santos

Nathaniel Delos Santos

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Score-based Transcription Factor Motif Enrichment Strategies for Analysis of Transcriptional Regulation of Immune Response

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Advisor(s): Christopher Benner, Melissa Gymrek

Kevin Blansit

Kevin Blansit

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Thesis: Advancing Cardiovascular MRI Acquisition Through Deep Convolutional Neural Network-Based Localization

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Advisor(s): Albert Hsiao

Argus Athanas-Crannell

Argus Athanas-Crannell

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Thesis: Leveraging Longitudinal Data for Predictive Modeling in Clinical and Mental Health Settings

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Advisor(s): Nicholas Schork, Lucila Ohno-Machado

Michelle Dow

Michelle Dow

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Integrative Multi-omics Analysis to Understand Cancer and Anticancer Therapy

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Advisor(s): Hannah Carter

Yingxiang Huang

Yingxiang Huang

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Preservation of Patient Level Privacy : Federated Classification and Calibration Models

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Advisor(s): Lucila Ohno-Machado

Margaret Donovan

Margaret Donovan

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Understanding the cellular heterogeneity in fetal-like and adult tissues to study cell-type-specific functional genetic variation

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Advisor(s): Kelly Frazer

Jing Zhang

Jing Zhang

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Supporting Diabetes Patient Decisional Needs Through Online Health Communities

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Advisor(s): Vineet Bafna, Michael Hogarth

Stephanie Feudjio Feupe

Stephanie Feudjio Feupe

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Deep Characterization of the Contribution of Short Tandem Repeats Across Tissues

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Advisor(s): Melissa Gymrek, Vineet Bafna

Wei Wei

Wei Wei

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology with a Specialization in Biomedical Informatics

Thesis: Information Retrieval in Biomedical Research: From Articles to Datasets

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Advisor(s): Lucila Ohno-Machado, Xiaoqian Jiang

Eric Levy

Eric Levy

Degree Conferred: Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Thesis: Molecular immune signatures of T-cell infiltration in cancer

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Advisor(s): Lucila Ohno-Machado, Olivier Harismendy

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