UT GSBS Quantitative Sciences Program

Study of biostatistics, bioinformatics, systems bio and genomics focusing on developing and applying statistical and mathematical models to understand biology.

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Welcome new students! #GSBS #QS_program_orientation

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I’d like to share the good news that our QS student Sunyi’s paper “MASH: Mediation Analysis of Survival Outcome and High-dimensional Omics Mediators with Application to the Framingham Heart Study” has won one of the ASA Biometrics Section Early Career/Student paper awards.

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Congratulation to Yiyun Lin, 4th-year QS student, for her renewal in 2022 Kopchick fellowship!

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A great news! Yun Yan, 4th year QS student won the 2021-2022 Investing in Student Futures Fellowship! Congratulations!!

[UT GSBS Quantitative Sciences Program @QS_GSBS]

Congrats! Our QS student Kareeem Wahid just won the
2022 Dr. John J. Kopchick Fellow

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Happy to announce that out QS student Kareem Wahid received an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F-31) for his project!

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Congratulations to Jinhao Zou! She is selected by the Student Scholarship Committee and Dean Mike Blackburn as the recipient of the Fadine Jackson Roquemore Scholarship in Cancer Research for 2021-2022.

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Reminder: Next Tuesday is our inaugural QS Faculty Insight Talks Event! Dr. Navin and Dr. Rudqvist will be sharing their journey and the challenges they have encountered. if you haven't received zoom link, let us know via comments or email (see poster). See you all next Tuesday!

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Our QS Program Orientation is being held on Thursday, August 26th from 2:30 – 4:30 pm in Zoom. Join us to interact with QS faculty and hear about the QS program, GSBS, graduate school life, and living in Houston! Please refer to the poster for more details.

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QS alumni Youyi Zhang talks about her experiences in graduate school and some useful tips for current students.

[MD Anderson-UTH Grad @MDA_UTHGrad]

December 2018 graduate Youyi Zhang, Ph.D., discusses how her GSBS education helped her land a job as a senior data scientist at @AstraZeneca. #WeAreGSBS #endcancer #UTHealth #pharma

[Gigi Lozano, PhD @drgglozano]

Giovanni Parmigiani @DanaFarber speaks today 4pm @MDAndersonNews Blaffer Lecture about “Knowledge Management and Decision Support for Commonly Tested Susceptibility Mutations” https://t.co/OfBI1BiKQE

[UT MD Anderson @UTMDAnderson]

This morning, we lined the halls of MD Anderson to clap, cheer and celebrate our Dr. Jim Allison, recipient of the 2018 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine for his #immunotherapy research.

Here’s a glimpse of today’s parade honoring Dr. Allison. #endcancer

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Thank you Dr. Qutub.

[Amina Qutub @eBionic]

@QS_GSBS @QutubLab @pascheet @NASA_Johnson Great retreat - thanks for organizing @QS_GSBS & @MedinaColic1!
Exciting presentation by @pascheet on characterizing genetic mosaicism & new computational tools (including the CIDD drug discovery tool: https://t.co/jcw1wMm9Du https://t.co/KsMrewnIol)

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Post lunch Invited speaker Dr. Amina Qutub @eBionic #QSRetreat2018

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Congratulations to QS students who participated in GSBS Student Research Day and 2nd prize Poster Winner Walter Frank Lenoir!!