Yibo Chen

Second year PhD student.

Sue Brownawell

Sue Brownawell is pursuing an informatics PhD at the University of Missouri, in the Institute for Data Science and Informatics. Her research interests aim to advance methods in causal inference though geospatial context, resulting in novel approaches for inferring causality.

Katrina Boles

Prior to receiving a MS in Data Science & Analytics at Mizzou in 2020, Katrina was a motion graphics artist and art director in marketing and communications. She is currently a PhD candidate and a Data Analyst with ECHO Autism.

Christopher Algire

Chris is a PhD student at the University of Missouri’s Institute for Data Science and Informatics. His research interests explore the intersection of Informatics and machine learning. He seeks to advance machine learning algorithms through novel methods using a multi-disciplinary…

Mohammad Beheshti

I’m a Health Informatician and PhD student in Health Informatics, specializing in data analytics and data science, with a keen focus on clinical and population data analysis. Currently, I’m a Graduate Research Assistant at the Missouri Cancer Registry and Research…

Sonia Akter

Sonia is currently pursuing her doctoral research in Health Informatics. Her research interests focus on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), large language models (LLM), and analyzing various types of healthcare-related data, including electronic health records (EHR),…

Olabode Ogundele

I was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. I also had my undergraduate education in Nigeria. The Informatics PhD journey has been a huge learning curve, and the unlimited opportunities are inspiring. There are more fun things than studying and…

Trevor Mandy

As a Columbia Native I’ve been lucky enough to call Mizzou my home for 26 years! Coming from a background in healthcare management and finance, my focus area is health and biomedical informatics. My research interests include the application of…

Nader Abdelnabi

“My aspiration is to be a leader who values the individuality of each person and fosters a collaborative work environment characterized by effective communication and mutual respect in a thriving learning atmosphere.” Nader Abdalnabi is a passionate analytical researcher and…