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 pursuing her PhD in Health Informatics at the University of Missouri with a keen focus on the innovative application of machine learning techniques to enable early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease using healthcare data. Sonia completed her BS in…

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…

Yen On Chan

Chan is a Bioinformatics PhD student at the University of Missouri, working under the guidance of Dr. Trupti Joshi. Throughout his academic journey, Chan has acquired expertise in various programming languages and Bioinformatics tools, enabling him to develop tools and…

Humayera Islam

Ms. Islam is originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh. She graduated with a bachelors (2012) and a masters degree (2014) in Applied Statistics from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh). She worked as a teaching faculty in Applied Statistics at the same institution…

Caleb Grohmann

I grew up on a pig farm in southern Illinois, where we used data to inform breeding decisions. That inspired me to get a B.S. and M.S. in Animal Sciences. Now, I use sensor data to inform farm mangers when…