Meet the Team
Principal Investigator
Ali Rahnavard
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
AI/ML of omics data, Multimodal AI agents, Metagenomics, Metabolomics
Researchers
Afrand Kamali
Visiting Researcher
LC-MS Metabolomics, Functional Pathway Analysis, Biomarker Discovery, Pharmacometabolomics
Ali Reza Taheriyoun
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Statistical Learning, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Gaussian Processes, Metabolomics
PhD Students
Chiraag Gohel
PhD Student in Health Data Science
Statistical ‘Omics, Machine Learning, Software Development, Metabolomics
Dezhao Fu
PhD Student in Health Data Science
Multimodal AI Agents, Natural Language Processing, Genomics and Genetics
Aram Ghulijanyan
PhD Student in Health Data Science
AI for Public Health Records, Meta-analysis of metabolomics
Matthew Mollerus
PhD Student in Health Data Science
Deep Learning, Natual Language Processing, Infectious Disease Modeling
Master’s Students
Justin Browne
MS Student in Health Data Science
Benjamin Wilson
BS/MS Student
Visitors
Mozhdeh Forghani
Visiting Scholar
Undergraduate Students
Hajra Ibrahim
Undergraduate Student
Lilly Shaw
Undergraduate Student
James Skipper
Undergraduate Student
Machine Learning for Healthcare, Mathematical Biology, Metabolomics
Alumni
Mahdi Baghbanzadeh
PhD in Health Data Science (Fall 2025)
Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Genomics and Genetics
Brendan Mann
Research Scientist (until Spring 2026)
Immunology, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology
Allen Ross
PhD in Biostatistics (Summer 2026)
Statistical Learning, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Gaussian Processes, Metabolomics
Ranojoy Chatterjee
PhD in Health Data Science (Spring 2026)
Machine Learning, scRNA-seq, Software Development
Tigist Demeke
Undergraduate Student
Jennifer Harmon
MPH in Biostatistics
Public Health Biostatistics, Omics-based Neuroscience, Metabolite data analysis
Vedant Mahangade
Research Associate (until Summer 2026)
Computational Biology, Sequence-to-Phenotype Modeling, Microbial Informatics
Xinyang Zhang
PhD in Health Data Science (Spring 2026)
Computational Biology, Genomics and Genetics, Software Development, Omics Data Science
Alumni
2026
| Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Ranojoy Chatterjee | PhD in Health Data Science (Spring 2026) | Children's National Hospital, Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Xinyang Zhang | PhD in Health Data Science (Spring 2026) | Mayo Clinic, Postdoctoral Researcher |
| Allen Ross | PhD in Biostatistics (Summer 2026) | Airbnb, Data Scientist |
| Brendan Mann | Research Scientist (Spring 2026) | |
| Vedant Mahangade | Research Associate (Summer 2026) | |
| Udbhav Kush | Research Associate (Summer 2026) | Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), AI Engineer |
2025
| Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Mahdi Baghbanzadeh | PhD in Health Data Science (Fall 2025) | HHMI, AI Engineer |
| Dagmawi Tesfaye | MS in Health Data Science (Fall 2025) | |
| Ishita Chopra | MS in Bioinformatics | Children's National Hospital, Research Associate |
2023
| Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Fayssal | MPH in Biostatistics | VPD Government Solutions, Data Analyst |
| Parisa Pirani | Senior Research Associate | |
| Ava Gholipour | Project Manager | University of Maryland, PhD Student in Reliability Engineering |
| Deja Chambliss | MS in Health Data Science | Paraxel, Statistical Programmer I |
| Jonny Phan | Undergraduate Researcher | |
| Shubhayan Saha | MS in Health Data Science | American Family Insurance, Data Engineer |
| Sophie Lu | MPH in Biostatistics | Case Western Reserve University, Medical Student |
| Soumya Sinha | MS in Health Data Science | LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group, Data Science Intern |
| Tyson Dawson | PhD in Genomics and Bioinformatics | AMPEL BioSolutions, Postdoctoral Researcher |
2022
| Name | Degree | Next Position |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Jacobson | Lab Research Assistant | PhD in Anthropology, Northwestern University |
| Oluwadamilola "Dami" Oke | MS in Biomedical Engineering | PhD in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
| Peri Rabbino | Undergraduate Summer Intern | BS at Washington University in St. Louis |
| Pranay Patodi | Graduate Research Assistant | Data Engineer, The Climate Corporation |
| Vishesh Javangula | Graduate Research Assistant | Data Scientist Associate, KPMG US |
| Yun Seong Ji | MPH in Biostatistics | The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Data Manager I |
2021
| Name | Degree | Next Position |
|---|---|---|
| Abhigya Giri | Graduate Research Assistant | Biostatistician I at The George Washington University Biostatistics Center |
| Anna Gams | Affiliated PhD Student | Data Scientist at CoreMap |
| Brennan Streck | Research Assistant | Program Director, National Cancer Institute |
| Eleanor Carr | Undergraduate Summer Intern | Michigan State University, PhD Student in Biomedical Sciences |
| Gaurav Mantri | Undergraduate Summer Intern | University of Illinois-UC, Undergraduate Student |
| Hyunjae Cho | Lab Research Assistant | PhD Student in Statistics, University of Virginia |
| Muzhe Guo | Affiliated PhD Student | PhD in Statistics, The George Washington University |
| Rita Akinkuotu | Visiting PhD Student | PhD Student at Georgetown University |
| Sanika Kulkarni | Undergraduate Researcher | Finance Manager, MCD Global Health |
| Shaho Alaee | Research Assistant | Booz Allen Tech Solutions |
| Shijie Wu | Graduate Research Assistant | Software Engineer at Microsoft |
| Teah Serani | Undergraduate Researcher | Research Technician, MGH |