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Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks · Molecular Biology

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h-index87
i10-index440
Publications1,069
Citations37,091

Grants

27 total · 3 active

NIH #R01LM012806

Predicting Phenotype by Deep Learning Heterogeneous Multi-Omics Data

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-09-14 → 2029-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #U01AG079847

AIM-AI: an Actionable, Integrated and Multiscale genetic map of Alzheimer's disease via deep learning

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2023-09-15 → 2028-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R01CA276513

Personalized, antigen-directed immunotherapy delivered to lymph nodes

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

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All Grants

27 total · 3 active

NIH #R01LM012806

Predicting Phenotype by Deep Learning Heterogeneous Multi-Omics Data

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-09-14 → 2029-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #U01AG079847

AIM-AI: an Actionable, Integrated and Multiscale genetic map of Alzheimer's disease via deep learning

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2023-09-15 → 2028-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R01CA276513

Personalized, antigen-directed immunotherapy delivered to lymph nodes

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-07-01 → 2027-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R21AG087299

Identify actionable drugs that enhance resilience in Alzheimer's disease individuals

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2024-08-01 → 2026-04-30
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NSF #2427012

Conference: Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2024: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Education, Collaboration, and Innovation

Amount
<$100K
Period
2024-12-01 → 2025-11-30
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NIH #R03AG077191

Constructing A Transcriptomic Atlas of Retrotransposon in Alzheimer's Disease

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2022-06-01 → 2025-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R01DE029818

Role of cellular metabolism in palate morphogenesis

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2020-07-01 → 2025-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NSF #2312126

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2023: Advancing Interdisciplinary Education, Collaboration, and Innovation in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Amount
<$100K
Period
2023-06-01 → 2024-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NIH #R01DE030122

Deep learning for decoding genetic regulation and cellular maps in craniofacial development

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2021-04-01 → 2024-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NSF #2214062

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2022: Enhancing Interdisciplinary Education, Collaboration, and Innovation in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Amount
<$100K
Period
2022-07-01 → 2023-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NSF #2015294

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2020: Innovating Interdisciplinary Education, Research, and Collaboration in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Amount
<$100K
Period
2020-06-01 → 2023-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NIH #R03DE027711

Deep learning methods to predict the function of genetic variants in orofacial clefts

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2018-08-15 → 2021-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R03DE028103

Mining Genomic Data in FaceBase for Cleft Genes

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2018-09-15 → 2020-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R03DE027393

Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Co-regulation in Lip Development

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2018-09-15 → 2020-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NSF #1902617

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2019: Accelerating Interdisciplinary Education, Collaboration, and Innovation in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Amount
<$100K
Period
2019-04-01 → 2020-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NIH #R21CA196508

MicroRNA and Transcription Factor Co-regulation in Cancer

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-08-09 → 2019-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NSF #1817355

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2018: Advancing Interdisciplinary Education, Collaboration, and Innovation

Amount
<$100K
Period
2018-05-15 → 2019-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NSF #1645823

Intelligent Biology and Medicine in 2016: Advancing Interdisciplinary Education, Collaboration, and Data Science

Amount
<$100K
Period
2016-09-01 → 2017-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

NSF #1451135

Conference: Education, Collaboration, and Innovation: Intelligent Biology and Medicine in the Era of Big Data

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-09-01 → 2015-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NIH #R03CA167695

Investigating MicroRNAs and Their Regulatory Networks in Glioblastoma

Amount
<$100K
Period
2013-08-01 → 2015-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NIH #R21HG006037

Integrative statistical models for pathway analysis of GWAS data

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2013-05-01 → 2015-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01LM011177

Mapping the Genetic Architecture of Complex Disease via RNA-seq and GWAS Data

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2012-05-01 → 2015-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NSF #1329380

Interdisciplinary Dialogue for Education, Collaboration, and Innovation: Intelligent Biology and Medicine In and Beyond 2013

Amount
<$100K
Period
2013-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NIH #R03DE022093

Understanding Genetic Basis of Dental Caries via Integrative Genomic Approaches

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2011-09-01 → 2013-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NSF #1141979

2K11 and Beyond: The Emerging Fields of Inter/Multidisciplinary Computer Science in Biomedical Education and Research

Amount
<$100K
Period
2011-10-01 → 2012-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NIH #R03LM009598

Investigating CpG islands in mammalian genomes

Amount
<$100K
Period
2010-09-01 → 2011-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

NIH #P20AA017828

Core 2: Bioinformatics

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
— → —
PIs
1

Awarded at VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Global–local feature fusion: a robust hybrid deep learning model for multiclass brain tumor classification with Grad-CAM++ interpretation (Frontiers in Genetics)2026-07-08
  2. New preprint: Aberrant ciliogenesis induced by enhanced BMP signaling causes heterotopic ossification2026-07-03
  3. New NIH award: AIM-AI: an Actionable, Integrated and Multiscale genetic map of Alzheimer's disease via deep learning2023-09-15

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