{"id":619,"date":"2018-07-17T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/?page_id=619"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:30:59","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/genetics-people\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tong Tong<\/strong><\/a>
\nDr. Lindsay Farrer\u2019s Lab, Biomedical Genetics
\nPh.D. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2020 – present)
\nM.S. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2020)<\/p>\n

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\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>Identification of biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease through statistical, genetic, and genomic approaches.<\/p>\n

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Zhuorui Sun<\/a><\/strong>
\nDr. Xiaoling Zhang’s lab, Data Analyst
\nM.S. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2022)
\nM.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA (2020)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2017)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>Focusing on CircRNAs and circular-transcriptome-wide analysis, using bioinformatics tools and machine learning to further understand Alzheimer\u2019s disease on gene level<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Ma F*, Yang L*, Sun Z<\/strong>, Chen J, Rui X, Glass Z, Xu Q. Neurotransmitter-derived lipidoids (NT-lipidoids) for enhanced brain delivery through intravenous injection. Science advances. 2020 Jul 1;6(30):eabb4429.<\/p>\n

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\"\" <\/a><\/strong>Marlene Tejeda<\/a><\/strong>
\nDr. Lindsay Farrer\u2019s Lab, Biomedical Genetics
Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2019 – present)<\/span>
B.S. in Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston<\/span>, MA <\/span>(2015)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nResearch Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>Using genetics, bioinformatics, and machine learning to understand the association between microbes and Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Olowatosin Olayinka<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nWork with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Xiaoling Zhang<\/span>
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics (2020-present)<\/span>
\nB.S. Biology UNC Chapel Hill (2020)<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Use of statistical methods to uncover transcriptional mediators of Alzheimer’s disease pathology.<\/p>\n

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Zainab Khurshid<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Xiaoling Zhang
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (2020 – present)
\nM.S. Bioinformatics, Boston University (2019)
\nB.S. Electrical Engineering, LUMS University, Lahore, Pakistan (2017)<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Alzheimer’s disease and genomics<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Chevalier A, Yang S, Khurshid Z<\/strong>, Sahelijo N, Tong T, Huggins JH, Yajima M, Campbell JD. The Mutational Signature Comprehensive Analysis Toolkit (musicatk) for the Discovery, Prediction, and Exploration of Mutational Signatures. Cancer Res. 2021 Dec 1;81(23):5813-5817. doi: 10.1158\/0008-5472.CAN-21-0899. Epub 2021 Oct 8. PMID: 34625425; PMCID: PMC8639789.<\/p>\n

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Xudong Han<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Works in Dr. Gyungah Jun’s Lab, Biomedical Genetics
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)
\nM.S. Bioinformatics, Boston University<\/p>\n

<\/b><\/span>Research Interests:<\/b><\/span> <\/b>Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD), genetics, epigenetics, multi-omics, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Atherton, K., Han, X.<\/strong>, Chung, J., Cherry, J.D., Baucom, Z., Saltiel, N., Nair, E., Abdolmohammadi, B., Uretsky, M., Khan, M.M. and Shea, C., 2022. Association of APOE genotypes and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.\u00a0JAMA neurology<\/em>,\u00a079<\/em>(8), pp.787-796.
\n\u2022 Chung, J., Vig, V., Sun, X., Han, X.<\/strong>, O\u2019Connor, G.T., Chen, X., DeAngelis, M.M., Farrer, L.A. and Subramanian, M.L., 2022. Genome-Wide Pleiotropy Study Identifies Association of PDGFB with Age-Related Macular Degeneration and COVID-19 Infection Outcomes. Journal of Clinical Medicine<\/em>,\u00a012<\/em>(1), p.109.
\n\u2022 Marini, S., Chung, J., Han, X.<\/strong>, Sun, X., Parodi, L., Farrer, L.A., Rosand, J., Romero, J.R. and Anderson, C.D., 2023. Pleiotropy analysis between lobar intracerebral hemorrhage and CSF \u03b2-amyloid highlights new and established associations. International Journal of Stroke<\/em>, p.17474930231155816.
\n\u2022 Nicks, R., Clement, N.F., Alvarez, V.E., Tripodis, Y., Baucom, Z.H., Huber, B.R., Mez, J., Alosco, M.L., Aytan, N., Cherry, J.D. and Cormier, K.A., 2023. Repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are associated with TDP-43 inclusions and hippocampal sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica<\/em>,\u00a0145<\/em>(4), pp.395-408.<\/p>\n

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\nJunming Hu<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Xiaoling Zhang
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)
\nM.S. Bioinformatics, Boston University (2018)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>Alzheimer’s disease, machine learning, genetics<\/p>\n

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\"\" Francis Grenn<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Xiaoling Zhang
\nPhD Bioinformatics, Boston University (2022 – present)
\nB.S. Computer Science, Providence College, Providence, RI (2016)
\nB.A. Mathematics, Providence College, Providence, RI (2016)<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>Gene regulation and epigenetics, neurodegenerative disease genomics<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/b>Nathan Sahelijo<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks in Dr. Gyungah Jun’s Lab, Biomedical Genetics
\nPhD Candidate, Boston University
\nB.S. Physics and Mathematics, Purdue University (2016)<\/p>\n

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Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong><\/strong>Having started in the physical sciences, his current research focuses on drug repositioning through applied machine learning in the field of neuroscience and neuropathology. As part of the AI4AD consortium, Mr. Sahelijo\u2019s project looks to integrate genetics and systems biology to identify potential therapeutic targets for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease using multi-modal graph neural networks. Prior to joining the Dr. Jun lab, Mr. Sahelijo helped to develop the Mutational Signature Comprehensive Analysis Toolkit (musicatk) for mutational signature discovery and prediction in pan-cancer datasets.<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2022 Chung, J., et al. Alzheimer’s disease heterogeneity explained by polygenic risk scores derived from brain transcriptomic profiles. Alzheimers Dement (2023).
\n\u2022 Sherva, R., et al. African ancestry GWAS of dementia in a large military cohort identifies significant risk loci. Mol Psychiatry 28, 1293-1302 (2023).<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Newman<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Richard Sherva
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Samantha Clayton<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks in Dr. Gyungah Jun’s Lab, Biomedical Genetics
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nuzulul Kurniansyah<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Xiaoling Zhang
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)<\/p>\n

Research Inter<\/strong><\/span>ests:<\/strong><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ali Gulhan<\/b><\/a>
\nWorks with Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Richard Sherva
\nPh.D. Bioinformatics, Boston University (present)<\/p>\n

Research Interests:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tong Tong Dr. Lindsay Farrer\u2019s Lab, Biomedical Genetics Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2020 – present) M.S. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA (2020) Research Interests: Identification of biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease through statistical, genetic, and genomic approaches.   Zhuorui Sun Dr. Xiaoling Zhang’s lab, Data Analyst M.S. in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1163,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8637,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/619\/revisions\/8637"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/genetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}