People
Our Faculty
The Computational Biology Institute is fortunate to have a talented group of researchers, faculty and staff supporting CBI's mission and goals. If you have an administrative question, please contact [email protected].
Dr. Keith Crandall
Director & Professor, Computational Biology Institute
Dr. Max Alekseyev
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computational Biology
Dr. Marcos Perez-Losada
Associate Professor, Computational Biology Institute
Dr. Ali Rahnavard
Associate Professor, Computational Biology Institute
Affiliate Faculty
Dr. Guillermo Orti
Professor of Biology, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Anelia Horvath
Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Dr. Wei Li
Principal Investigator, Children's National Hospital
Dr. Katherine Chiappinelli
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Dr. Qing Zeng
Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Dr. Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman
Principal Investigator, Children's National Hospital
Dr. Alexander Pyron
Associate Professor of Biology, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Research Staff
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PhD Students
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SPH HDS Program
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SPH HDS Program
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CCAS Biology
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SPH HDS Program
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SPH HDS Program
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SPH HDS Program
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SPH HDS Program
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CCAS Biology
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CCAS Biostatistics
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SPH HDS Program
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SPH HDS Program
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