Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
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2025 - Present
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Integrative Genomics,
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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2017 - Present
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
An expanded registry of candidate cis-regulatory elements.
Journal Article Nature · January 2026 Mammalian genomes contain millions of regulatory elements that control the complex patterns of gene expression1. Previously, the ENCODE consortium mapped biochemical signals across hundreds of cell types and tissues and integrated these data to ... Full text CiteSMARCA2 is an essential and potent cofactor for a specific subset of the glucocorticoid response in A549 cells.
Journal Article bioRxiv · November 14, 2025 Glucocorticoids are a widely used, potent class of anti-inflammatory drugs that modulate the expression of hundreds of genes across the genome. Although the glucocorticoid response is primarily carried out by the glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1, a.k.a. GR), ... Full text Link to item CiteComprehensive evaluation of diverse massively parallel reporter assays to functionally characterize human enhancers genome-wide.
Journal Article Genome Biol · November 3, 2025 BACKGROUND: Massively parallel reporter assays (MPRAs) and self-transcribing active regulatory region sequencing (STARR-seq) have revolutionized enhancer characterization by enabling high-throughput functional assessment of regulatory sequences. RESULTS: H ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
To support research on the development of CRISPR-based epigenome editing tools to refine genome wide association studies
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Open Philanthropy Project · 2018 - 2027Beyond GWAS: High Throughput Functional Genomics & Epigenome Editing to Elucidate the Effects of Genetic Associations for Schizophrenia
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Mental Health · 2021 - 2027Deciphering the role of noncoding variation in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Boston University ·
2007
Ph.D.