MS Alumni Highlights

MS Alumni

  • The Genomics and Global Public Health course inspired me to pursue a career in infectious diseases. I became the first bioinformatician at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. I could not have been better prepared to perform genomic analyses during various outbreaks, including COVID-19.
    Jade, initially a Bioinformatics Scientist at the Public Health Laboratory and now Data Scientist at Division of Disease Control at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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  • The 2017 Python course was my first programming course. Now I am among the few biologists in my PhD program who can benefit from bioinformatics thinking and conduct research independently. The extra office hours helped me learn basic programming and gave me enthusiasm for bioinformatics research.
    Rong, now a PhD student in Bioinformatics at Baylor
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  • Helping me find a research lab was integral to my acceptance at Medical School and I appreciate it so much.
    Alex, now a medical school student at Hofstra
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  • I feel so lucky to have been a part of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and NYU College of Dentistry as it fully prepared me to take on the next chapter of my life as a dental student. Becoming a dentist has been my lifelong dream and I am so happy to have achieved my goal.
    Claire, now a Dental school student at Tufts
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  • The interdisciplinary program provided a well-defined training in bioinformatics and computational biology, even with no prior knowledge in the field. The class assignments and projects connected the dots between biology and computation, a key factor in becoming a successful bioinformatician.
    Awni, initially a Bioinformatics Specialist at Rockefeller University and now Senior Bioinformatics Engineer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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  • My master's thesis taught me to work independently and to see problems in a new perspective. I also had an opportunity as a TA in my last semester – this gave me the confidence and strength to pursue leadership opportunities in the field of science.
    Ramya, now a research technician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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  • The guidance I received throughout my time as a Master’s student will continue to help shape my future professional career.
    Taso, now a PhD student at NYU's Center for Neural Science
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