Jason Wells

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HOMETOWN
San Diego, California, USA

LANGUAGES
English

THESIS MENTOR
Dr. Todd Miller

FAVORITE ALGORITHM
Random Forest

UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION
University of California Davis
Bachelor of Science in Genetics

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
University of California Davis
Teaching Assistant

DARTMOUTH QBS PROFILE

THESIS TITLE
Investigating the genomic determinants behind estrogen sensitivity in ER+ breast cancer

CAREER TRACK(S)
Industry

AWARDS & TRAINING GRANTS
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Fellow
Neukom Institute Travel Award

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Python, R, Tableau, SQL

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Code for America Brigade
Member of Dartmouth Machine Learning Club 

 


QBS PhD Experience

Electives
QBS 176: Methods in Statistical Genetics and Genomics, QBS 132: Molecular Biologic Markers in Human Health Studies

Publications

Poster Presentations

  • Celebration of Biomedical Research at Dartmouth (2016-2018)
  • Dartmouth Graduate Student Appreciation Week Poster Session (2016-2018)

Oral Presentations


My Interests

"My research interests focus on finding genomic features responsible for differences seen in responses to estrogen therapy in ER+ breast cancer. I am also interested in developing web applications that allow scientists to analyze data they don't currently have the means to."

RESEARCHER I ADMIRE
Albert Einstein

Why QBS?

"I chose QBS because of it's interdisciplinary nature. I feel like this will give me an advantage in moving on in my career."

FAVORITE QBS CLASS
QBS 146: Bioinformatics I

Life @ Dartmouth

WHEN I AM NOT IN LAB... 
"I am probably looking for the next Spartan race."

 

 

Spartan Sprint in Montreal, Quebec

 

Winter Spartan Race in Cortland, New York