{"id":3198,"date":"2019-04-25T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/?page_id=3198"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T18:14:41","slug":"mespinoza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/people\/mespinoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica Espinoza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-1024x581.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-97x55.jpg 97w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-1600x908.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-800x454.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-270x152.jpg 270w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010805-e1557241262480-580x329.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\" class=\"wpz-sc-button large\" style=\";background:#dedede\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin\" style=\"padding-right:6px;\"><\/i><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/whitfield\/\" class=\"wpz-sc-button large\" style=\";background:#dedede\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-flask\" style=\"padding-right:6px;\"><\/i><strong>Thesis lab<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"threecol-one\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">HOMETOWN<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>San Marcos, California, USA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">LANGUAGES<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>English, Spanish<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">THESIS MENTOR<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/faculty\/facultydb\/view.php\/?uid=2260\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dr. Michael Whitfield<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">FAVORITE ALGORITHM<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Weighted Correlation Network Analysis (WGCNA)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"threecol-one\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">University of California Irvine<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Bachelor of Science in Biology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">University of California Irvine<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Undergraduate Research Assistant - lab name<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"threecol-one last\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large rounded \"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #008000\"><strong>DARTMOUTH QBS PROFILE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">THESIS TITLE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">On The Role of the Gastrointestinal Microbiome in Systemic Sclerosis\u00a0(SSc)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">CAREER TRACK(S)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Academia, Government, Industry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">AWARDS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Burroughs-Wellcome Big Data in the Life Sciences Training Fellowship<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">TECHNICAL EXPERTISE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">R, Python, STATA, PRISM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Member of Dartmouth Analytics Club<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large rounded \"><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 24pt\"><strong>QBS PhD Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #808080\"><strong>Electives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Poster Presentations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><em>Characterization of the Esophageal Microbiome in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)<\/em>\u00a0(ACR\/ARHP Annual Meeting, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><em>Filtration and Normalization for Differential Abundance Testing of Metagenomics Data From Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)<\/em> (Graduate Student Symposium, 2018, Hanover, NH, USA)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><em>The Skin Microbiome in Systemic Sclerosis<\/em>\u00a0(QBS Annual Retreat Poster\u00a0session, 2017, Hanover, NH, USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Oral Presentations<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><em>Metagenomic Characterization of the Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) Microbiome<\/em> (QBS Program Research In Progress (RIP) Presentation, 2018, Hanover, NH, USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><em>Graduate Life at Dartmouth College, Panel Discussion<\/em>\u00a0(Academic Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (ASURE)\u00a0Program, 2017, Hanover, NH, USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><em>Navigating Work-Life Balance<\/em> (Burroughs Wellcome Fund Symposium, 2017, Hanover, NH, USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966;font-size: 24pt\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><div class=\"threecol-one\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">My Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><em>\"With a background in general biology, I am interested in the intersection between Bioinformatics and Biostatistics that informs hypothesis formation in basic science pertaining to rare autoimmune diseases and the microbiome.\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">RESEARCHER I ADMIRE<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Rosalind Franklin<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"threecol-one\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Why QBS?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\"I chose QBS because the\u00a0tripartite training in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, and Epidemoilogy is unique. As science becomes more interdisciplinary, being able to communicate with scientists across fields will become increasingly more important. The training in QBS will surely prepare a new generation of scientists capable of bridging gaps and forming new fields of study.\"<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080\">FAVORITE QBS CLASS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/qbs-146-foundations-of-bioinformatics-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QBS 146<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #000000\">Bioinformatics I<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"threecol-one last\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Life @ Dartmouth<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">WHEN I AM NOT IN LAB\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\"I like to cook and involve myself in the greater graduate community at Dartmouth.\u00a0When I am not in lab I can be found socializing with friends and exploring all that the Upper Valley has to offer.\"<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":8287,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-146"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pbpy9s-PA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3884,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3198\/revisions\/3884"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}