Bogdan Pasanuic, PhD
Professor of Genetics, University of PennsylvaniaDevelops statistical and computational tools for understanding the genetic basis of diseases, with an emphasis on integrative genomics, heritability and population structure. He leads a team that developed machine learning methods to integrate epigenetic profiles within trans-ancestry studies to localize disease variants and genes.
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Hongzhe Li, PhD
Perelman Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics;Vice Chair of Research Integration at DBEI;
Director, Center for Statistics in Big Data, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Dr. Li has been elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) and a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). His research focuses on developing statistical and computational methods for analysis of large-scale genetic, genomics and metagenomics data and theory on high dimensional statistics.
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Stephen M. Sammut, MA, MBA, DBA
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of ManagementSenior Fellow, Department of Health Care Management
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Sammut simultaneously pursues an academic and private sector careers. Academically, he has taught for over 30 years at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as at numerous international universities where he has created and orchestrated health care management MBA programs. His teaching roster includes courses in private equity in emerging markets, venture capital, health care entrepreneurship and global health. His private sector activity spans 55 years but for the last 20 has focused on the role of the private sector in health care systems in the developing world.
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