Working Group leader: Jennifer Johnson-Leung
Group members: Ben Ridenhour, Craig Miller, Erich Seamon, Helen Brown, Dilshani Sarathchandra, Holly Wichman, Benji Oswald, Trevor Griffin, Tristan Moxley, Felino Macatuno, Tyler Meadows
Originated: April 2020
Description:
COVID-19 modeling, analysis, outreach, and community support.
This press release was written by Leigh Cooper in University of Idaho Communications and Marketing. View the original press release here. See the article published in the Idaho Press here. Dr. Marty Ytreberg is the Associate Director of IMCI. MOSCOW, Idaho — April 20, 2020 —The University of Idaho is working to identify a cure for coronaviruses,…
Working Group leader: Craig Miller Group members: Holly Wichman, JT Van Leuven, Yesol Sapozhnikov, Keera Paull, Jacob Schow, Tessa Wedmyer Originated: June 2015 Description: This working group focuses on phage and phage-host interactions. We have several research directions. One project involves attenuating the bacteriophage phiX174 using synonymous recoding and asking questions about how mutational effects…
Working Group leader: Holly Wichman Group members: Marty Ytreberg, Craig Miller Originated: April 2018 Description: The function of this group is to help early stage investigators write successful grant proposals. Participants attend a meeting of the Admin Team as needed and get feedback on their proposals. More intense work can be arranged for specific proposals.
Working Group leader: Alan Kolok Group members: Naveen Joseph, Erik Coats, Russell Baker, Chantal Vella, Helen Brown, Erich Seamon, Karen Hume, Dan Strawn Originated: January 2021 Description: This group is focused upon evaluating the relationship between water quality in surface and groundwater and its links to adverse human health impacts, particularly cancer.
Working Group leader: Fuchang (Frank) Gao and Audrey Fu Group members: Audrey Fu, Min Xian, Aleksandar Vakanski, Linh Nguyen, Boyu Zhang, Esteban Hernandez Vargas Originated: August 2018 Description: This group studies various machine learning methods/models and their application with two primary goals: Dr. Gao states, “It is important that CMCI continue to support this kind of…
Working Group leader: Audrey Fu Group members: Bandita Karki, Jarred Kvamme, Elijah Danquah Darko, Chenangnon Tovissode Originated: June 2015 Description: We develop statistical models and machine learning algorithms to analyze data in human genomics, with an emphasis on causal network inference and high-dimensional data.