Haoran Hu, a dedicated PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh, has been honored with the prestigious Graduate Student Fellowship Grant Award from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. This fellowship is designed to support full-time PhD students conducting innovative research under the mentorship of CHP faculty members. The award offers a $40,000 annual funding for two years, aiming to advance impactful research collaborations and nurture the next generation of scientific leaders. Hu’s selection for this competitive fellowship recognizes his exceptional potential to contribute to groundbreaking research in the field of single cell data modeling and analysis.
Hu’s research focuses on advancing statistical and computational methods to analyze complex biological data, specifically single cell multiomics and RNA isoform time series data. His work, under the guidance of his advisor, Dr. Wei Chen, aims to develop sophisticated analytical tools to investigate gene expression dynamics, chromatin accessibility, and RNA isoform usage during critical cell state transitions, such as T cell activation. By using cutting-edge technologies like DOGMA-seq and single-cell long-read sequencing, Hu’s research aspires to reveal deeper insights into the dynamic processes governing cell behavior. His findings have the potential to transform our understanding of immune responses and further propel the field of computational biology.
Hu’s work directly aligns with the ongoing research efforts of Dr. Chen’s lab to model and interpret complex biomedical data as detailed on the Chen Lab website.
For more information on the research conducted by Haoran Hu and Dr. Wei Chen, visit Chen Lab.
-Calvin Dziewulski