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Ninad Oak, PhD
Lead Bioinformatics Research Scientist
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Contact Information
Ninad Oak, PhD
Cancer Presdisposition/Oncology
MS 1135, Room IA6218.5
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678
Affiliations
Education
PhD (Molecular and Human Genetics) – Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX MSc (Bioinformatics) – Bioinformatics Center, University of Pune, Pune, India BSc – Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, India
Honors & Awards
- 2011 Bioinformatics National Certification, Govt. of India, All India Rank 5
- 2009-2011 G. N. Ramachandran Fellowship, Govt. of India
- 2009-2011 Dept. of Biotechnology Academic Fellowship, Govt. of India
Research Interests
- Genetic Basis of Pediatric Cancer Predisposition: Investigating inherited and somatic genetic variations underlying pediatric cancer predisposition syndromes by leveraging large-scale genomic datasets, including analysis of >6,000 pediatric cancer genomes from St. Jude.
- Functional Genomics in Mouse Models: Utilizing mouse models to perform functional genomics analyses, with a focus on understanding gene regulation and mechanisms of hematopoiesis, as well as their implications for cancer predisposition.