Abhinav Kc
Bioinformatician, Data Scientist, and Biostatistician
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Bioinformatician, biostatistician, and data scientist managing large-scale multi-omics studies to develop machine learning models and identify actionable biomarkers for clinical outcomes. Designed and implemented scalable, reproducible computational and statistical modelling pipelines for multi-site studies. Domain experience in neonatal immunization, age-specific vaccine responses to HBV/BNT162b2 (COVID-19), acute rheumatic fever, sickle-cell trait, and heart and lung transplantation research.
Communicator experienced in presenting complex findings to clinicians, immunologists, and non-technical stakeholders in academic and industry settings, including UBC and Harvard Medical School. Team leader and mentor with experience in supervising graduate students, instructing bioinformatics and statistics workshops, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Published researcher and award recipient with peer-reviewed publications and competitive fellowships (Friedman Award, James Hogg Grant, Mitacs Accelerate).
Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - PROOF Centre of Excellence, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Vancouver, Canada
(2025-01)
Graduate Research Assistant - Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, UBC - Vancouver, Canada
(2020-01 - 2024-12)
Bioinformatician (Intern) - PROOF Centre of Excellence, UBC - Vancouver, Canada
(2020-06 - 2024-12)
Bioinformatician - Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School - Boston, USA
(2022-03 - 2022-09)
Education
Ph.D. - Experimental Medicine - University of British Columbia (2020-01 - 2024-12)
M.Sc. - Systems Biology and Bioinformatics - Panjab University (2016-07 - 2018-05)
B.Sc. (Hons.) - Bioinformatics - Panjab University (2013-06 - 2016-05)
