Jasmine Amirzadegan

PhD Candidate, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Dissertation Topic: Diet Induced Progression of Non - Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Associated Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Murine Models
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. P.M. Gillevet

Research interests:
Microbiome data, dietary impacts on gut microbiome dynamics, and NAFLD.

Jasmine Amirzadegan currently holds a Master of Science degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. During her time as a graduate student she has been employed as a (1) lab instructor for Biology 213: Cell Structure & Function for three years, earning an award in 2018, (2) mentor for an undergraduate student for the university’s Students as Scholars program, in which a series of bioinformatics related videos were animated and published online, (3) instructional assistant, creating online lecture content and homework assignments for Computational & Data Sciences 230: Modelling and Simulation in Python, and (4) led the Bioinformatics Workshop for the FOCUS summer camp program for two years, inspiring young women to pursue careers in STEM.