Obi Griffith
Professor Of Medicine And Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolObi Griffith is a Professor of Medicine and Genetics with 13 years of experience translating cancer genomics and RNA‑seq informatics into clinical and educational impact at Washington University School of Medicine and The Genome Institute. He leads cancer informatics and personalized medicine efforts, combines hands‑on pipeline and DevOps expertise with statistical rigor, and has a track record of building reproducible cloud‑based RNA‑seq tutorials used for training and analysis. A seasoned instructor and course developer, he has taught advanced sequencing and bioinformatics workshops worldwide and co-founded a bioinformatics consulting firm to bridge research and clinical application. Notably, his work spans from developing diagnostic and prognostic signatures to implementing production sequencing pipelines, reflecting a rare blend of computational engineering, pedagogy, and translational science.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. Biology (Honours) Biochemistry, B.Sc. Biology (Honours) Biochemistry at The University of WinnipegPh.D. Medical Genetics, Ph.D. Medical Genetics at The University of British ColumbiaPhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University
English, French
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Github Skills (8)
bash10
script10
r-programming9
file-management8
filesystem8
bioinformatics7
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
griffithlab/rnaseq_tutorial
Nov 2014 - Jun 2020
Informatics for RNA-seq: A web resource for analysis on the cloud. Educational tutorials and working pipelines for RNA-seq analysis including an introduction to: cloud computing, critical file formats, reference genomes, gene annotation, expression, differential expression, alternative splicing, data visualization, and interpretation.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:68 commits, 1 PR, 42 pushes in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Obi primarily contributed to the infrastructure and setup aspects of the RNA-seq tutorial repository. Their commits include setting up an initial workspace mount, which suggests an understanding of cloud environments and file system configurations. Further contributions include adding and modifying R scripts for RNA-seq data analysis and incorporating updated paths, demonstrating skills in scripting and bioinformatics workflows. The user also updated the installation setup scripts.
cloud-computingdata-visualizationrna-seq
griffithlab/CIVIC_SVI_Course
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
A hands on course explaining how to complete somatic cancer variant interpretation using CIViC and current guidelines
Contributions:9 reviews, 44 PRs, 98 pushes in 11 months
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