Riyue Bao
Principal Investigator Director Of Translational Immuno-Informatics Lab (TIILab)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRiyue Bao is a translational immuno-informatics leader with 15+ years driving AI-enabled biomarker discovery and multi-omics translational programs from concept to early-phase clinical trials. As Principal Investigator and Co-Director of Cancer Bioinformatics at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and faculty at University of Pittsburgh, she leads a $20M+ research portfolio, directs a bioinformatics core serving 400+ members, and has steered 230+ translational projects across NCI SPORE programs. She combines deep computational and wet-lab experience—spanning single-cell and spatial omics, radiomics, digital pathology, and PDO models—to discover genomic targets for combination immunotherapy and develop regulatory-grade biomarkers. A proven mentor and builder, she has grown 20+ FTE teams, mentored 21 trainees, authored 80+ publications, and secured $6M+ in PI funding. Outside the lab she describes herself as a data diver and slow hiker, hinting at a curiosity-driven approach to both science and life.
11 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Ph.D. at Wayne State UniversityB.S., B.S. at University of Science and Technology of ChinaNESCent
Chinese, English
Github Skills (32)
vcf-files10
genome9
genomics9
python-bindings9
sequencing8
parsing8
bioinformatics8
speaker8
c-library6
cpp6
science6
questions-and-answers6
gene-expression6
hla6
spark-ml6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cribioinfo/sci2017_analysis
Nov 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:13 commits, 10 pushes in 3 years 9 months
riyuebao/nDSPA
Aug 2020 - May 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 5 pushes, 1 tag in 8 months
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