Sara Ballouz
Senior Lecturer at UNSW
Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSara Ballouz is a senior lecturer and bioinformatics researcher with 11 years of experience bridging computational genomics and academic leadership, currently based at UNSW. Her career spans postdoctoral research at Cold Spring Harbor and a group lead role at the Garvan–Weizmann Centre, where she translated genome-wide association studies into methods for prioritising disease genes. She earned a PhD in Bioinformatics and holds first-class BE/BSc credentials, combining deep statistical genetics expertise with practical programming and data-mining skills developed since early research assistant and freelance design roles. Known for mentoring across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she also brings an unusual blend of scientific rigour and visual design experience that helps communicate complex analyses clearly.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BE/BSc, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Honors, first class, BE/BSc, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Honors, first class at University of New South WalesInternational Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Sagesse High SchoolUNSW Sydney
French, Arabic
Github Skills (7)
connectivity9
bioinformatics9
network-analysis8
r-package6
linux5
windows4
bibliography3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gillislab/background
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
What we talk about when we talk about ...
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
linuxwindows
sarbal/URP_course
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:154 commits, 137 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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