Hee Jae  Hong

Hee Jae Hong

Scholar Title

Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar

Research Title

Predicting Response of Pediatric IBD Patients to Drug Therapies

Cohort

2022–2023

Department

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Research Areas
  • Single–Cell RNA sequencing and Building Classifiers
Supervisor

Alexander K. Shalek

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic conditions causing swelling of tissues in the gastrointestinal tract. In particular, treatment plans for IBD patients include the use of anti-TNF- monoclonal antibodies, which are used across a variety of autoimmune diseases. However, many patients who respond to these anti-inflammatory drugs develop resistance to anti-TNF antibodies over time, while some patients simply do not respond at all. Through my project, I hope to use single-cell RNA sequencing techniques to study differences in gene expression and cell types between responders and non-responders, and I hope to further use classification tools and machine learning techniques to build a classifier which predicts the treatment outcome for current and future cases of IBD.

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I am excited to be a SuperUROP scholar to develop good writing and presentation skills, ultimately learning more about my research during the process. In addition, I am excited to learn about good research techniques that will help me get the most of of my SuperUROP experience.

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