The Program
R25 PREP-Omics: The UCLA Department of Pediatrics Research Education Program in Bioinformatics, Omics, and Computational Biology is a 12-week program funded by the NICHD (5R25HD109116) for UCLA Pediatric subspecialty fellows and Pediatric residents who are interested in expanding their education in bioinformatics and computational biology. The program leverages UCLA’s resources and expertise in bioinformatics, omics, and computational biology to provide targeted education for Pediatric graduate medical trainees. It focuses on bridging knowledge and skill gaps while enhancing research training in big data analysis.
Components of the program include:
- Didactic lectures
- Bioinformatics workshops taught through the UCLA Quantitative Computational Biosciences (QCB) Collaboratory
- Trainee-led journal clubs
- Opportunities to present research and form a network with knowledgeable academics
The recorded program content (didactic lectures and journal clubs) is available to any Pediatric fellow and residents nationally as an educational resource.
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Applications for our 2024 Cycle are now closed.
If you are interested in applying for the next cycle, please route to our application page for more information
All interested participants are welcome to joining our lectures
Please see the October Didactic Lecture Schedule for more information. To request for the Zoom link, please email Annabelle Au, AnAu@mednet.ucla.edu
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To view our mentor profiles, please meet our mentors here.
R25 Didactic Lecture Schedule: November and December Only
For any inquiries regarding the UCLA PREP-Omics program and attending lectures, please feel free to contact Annabelle Au: AnAu@mednet.ucla.edu
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Faculty |
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November 1, 2024 |
Journal Club Article: Tekola-Ayele, F., Zeng, X., Chatterjee, S. et al. Placental multi-omics integration identifies candidate functional genes for birthweight. Nat Commun 13, 2384 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30007-1
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Josephine Enciso, MD |
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November 8, 2024 |
Journal Club Article: Wimmers F et al. Multi-omics analysis of mucosal and systemic immunity to SARS-CoV-2 after birth. Cell. 2023 Oct 12;186(21):4632-4651.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.08.044. Epub 2023 Sep 29. PMID: 37776858; PMCID: PMC10724861. |
Josephine Enciso, MD |
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November 15, 2024 |
Journal Club Article: Moufarrej MN, Vorperian SK, Wong RJ, Campos AA, Quaintance CC, Sit RV, Tan M, Detweiler AM, Mekonen H, Neff NF, Baruch-Gravett C, Litch JA, Druzin ML, Winn VD, Shaw GM, Stevenson DK, Quake SR. Early prediction of preeclampsia in pregnancy with cell-free RNA. Nature. 2022 Feb;602(7898):689-694. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04410-z. Epub 2022 Feb 9. PMID: 35140405; PMCID: PMC8971130. |
Josephine Enciso, MD Neema Pithia, MD |
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November 22, 2024 |
Bridging molecular and clinical data to understand patient disease biology |
Jennifer Wilson, PhD Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the Samueli School of Engineering |
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December 6, 2024 |
Analysis of the fetal metabolome in the context of maternal diabetes |
Heather Christofk, PhD Professor of Biological Chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Co- Director of the UCLA Metabolomics Center Associate Director of Basic and Translational Research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. |
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December 13, 2024 |
TBD (Journal Club) |
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December 20, 2024 |
Genomic Analysis to Further Understand Mechanisms, Prognosis, and Discover Treatments for Rare Genetic Diseases
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Valerie Arboleda, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Human Genetics Associate Director of the Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at UCLA
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