Directory

This Directory includes Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni selectable by category, search or alphabetical by last name. Over 110 students have graduated from the Department of Biomedical Informatics (25+ PhD, 50+ MS, 25+ Certificate). The diversity of careers available to DBMI alumnus is evident in their biographies. Many of our graduates are teaching and performing research in academic institutions, such as Vanderbilt University, Arizona State University, and New York University while others have entered private industry with companies such as Cerner Corporation and Boston Scientific; some have positions in government agencies, such as the NIH and AHRQ, while others are at major medical centers, serving in roles such as Chief Medical Information Officer. We maintain a database of the career paths of our graduates. If you are an alumnus, please contact us if you would like to submit or update information!

Joy Roy

Publications: Google Scholar
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Biography

Degree and Year Started: PhD Candidate (2020 Cohort)

Research Mentor: Dr. Rafael Ceschin

Academic Mentor: Cr. Vanathi Gopalakrishnan

Education:
BS Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, University of Maryland Baltimore County
BA Mathematics, University of Maryland Baltimore County

Research Interests: I do MRI research trying to make use of imaging data to try and predict things like patient neurodevelopmental or behavioral outcomes. I’m also dipping my feet into network science and machine learning.

Career Objectives: Joy is interested in both industry and academia. He likes to program and teach. He will go where he thinks he can contribute the most!

Hobbies: Traveling, Hiking, Binge watching cartoons

What I like about Pittsburgh: I like a lot of the restaurants and Giant Eagle’s Mac and Cheese.