Welcome to Dr. Zhou's lab
Department of Data Science | University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 39216

Clinicians & Biologists Collabrate with us



We actively collaborate with investigators university-wide, nationally and internationally. We encourage multidisciplinary communications for investigators from basic science, translational research, to clinical science. We are a research-based Bioinformatics & Biostatistics team, which emphasizes on the development of novel methodology and tools. We are also interested in the long-term collaborative relationship to build research networkings. We aim to apply key findings from computational predictions to laboratory experiments, as well as the implementation of practical medicine to enhance population health and patients care.


students & posdocs Work with us



We are always interested in self-motivated students, visiting scholars, and post-doctroral candidates who have background in computer science, statistics, bioinformatics and clinical science. We are open to provide full-time research assistant and part-time intern opportunities.


Our research support Team


Yunyun Zhou, PhD
Assistant Professor

yzhou@umc.edu

Dr. Yunyun Zhou has a multi-disciplinary research background in bioinformatics, biostatistics, and database development. She is experienced in identifying biomarkers from a data driven, molecular mechanism and system biology perspective for multiple disease such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and depression.

Lavanya Challangundla, PhD
Bioinformatician

lchallagundla@umc.edu

Dr. Lavanya Challangundla earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences and a certificate in Clinical Research. She has been performing as a translational and clinical cancer investigator. She is responsible for overall management of clinical studies and establishing links between basic and clinical researchers.

Manasa Mallampaty, MS
Data Scientist

mmallampaty@umc.edu

Manasa Mallampaty has expertise in clinical data management, integration, and development of user-friendly interactive web portals. She skills in programming languages such as SQL, PHP, Javascripts. She is working with team members and collaborators for customized database development projects



Our Co-Investigator Team


Yixin Chen
PH.D, Associate Professor

Affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA

Research Interests

  • Machine learning algorithms modeling in biomedical data
  • Development of algorithms for automatic categorization and retrieval of images.
  • Development of methods to improve the interpretability of predictive models.
  • Yin-Yuan Mo
    PH.D, Professor

    Affiliation: Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, 39216, USA

    Research Interests

  • Long non-coding RNA-mediated gene expression in cancer
  • Cancer susceptibility due to alterations of microRNA expression
  • Epigenetic regulation of genes involved in tumorigenesis and chemoresistance
  • Junqing Wang
    MD, Assistant Professor, Surgeon

    Affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China

    Research Interests

  • Expertise in operations of digestive disease such as stomach, hepatocellular carcinomas.
  • Translational research from experimental bench work to patient practical care.
  • data mining implementations from publically available database in cancer research