Lab Projects
Active research projects in the Rashid Lab
Overview
This page provides an overview of active research projects in the Rashid Lab. All project repositories are hosted in the rashidlab GitHub organization.
TipFinding Projects
Use GitHub Topics to filter repositories:
- All student projects:
topic:student-project - By student:
topic:tylerbhumpherys - By area:
topic:clinical-trials
Current Student Projects
Tyler Humpherys (Year 3)
| Project | Description | Status | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic Cancer RL | Offline reinforcement learning for precision treatment | Active | machine-learning, clinical-trials |
| LLM Clinical Decisions | Large language models for clinical decision support | Active | machine-learning |
Research areas: Offline RL, LLMs, precision health, pancreatic cancer
Andrew Walther (Year 6)
| Project | Description | Status | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spatial Spillover | Study design with spillover effects | Active | spatial-statistics, methods-paper |
| Survival Dimension Reduction | ML methods for survival analysis | Active | survival-analysis, machine-learning |
Research areas: Spatial statistics, study design, dimension reduction, survival analysis
Dinelka Nanayakkara (Year 2)
| Project | Description | Status | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Research area to be determined | Planning |
Research areas: TBD
Jialiu Xie (Year 4)
| Project | Description | Status | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Research area to be determined | Planning |
Research areas: TBD
Alex Akushevich (Year 4)
| Project | Description | Status | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual cell models | AI virtual cell and digital twin models predicting single-cell responses to genetic and drug perturbations, combining foundation-model and mechanistic approaches (co-advised with David Zhang) | Planning | virtual-cell, single-cell, foundation-models, digital-twin |
Research areas: Virtual cell models, single-cell perturbation prediction, multimodal foundation models
Lab Infrastructure
| Repository | Description | Links |
|---|---|---|
| lab-handbook | Documentation and policies | Site |
| lab-meetings | Meeting coordination | |
| lab-computing | HPC guides and templates | |
| lab-dashboard | Lab status dashboard | Site |
Templates
| Template | Use Case | Links |
|---|---|---|
| template-research-project | General research | Docs |
| template-methods-paper | Methods papers | Docs |
| template-clinical-trial | Trial designs | |
| template-r-package | R packages | Docs |
Creating a New Project
- Choose a template from the list above
- Create repository using “Use this template” on GitHub
- Follow naming convention:
{github-username}-{project-name} - Add topics for discoverability
- Update this page with your project info
See Repository Organization for detailed guidelines.
Project Status Legend
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Planning | Early stage, defining scope |
| Active | Under active development |
| Writing | Analysis complete, writing manuscript |
| Submitted | Manuscript under review |
| Published | Work is published |
| Archived | Project complete, repo archived |