Hey! I’m Shaurita D. Hutchins, a student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in their Graduate Biomedical Sciences (GBS) Doctoral Training Program and a member of the Center for Computational Genomics and Data Science (CGDS) under the mentorship of Dr. Liz Worthey.
I’ve always been passionate about healthcare, and that passion has grown into a desire to bridge technology and health outcomes. Computational Biology can bridge the gap between the genomic level of diseases to the clinical aspect of diseases which ultimately would lead to an improvement in precision medicine. I also desire to create better tools for scientists and consumers to analyze health-related data.
Skills
Python | pandas, BioPython
80%
R | tidyverse, renv
80%
Shell Scripting | Bash
75%
Workflows | nextflow
50%
HPC | SLURM
70%
Cloud Computing | AWS, OpenStack
60%
Data Wrangling | pandas, dplyr
80%
Data Viz | ggplot2, plotly
80%
Biostats
70%
Genomics | VEP, hail
75%
Transcriptomics | DESeq2, ClusterProfiler
70%
Databases
45%
AI & Machine Learning | NLP, LLMs
55%
Project Management | Wrike
80%
Version Control | Git, Gitlab, GitHub
75%
Web Apps | Dash, Shiny, Streamlit
70%
Interests
In my spare time, I serve as a developer for a basketball forum, build websites, and analyze NBA data using Python. Additionally, I love exploring nature, studying in parks, gardening, photography, writing poetry and short stories, and cooking.
Prior Work Projects (Vallender Lab)
MicrobiomeR MicrobiomeR is an R package for microbiome analysis that incorporates phyloseq, metacoder, taxa, and microbiome in order to standardize and simplify common microbiome workflows.
OrthoEvolution OrthoEvolution is an easy to use and comprehensive python package which aids in the analysis and visualization of orthologous genes.
htseq-count-cluster htseq-count-cluster is a CLI for running multiple qsub jobs with HTSeq's htseq-count script on a SGE/SGI cluster.
gbs-guide An unofficial guide for students entering the Graduate Biomedical Sciences (GBS) doctoral program at UAB.
phd-templates A collection of templates to use along your phd journey.
grad-school-app-toolkit A comprehensive toolkit offering templates, examples, and guides to help students craft effective graduate school application documents, with a focus on STEM fields.