UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #487
Submission information
Submission Number: 487
Submission ID: 8706
Submission UUID: 735bb374-fe03-4f52-a567-66ab70ed5edc
Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal
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Created: Fri, 08/18/2023 - 02:47 PM
Completed: Fri, 08/18/2023 - 02:47 PM
Changed: Mon, 09/25/2023 - 08:13 PM
Remote IP address: 128.186.4.217
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
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serial: '487' sid: '8706' uuid: 735bb374-fe03-4f52-a567-66ab70ed5edc uri: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal created: '1692384422' completed: '1692384422' changed: '1695687204' in_draft: '0' current_page: '' remote_addr: 128.186.4.217 uid: '0' langcode: en webform_id: urop_project_proposal_portal entity_type: node entity_id: '1116' locked: '0' sticky: '0' notes: '' data: approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '6' are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'No' confirmation_1: '1' contact_email_fsu_email: '' contact_email_fsu_email2: '' contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: chuang7@fsu.edu fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences' fsu_department_if_applicable_: Statistics headshot_optional_: '' if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: '' mentoring_philosophy: |- 1. Preparation makes a difference. To engage my students, it is critical to maintain effective communication with students to ensure that they are on the same page with me. To achieve such, well preparation is the first thing on my mind. 2. Give them tools. To inspire growth in my students, I aim to give them tools to take into their future studies and into their life. These tools are a sense of curiosity, open-mindedness, and critical thinking. I would like my students to observe, compare and criticize the motivations and effectivenesses of different statistical approaches. mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1' name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: '' number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2' other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: '' overall_research_project_description: 'The mediation analysis methodology of the cause-and-effect relationship through mediators has been increasingly popular over the past decades. The human microbiome can contribute to the pathogenesis of many complex diseases by mediating disease-leading causal pathways. However, standard mediation analysis is not adequate for microbiome data due to the excessive number of zero values and the over-dispersion in the sequencing reads, which arise for both biological and sampling reasons. In this project, we will download & preprocess the human microbiome data and develop novel mediation analysis algorithms to detect important biological causal pathways' please_add_any_additional_information_here: '' please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://sites.google.com/view/chao-huang/' please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus' position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours' position_title: Faculty primary_research_mentor_name: 'Chao Huang' project_keywords: ' human microbiome, causal inference, mediation analysis. statistical regression model' relevant_student_major_s_: 'Statistics, CS, College of Medicine, Math, biomedical sciences' research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: '' research_mentor_pronouns: '' research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: '' research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'literature review; download datasets, preprocess data; statistical data analysis' roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: 'Tuesday, September 5, 2:30-3 pm (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/2586055653)' skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |- required: one programming language, e.g., Matlab, R, python recommended: domain knowledge in human microbiome data; statistical causal inference. title_of_the_project: 'Causal Inference in human microbiome data' update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=v5N3wN2DNQsQEUI78R3HJZkWxOeaxh9FIvr9twZG7hM' urop_performance_evaluation: '1' urop_poster_presentation: '1' when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: '' when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: '' when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: Dr. would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: '' year: '2023'