Scholar
Lorin Crawford
Google Scholar ID: ssZy1zYAAAAJ
Microsoft Research
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,923
H-index
21
i10-index
33
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Featured on Forbes 30 Under 30 and The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans list; received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering, a COPSS Emerging Leader Award, and the Annie T. Randall Innovator Award from the Biometrics Section of the ASA; published several preprints.
Research Experience
- Currently a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Completed PhD dissertation titled 'Bayesian Kernel Models for Statistical Genetics and Cancer Genomics' as a Duke Dean’s Graduate Fellow and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, which was awarded the Leonard J. Savage Award in Applied Methodology.
Education
- PhD from the Department of Statistical Science at Duke University, co-advised by Sayan Mukherjee and Kris C. Wood; Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Clark Atlanta University.
Background
- Research interests include developing interpretable machine learning and AI algorithms to study how genetic effects and gene-by-environmental interactions influence complex traits and disease progression. Leads Project Ex Vivo, a collaborative effort between Microsoft and the Broad Institute focused on defining, engineering, and targeting cell states in cancer.
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