Director, Modeling
Vedanta BIosciences
Cambridge, MA, United States
Dr. Menon is Director, Modeling & Statistics at Vedanta Biosciences leading the analysis of clinical and translational microbiome datasets to optimize bacterial drug cocktails, particularly through the use of statistical and machine learning techniques. Her group develops methods to quantify bacterial strain engraftment, investigate the host response to drug dosing, and identify associations with disease in human subjects. Dr. Menon earned her Ph.D. in statistical physics at Boston University where she modeled species interactions in microbial communities and developed statistical-physics informed approaches to control bias in microbiome case-control studies.
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Friday, October 18, 2024
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