Naoko Little-Jackson

I am in the final year of my doctoral program at Howard University College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. My genome informatics thesis, which includes technical bioinformatics components and a pleiotropy analysis, has practical applications in the healthcare sector. It utilizes short-read sequencing data from individuals diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and Essential Hypertension. I am seeking employment to apply my diverse Bioinformatics and Data science skills. My Bioinformatics skills include sequence alignment, variant calling, bash scripting for pipeline jobs, molecular modeling, and simulation. I also bring a robust foundation in data science, encompassing advanced data wrangling, sophisticated data visualization, programming using Python, and an introduction to machine learning.

Certificate of Achievement: Spring 2022 Virtual Applied Data Science Training Institute Program (VADSTI) 2.0

2023 Comprehensive evaluation for contribution of molecular, socioeconomic and disease covariates to colorectal cancer racial survival disparity of 47,178 patients. 16th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved. Orlando, FL.

2023 45th Annual Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) National Conference. Atlanta, GA.

2023 Bioinformatics Assessment of the Dictyostelium discoideum Glutathione S-transferase A3 (DdGSTA3) Enzyme: Putative Non- Enzymatic Roles in Cellular Signaling. NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Principal Investigators and Project Director's Meeting. Washington, D.C.

2019 Bioinformatics Assessment of the Dictyostelium discoideum Glutathione S-transferase A3 (DdGSTA3) Enzyme: Putative Non- Enzymatic Roles in Cellular Signaling. Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Annual Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
2018 HBCU: Battle of the Brains Competition. Austin, TX.
2018 The Green-to-Green Project. Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM. Washington, D.C.
2018 Compartmentalization of Crassostrea virginica hemocyte response to anoxia.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting. San Francisco, California.
2017 Compartmentalization of Crassostrea virginica hemocyte response to anoxia.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Summer Research Symposium. Charlotte, North Carolina.
2016 Using BMI to Determine Type 2 Diabetes Risk Nevisian Students: A Retrospective Analysis of School Charts 2011-2015.
Minority Health International Research Training Program Research Symposium. Charlottesville, Virginia.
2016 Food Choices and Behaviors that Accompany Television Viewing in St. Kitts and Nevis.
Minority Health International Research Training Program Research Symposium. Charlottesville, Virginia.
2015 Ubuntu (I Am Because We Are): Understanding the psychological impact of undergraduate peer mentorship.
Association of Social and Behavioral Scientist 80th Annual Conference.Fayetteville, North Carolina.
2015 Ubuntu (I Am Because We Are): Understanding the psychological impact of undergraduate peer mentorship.
Johnson C. Smith University Research Symposium. Charlotte, North Carolina.

2023 BDPA and Johnson & Johnson Robotic Arm Challenge honorable mention and scholarship

2023 MD Anderson Cancer Center Partnership for Careers in Cancer Science and Medicine Graduate Research Experience Program

2022 Center for New Data: Data Science & Policy Graduate Fellow

2021-2023 Howard University: Ronald E. McNair Graduate Assistantship

2021 STEM Success Scholarship sponsored by CVS Health
2019-2021 Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to Doctorate Fellow

2018 Recipient of the Kia Motors of America United Negro College Foundation STEM Scholarship
2016 Recipient of Central California Asian Pacific Women Scholarship

2014-2018 Recipient of the annual Johnson C. Smith University Merit Scholarship

2014 Recipient of Ruiz 4 Kids Scholarship

2022 Appearance on NBC4 Segment for Howard University: Center for Applied Data Science and Data Analytics
2021 Co-presented a presentation titled, "STEM Equity & Social Justice" at the annual Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Education (LSMRCE) conference

2021 Panelist in the discussion titled, "Racism in STEM" at the LSMRCE Summer Speakers Series Conference
2020 Panelist in the virtual leadership workshop titled, "Women in STEM" hosted and sponsored by LSAMP-Columbus State University

Mahmoud Yousef, Abdelrahman Yousef, Mohammad Zeineddine, Saikat Chowdhury, Mohammad Fanaeian, Naoko Little-Jackson, Mark Knafl, Kristin Alfaro-Munoz, Abinheet Uppal, Scott Kopetz, Wenyi Wang, Jason Willis, John Paul Shen; Abstract C078: Comprehensive evaluation for contribution of molecular, socioeconomic and disease covariates to colorectal cancer racial survival disparity of 47,178 patients. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1 December 2023; 32 (12_Supplement): C078. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.DISP23-C078