Internal R&D Collaborations

The School of Applied Computational Sciences is providing technical support, resources and expertise to the following cutting-edge research and development projects at Meharry. The discoveries and the novel technologies developed are serving society in many ways, such as advancing health outcomes, precision medicine, and uncovering new ways to reduce the costs of drug treatments.

To learn about partnering with us and to request a consulting service, contact Dr. Ashutosh Singhal, chief data officer and associate vice-president, EDA and assistant professor, biomedical data science at asinghal@mmc.edu.

Recent Collaborations

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The School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College is

The role of circRNAs in prostate cancer malignancy and disparities

Zhenbang Chen, Ph.D., associate professor, biochemistry and cancer biology, School of Medicine
Vibhuti Gupta, Ph,D., assistant professor, computer science and data science

In this pilot project, Dr. Chen and Dr. Gupta plan to used data mining and molecular biology to investigate the role of circular RNAs (circRNAs) including the circular KDM5B (circKDM5B), a circular RNA form derived from KDM5B gene, on PCa malignancy and disparities. Their goals were to provide new mechanistic insights into castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) malignancy and a dataset and clues on the development of novel approaches for treating CRPC to reduce prostrate cancer disparities.