Research Areas
Much as there has been a revolution in the areas of biological and biomedical sciences through high-throughput data-generation technologies, a similar revolution has occurred in terms of the development in large-scale analysis approaches for computational biology and bioinformatics. Computational approaches to understanding protein structure, gene function, disease mechanism, drug development, imaging of biological systems, precision medicine, and the analysis of other large data sets (such as wearable device data and health records) are expected to contribute enormously to the analysis of biological systems and problems. The Yale BBS program offers an extraordinary opportunity for research in these exciting areas. Some representative areas are as follows.