David van Dijk, PhD, MSc, BSc
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and of Computer Science
Biography
Dr. David van Dijk is Assistant Professor at Yale Dept. of Internal Medicine and Yale Dept. of Computer Science where he leads a research group that focuses on the cutting-edge application of machine learning methods to big biomedical data. His group develops new algorithms for discovering hidden structure, signals, and patterns in complex high-dimensional and high-throughput data, including single-cell RNA sequencing, microbiome, medical imaging, and electronic health records. His research team comprises trainees from diverse backgrounds, including computer science, mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, and neuroscience. Dr. van Dijk completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam and the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he used machine learning to understand how gene regulation is encoded in DNA sequence. As a postdoc at Yale Genetics and Computer Science, he developed machine learning methods for single-cell data that are widely used in the biomedical community.
Website: vandijklab.org
Appointments
Cardiovascular Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Internal Medicine
- Neuroscience Track
- Wu Tsai Institute
- Yale Cardiovascular Research Center (YCVRC)
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Columbia University (2015)
- PhD
- University of Amsterdam, Computer Science (2013)
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Weizmann Institute of Science (2013)
- MSc
- Free University of Amsterdam, Computer Science (2008)
- BSc
- Free University of Amsterdam, Computer Science (2005)
Research
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Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Links & Media
News
- July 11, 2024Source: Yale Ventures
11 Yale Projects Receive Awards from the Colton Center for Autoimmunity
- November 27, 2023
Yale Researchers Shed Light on the Progression of Neurodegeneration
- November 02, 2023
Discovering the 'Cytokine Language' That Activates Immune Responses
- April 13, 2023
Discoveries & Impact (April 2023)