About
Current Role
Bioinformatics Manager at UTHSC, leading the BIG (Biorepository & Integrative Genomics) initiative. I manage high-throughput whole-exome sequencing pipelines, maintain the LIMS, and develop scalable variant annotation and clinical genomics workflows.
Education
PhD, Biomedical Informatics — University of Nebraska Medical Center
MS, Computer Science — SUNY Albany
BS, Information Technology — Muffakham Jah College of Engineering & Technology
Additional Roles
Adjunct Faculty · LIMS Developer · HPC Liaison · AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner · Machine Learning Scientist
Expertise
Research Areas
🧬 Pediatric Genomics
Whole-exome sequencing and genotyping in diverse pediatric cohorts; ancestry estimation; variant interpretation for rare and common disease.
🤖 ML in Critical Care
Early prediction of sepsis, ARDS, AKI, and ICP events in ICU patients using physiological time-series data and ML/DL models.
🩸 Sickle Cell Disease
Machine learning for organ failure prediction, metabolomics-based biomarker discovery, and risk stratification in SCD populations.
📊 GWAS & Population Genetics
Genome-wide association studies, polygenic risk score modeling, PheWAS, and identity-by-descent analysis at biobank scale.
🔬 Host-Pathogen Interactions
Gene co-expression network analysis of fungal (Candida) infection; transcriptomic responses in endothelial and epithelial cells.
💊 Cancer Bioinformatics
Development of integrated pipelines for cancer biomarker discovery and multi-class cancer classification from high-throughput sequencing data.
Publications
* co-first author | View full publication list on Google Scholar →
Preprints
Conference Abstracts
Between Privacy and Utility: Navigating Inference Risks in De-Identified Health Data
The Biorepository and Integrative Genomics (BIG) Initiative: Addressing genomic health care disparities in underserved communities
Hemodynamic Features Predict Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Critically Ill Children
Academic Profiles
Contact
Dr. Akram Mohammed
Bioinformatics Manager, BIG Initiative
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
50 N Dunlap St, Memphis, TN 38103