John Drake
Biography
Undergraduate
James Madison University
Undergraduate Degree
Biology
Lab
Dr. Vlady Vladimirov
Research Interests
Bioinformatics, Gene Imputation, GeneNetworks.
Abstracts and Presentations
What excites you about joining Texas A&M School of Medicine for your PhD studies?
Given the interdisciplinary nature of the college, I believe the Medical Science program will allow me to reach my full potential and make a meaningful contribution to the psychiatric genetics field. Additionally, I am excited at the resources and opportunities for collaborations that Texas A&M will provide.
If you could meet any scientist throughout history, who would you want to meet and why?
Given the current pandemic, I would be interested in meeting Ignaz Semmelweis. He was a remarkably insightful and defiant individual that followed the evidence and ignored distractors.
Tell us something you are passionate about apart from research.
I absolutely love playing boardgames. Heavy euros (Le Havre, Age of Steam, Brass, etc) and 18xx games (1846, 1889, etc) are always something I enjoy.