Professor Ho, Joshua Wing Kei 何永基
Professor Ho, Joshua Wing Kei 何永基
Dr Ho is an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Prior to joining HKU, he was the Head of Bioinformatics and Systems Medicine Laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, Australia. He was also a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney. Dr Ho completed his BSc (Hon 1, Medal) and PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Sydney, and undertook postdoctoral research at the Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on developing fast and reliable bioinformatics methods to identify the genetic cause and mechanism of various human diseases using a range of approaches such as whole genome sequencing, single-cell RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, machine learning, systems biology, cloud computing, and software testing and quality assurance. Dr Ho has over 70 publications, including first or senior-author papers in leading journals such as Nature, Genome Biology, Nucleic Acids Research and Science Signaling. His research excellence has been recognized by the 2015 NSW Ministerial Award for Rising Star in Cardiovascular Research, the 2015 Australian Epigenetics Alliance’s Illumina Early Career Research Award, and the 2016 Young Tall Poppy Science Award.
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| University of Sydney | BSc in Bioinformatics (Hon 1, Medal) | |
| University of Sydney | PhD in Bioinformatics |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 04/2016-08/2018 | Secretary | Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society |
| 04/2008-04/2021 | Member | International Society for Computational Biology |
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