Lija Hoffman
Mentor: Chindo Hicks, PhD
Department of Genetics Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA 70112
Email: lhoff2@lsuhsc.edu
Lija M.K. Hoffman is a second year MS student in the Bioinformatics and Computational Medicine Training Program at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans. She is working under the instruction of Dr. Chindo Hicks, utilizing integrative multi-omics and machine learning approaches for the discovery of biomarkers and therapeutic targets in liver cancer. She received a BS in Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, during which time she worked in a cognitive neuroscience lab studying large-scale functional connectivity. She then accepted a position conducting multi-method research on affective disorders at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. Developing an interest in oncology, she pivoted to work in cancer clinical trials, which solidified her passion for the area of study. Following completion of her current program, she plans to contribute to the development of oncology therapeutics through work in drug discovery.