Meet Elaine

Elaine is a rising senior at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Washington. She is passionate about exploring the fields of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. She is especially drawn to the ways in which technology can be harnessed to address real-world challenges through innovation and research. Elaine enjoys applying her skills to interdisciplinary projects and combining technical skills with creative problem-solving in order to make a positive impact.

In addition, she holds a firm belief in the power of community. At school, she is co-president of Speech and Debate Club and Girls Who Code, where she mentors underclassmen to sharpen their voice for advocacy and fosters a safe space for girls in her school. Outside of school, she co-founded Young Coders’ Sphere, an organization that empowers youth through monthly coding for change competitions and free Computer Science lessons. In her spare time, Elaine also loves drawing, running, and watching reality tv. 

This summer at ISB, Elaine worked in the Thorsson-Shmulevich Lab alongside Mika Tsubota under their mentor Dr. Guangrong Qin to develop a multi-omics web portal for Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Using python, the team conducted statistical analyses and machine learning models to investigate relationships between MDS and secondary AML Variant Allele Frequency, and to identify gene expression patterns in AML patients predictive of patient age and survival timeline.