Maliha Aziz

Maliha Aziz is a research scientist specializing in bioinformatics at George Washington University since November 2012, where contributions include assay development for detecting bacterial species in the nasal and penile microbiome. Previously, Maliha served as a bioinformatics analyst at Translational Genomics, developing a taxonomic classification pipeline for microbial community analysis. Early career experiences include a research assistant role at Arizona State University focusing on bioinformatics workflows and a software developer position at Millennium Softwares Ltd in Karachi, Pakistan. Maliha holds a BS in Computer Science from the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, an MS in Computational Biosciences from Arizona State University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Data Science at The George Washington University-Milken Institute School of Public Health.