Shaurita D. Hutchins

Shaurita Hutchins is a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since August 2020, focusing on computational biology and machine learning under Dr. Elizabeth Worthey in the Center for Computational Genomics and Data Science. Prior experience includes serving as Researcher III at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from April 2015 to August 2020, where collaboration with Dr. Eric Vallender centered on psychiatric genetics, and earlier roles as a Private Tutor and Researcher II. Shaurita's research background includes studies on Geminin in cancer metastases and tumor angiogenesis. Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Genomics, & Bioinformatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Master of Science in Biological Sciences from Mississippi College, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology Premed from Xavier University of Louisiana.