Douglas B. Perkins Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Greater Boston

• Promoted to Case Investigator & Unit Lead from Contact Tracer.• Co-led a team of 20+ contact tracers and trained them in proper tracing and case investigation.• Interviewed 500+ MA residents to gather and provide information to prevent COVID-19 spread.• Conducted interviews with professionalism, empathy, and cultural, gender, and emotional awareness.• Collaborated with colleagues to solve challenging cases and facilitated team meetings on Microsoft Teams.• Conducted 50+ home assessments by phone to determine assistance needed by individuals and families.• Documented interview data & 1500+ call logs meticulously in Salesforce CRM for epidemiologists.

Greater Boston

Cambridge, Ma

• Examined rare genetic variants impacting hematological traits using UK Biobank genomics data in Dr. Vijay Sankaran’s laboratory.• Developed and executed high-performance computing (HPC) scripts to process, analyze, and visualize data with R, dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, PLINK, rvtests, bcftools, ldprune.• Discovered rare variant associations between 5 genes and 10 blood traits. Replicated known rare variant associations between IL33 and eosinophil count as well as TUBB1 and platelet distribution width.

Boston, Ma

• Examined rare genetic variants impacting hematological traits using UK Biobank genomics data in Dr. Vijay Sankaran’s laboratory.• Developed and executed high-performance computing (HPC) scripts to process, analyze, and visualize data with R, dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, PLINK, rvtests, bcftools, ldprune.• Discovered rare variant associations between 5 genes and 10 blood traits. Replicated known rare variant associations between IL33 and eosinophil count as well as TUBB1 and platelet distribution width.

Framingham, Ma

Continued tutoring of chemistry topics with small groups of peers.

Bar Harbor, Maine

• Invited to return for continuation of Summer Student Program (SSP) 2017 research.• Investigated the subset of expression and protein quantitative trait loci (eQTLs and pQTLs) interacting with diet and sex in genetically heterogeneous Diversity Outbred mice in Dr. Steven Munger's laboratory.• Designed and implemented high performance computing (HPC) scripts to process, analyze, and visualize big data proteomics and transcriptomics datasets with R, dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, qtl2, DOQTL, Python, and the STRING protein interactions database.• Identified Pfdn4 as a possible causal regulator of a chromosome 2 pQTL affecting Pfdn4, and as a possible regulator of a set of cell cycle-related genes including Cdk2.• Won Honorable Mention at the 2018 Framingham State University 50th Semiannual Biology Student Research Symposium for poster presentation.

Framingham, Ma

• Worked with individual students to overcome the difficulties of learning chemistry and Microsoft Excel by analyzing problems from several perspectives.Chemistry topics tutored include measurements (uncertainty, precision, accuracy), atomic structure, chemical bonding, nomenclature, concentrations, dilutions, molecular geometry, stoichiometry, kinetic-molecular theory, thermochemistry, basic thermodynamics, colligative properties, and basic kinetics.

Framingham, Ma

• Taught small groups of peers finite mathematics and chemistry concepts through presentations, abstractions, and examples. • Helped students develop independent study skills and succeed academically.

Framingham, Ma

• Prepared laboratory experiments for introductory chemistry students in collaboration with professors.

Framingham, Ma

• Ensured lab safety by removing hazardous chemicals, maintaining broken glass containers, and stocking proper equipment.

Bar Harbor, Maine

• 1 of ~35 college and high school students accepted into the Jackson Laboratory's 2017 Summer Student Program cohort.• Investigated the subset of expression and protein quantitative trait loci (eQTLs and pQTLs) interacting with diet and sex in genetically heterogeneous Diversity Outbred mice in Dr. Steven Munger's laboratory.• Designed and implemented high performance computing (HPC) scripts to process, analyze, and visualize big data proteomics and transcriptomics datasets with R, dplyr, tidyr, ggplot2, qtl2, DOQTL, Python, and the STRING protein interactions database.• Presented research poster at the JAX 2017 Summer Student Program Research Symposium.• Invited to return for continuation of research in summer and fall of 2018.

Newton, Ma

• Provided strong customer service skills to ensure repeat customers • Met continuous deadlines in a fast-paced workplace.

Master Of Science - Ms, Data Science

Coursework including reinforcement learning, supervised machine learning, network science, algorithms, data management & processing.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry; Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology; & Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science, Graduate

Activities and Societies: President of Chemistry Club (2016) and Treasurer (2015), President of Honors Program Student Association (2014).

Honors Intercultural Studies

I studied abroad in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University (Fakulta sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy) from May to July.