Hampton Leonard Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland

• Applying data science approaches such as machine learning to large neurogenetic problems with a focus on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease• Working with a team to develop and test an automatic machine learning ecosystem for multiomic data (GenoML)• Junior lead of the Complex Disease Data Analysis Working Group for the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2) to enable population diverse research and the sharing of analysis results to the public as quickly and with as few limitations as possible• Member of the Training, Networking and Communications Group as well as the Operations and Compliance Group of GP2 to create learning and teaching opportunities for PD scientists and ensure compliance language for data access and participation is widely understood• Member of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Parkinson’s Disease (AMP-PD) Data Analysis Working Group and Whole Genome Sequencing Working Group to perform data quality control and create notebooks and resources for analysis on the cloud-based environment Terra• Creating and leading Hackathons for the International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC) to encourage trainees to learn and work together as teams to complete PD related projects• Responsible for genome-wide association studies and other analyses involving the Health, Aging, and Body Composition patient cohort

• Studied the interactions between the healthy and unhealthy mouse gut microbiomes and how to computationally model these interactions• Utilized machine and statistical learning to build predictive models

• Improved efficiency of program by developing new techniques for analyzing and visualizing data collected from thousands of infants born in VA• Researched and evaluated distribution of the genetic and metabolic diseases screened for by the program

• Conducted experiments using an EEG machine to draw connections between brain activity and social behavior• Analyzed and evaluated EEG data

Master’S Degree, Data Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Cognitive Science Major : Studio Art Minor

Activities and Societies: Delta Zeta Sorority, Undergraduate Research, Madison House Volunteer Program, Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard.

Mcintire Business Institute Summer Program