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Alal Eran is a computational biologist at Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Computational Health Informatics Program. Her research focuses on the molecular basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly autism, integrating genomic and clinical data to understand gene-environment interactions. She investigates RNA-mediated regulation at synapses, A-to-I RNA editing levels, and mitochondrial RNA modifications influenced by environmental factors like UV exposure. Her work aims to improve early diagnosis and personalized care for children with autism.
Key research areas include computational biology, precision medicine, and systems biology. She explores diagnostic biomarkers, disease comorbidities, and the impact of early infections and antibiotic use on neurodevelopmental outcomes. Her expertise spans bioinformatics tools for genomic analysis and clinical data integration, such as the i2b2 platform.
Publications highlight her contributions to understanding autism subtypes, mitochondrial gene expression, and the sociocultural impacts of vaccines. She has also contributed to studies on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis and racial disparities in pandemic outcomes.
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Labs/Teams: Member of the Computational Health Informatics Program at Boston Children's Hospital.
