Garrett Dancik

Garrett Dancik is a Professor of Computer Science at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he serves as Department Chair and Program Coordinator for the Master's in Applied Data Science. He played a pivotal role in establishing Eastern's Bioinformatics minor program.

• Specializes in genomic data analysis and computational biology
• Developed bioinformatics tools: shinyGEO (GEO data analysis) and BC-BET (bladder cancer biomarker evaluation)
• Active in data science education and curriculum development

Research Focus: Applying statistical and computational models to analyze large genomic datasets with applications in personalized medicine and cancer detection. Current work includes developing bioinformatics tools for cancer biomarker identification and creating educational resources for data science.

Teaching: Offers courses in foundational programming, genomic data analysis, machine intelligence, and advanced web development. Maintains active GitHub repositories for course materials.

Scientific Contributions: Recent publications focus on cancer biomarker analysis, bioinformatics software development, and genomic data interpretation tools. Research spans bladder cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, and broader applications of data science in biomedical research.

Lab Opportunities: Provides research opportunities for computer science students interested in developing bioinformatics tools, text mining projects, and educational software for statistics and R programming.