Laura Saba

Laura Saba is an Associate Professor of Bioinformatics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She also holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics at the Colorado School of Public Health, is part of the Computation Bioscience Program at CU Anschutz, serves as Training Faculty for the Pharmacology Program within the CU School of Medicine, and is a fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics at CU Boulder.

Education:

• BS in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
• PhD in Biostatistics, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO

With nearly 20 years of experience, Dr. Saba specializes in applying advanced statistical methodology to health-related genetic, genomic, and proteomic studies of complex traits. Her research focuses on systems genetics techniques to analyze high-throughput data and build predictive models that examine how biological components interact to influence disease susceptibility and progression, moving beyond traditional "one gene, one disease" approaches.

Dr. Saba has received multiple prestigious awards including the Excellence in Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctoral Teaching Award (2022), Faculty Excellence in Mentoring and Advising (2020), membership in Delta Omega National Honorary Society in Public Health (2019), and the PhD Alumni Award (2019).

As a dedicated educator, Dr. Saba has been recognized for her excellence in mentoring graduate students. Her research program is actively funded to explore biological mechanisms related to transcription, translation, addiction, and immunity, though specific grant details aren't provided in the available information.

Dr. Saba directs the Systems Genetics and Bioinformatics laboratory where her team develops and applies computational tools to unravel complex biological systems and disease mechanisms across multiple disciplines including bioinformatics, biostatistics, and pharmaceutical sciences.