Levi Waldron

Levi Waldron is a Professor and Department Chairperson in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. His research focuses on data science, R/Bioconductor software development, bioinformatics, cancer genomics, and human microbiome analysis. He holds a PhD in Wood Science from the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral training at the Ontario Cancer Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard School of Public Health.

Education:

• PhD in Wood Science, University of Toronto
• MSc in Physics, University of Waterloo
• BSc in Physics, University of British Columbia

Research Interests: Dr. Waldron’s work integrates computational methods with biomedical data to address challenges in public health. Key areas include microbiome analysis for disease biomarkers (e.g., colorectal cancer, autism spectrum disorders), development of open-source bioinformatics tools (e.g., CellMapper, AnVILWorkflow), and improving data-sharing infrastructure for genomic research. His recent studies explore longitudinal microbiome changes in cancer immunotherapy and ethical implications of metagenomic data privacy.

Grants & Collaborations: As a leader in bioinformatics, he collaborates on projects like the CHASING COVID Cohort study and contributes to initiatives like the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis Lab-space. His lab develops tools for multi-omics integration and cloud-based genomic analysis.