Anderson O. Cox

Anderson O. Cox

Bioinformatician

Wake Forest University Medical School

Biography

Anderson O. Cox is a bioinformatician for the Bioinformatics Shared Resource in the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Medical School. After spending 13 years bringing projects from samples to datasets, he has transferred over to full-time data analysis.

Interests

  • Machine Learning
  • Cancer Genomics
  • Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Soccer Stats

Education

  • Masters in Analytics, 2021 - Ongoing

    Georgia Tech

  • BS in Chemistry, 2010

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Skills

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R

Python

Statistics

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Chemistry

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Bioinformatician I

Wake Forest University Medical School

Oct 2023 – Present North Carolina
Responsibilities include:

  • Survival analysis
  • Variant calling
  • Gene set and pathway analysis
  • Statistics and modeling
  • Data visualization
 
 
 
 
 

Laboratory Technician IV

Wake Forest University Medical School

Aug 2016 – Oct 2023 North Carolina
Responsibilities include:

  • Provided method development and consulting support for analytical projects including several novel LC-MS/MS methods
  • Prepared samples for analysis on multiple platforms
  • Instrumental analysis that included running the instruments and analysing data
  • Modeled data for from many mass spectrometry experiments
  • Provided statistical support for studies that consisted of data I produced as well as external data
 
 
 
 
 

Laboratory Technician

Truman State University

Aug 2014 – May 2016 Missouri
Maintained a stockroom and materials for organic chemistry labs. Repaired a GC/MS instrument.
 
 
 
 
 

Chemist I

RTI International

Aug 2010 – Jul 2014 North Carolina
Provided sample preparation, chromatography, and mass spectrometry for a variety of projects.

Achievements

MGT6203x: Data Analytics in Business

GTx May 2021 – Aug 2021
Business analytics concepts including modeling and inventory management
See certificate

CSE6040x: Computing for Data Analysis

GTx Jan 2021 – May 2021
Algorithm Programming in Python: Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib
See certificate

MicroMasters Program - Analytics: Essential Tools and Methods

GTx Aug 2020 – Aug 2021
Three fundamental analytics courses from edX and Georgia Tech
See certificate

ISYE6501x: Introduction to Analytics Modeling

GTx Aug 2020 – Dec 2020
Introduction to Analytics Modeling in R
See certificate

Data Scientist in R

DataCamp Nov 2019
Ongoing

Medicinal Chemistry: The Molecular Basis of Drug Discovery

edX May 2014
Introduction to medicinal chemistry: Structure, Process, Discovery, Metabolism
See certificate

Projects

Things I like to work on

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Pandemic Simulation

Ask to see a project simulating a pandemic spreading through a classroom.

Big Data Bowl Special Teams Weather Impact

A project looking at weather impact on special teams data from Big Data Bowl 2022

Whale Data Visualization

A visualization of whale data from a bird and mammal census.

Featured Publications

lia tesfay, bibbin t paul, anna konstorum, zhiyong deng, Anderson O. Cox, jingyun lee, cristina m furdui, poornima hegde, frank m torti, suzy v torti (2019). Stearoyl-coa desaturase 1 protects ovarian cancer cells from ferroptotic cell death. Cancer Research, Volume 79, Issue 20, October 2019, Pages 5355-5366.

PDF Slides

Anderson O. Cox, richard c. daw, michele d. mason, megan grabenauer, poonam g. pande, kenneth h. davis, jenny l. wiley, peter r. stout, brian f. thomas, john w. huffman (2012). Use of SPME-HS-GC–MS for the analysis of herbal products containing synthetic cannabinoids. Journal of analytical toxicology, Volume 36, Issue 5, June 2012, Pages 293-302.

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