Project title
Characterization of the genomic architecture of CKD in Australia’s First people
Supervisory Team
A/Prof. Shivashankar H Nagaraj (Principal supervisor)
A/Prof. Rodney Lea (Associate Supervisor)
Project description
The Tiwi community is one of the Australian Indigenous groups living in the northern part of Darwin and isolated from the mainland for about 10,000 years. And they are experiencing a high burden rate of Chronic kidney disease. My research study involves identifying the variants associated with renal function/kidney disease using robust statistical methods. This study also involves the development of a polygenic risk score (PRS) specific to the Tiwi population to predefine/identify the risk set of individuals.
Short biography
Vignesh is a second-year Ph.D. candidate who has knowledge and experience in various multitude of statistical techniques. And he has developed an interest in genetics due to his interest in human biology and genetics in his previous employment. This Ph.D. project will help him to improve both skills and gain a lot of experience.
Education (i.e. qualifications completed):
2019 Master of Science (Biostatistics) from NIMHANS, India
2017 Bachelor of Statistics from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, India