Ellen works as a Bioinformaticist in Cruchaga lab. She received her master degree in business analytics; healthcare analytics track from Washington University in St. Louis and has a BS in Economics. Since joining the lab, she has been working on analyzing variants for Apolipoprotein E (APOE) to find a relation between demographic character and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). She is also supporting other researchers to manage large datasets associated with AD and Parkinson Disease.