Katrina Waters
Expertise
Dr. Waters has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and 10 years of experience in microarray and proteomic data analysis, data integration and biomarker discovery. She is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Group at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Her research interests are focused the reconstruction of cell response networks from integrated gene and protein expression data to enable predictive mechanistic modeling of disease and toxicity pathways. Her current projects include pathway-based biomarker discovery for environmental exposure to lung toxicants, including disease susceptibility factors, and network modeling of lung inflammation through macrophage and epithelial cell paracrine communication.
Education
- Postdoc, Toxicology, CIIT Centers for Health Research, 1999-2001
- Postdoc, Biochemistry, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1997-1999
- Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1996
- A.B., Chemistry, Ripon College, 1992
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Poster Travel Award, Gordon Conference on Toxicogenomics, June 2007
Plenary Poster Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, June 1998
National Research Service Award, NCI Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1999