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Kasra A. Vand

Indiana University Indianapolis

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Approach:statistical model· 5 Research Focus:database / resource· 4 Organism:human· 4 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Bohdan B. KhomtchoukiD· 4 shared Christopher S. NelsoniD· 2 shared Or GozaniiD· 2 shared Themistocles L. AssimesiD· 2 shared Abby F. Tang· 1 shared Bohdan B. Khomtchouk· 1 shared Claes Wahlestedt· 1 shared Diem-Trang T. TraniD· 1 shared

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Genotype-Based Severity Scoring System in Wolfram Syndrome: Correlation with Onset of Cardinal Symptoms and WFS1 Gene Variant Types

Liam Oiknine, Abby F. Tang, Evan M. Lee, Nila Palaniappan, Megha Verma, Kasra A. Vand, Sahiti Somalraju, Sarath Chandra Janga, Fumihiko Urano

Higher WFS1 genotype scores (variant frame, transmembrane location) tracked earlier diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy onset in 324 Wolfram patients, not hearing loss or diabetes insipidus.

Frontiers in Genetics · Jul 14, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine✦ In-depth digest

Genomic Disaggregation Reveals Distinct Admixture Patterns and Cardiometabolic Risk Loci in Black Hawaiians

Kasra A. Vand, Nelson Badia, Bohdan B. Khomtchouk

This study analyzes the genomic structure and cardiometabolic risks of Black Hawaiians using whole-genome sequencing and EHR data, revealing distinct admixture patterns and risk loci.

bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

HeartBioPortal2.0: new developments and updates for genetic ancestry and cardiometabolic quantitative traits in diverse human populations

Bohdan B. Khomtchouk, Christopher S. Nelson, Kasra A. Vand, Salvator Palmisano, Robert L. Grossman

HeartBioPortal2.0 provides a cloud-based platform for analyzing genetic and quantitative traits related to cardiovascular disease across diverse populations.

Database · Jan 1, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

HeartBioPortal: an internet-of-omics for human cardiovascular disease data

Bohdan B. Khomtchouk, Kasra A. Vand, William C. Koehler, Diem-Trang T. Tran, Kai Middlebrook, Shyam Sudhakaran, Christopher S. Nelson, Or Gozani, Themistocles L. Assimes

The paper introduces HeartBioPortal, a computational platform for cardiovascular disease data, aiming to provide user-friendly access and visualization similar to cancer genomics resources.

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine · Apr 1, 2019Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Biochat: a database for natural language processing of Gene Expression Omnibus data

Bohdan B. Khomtchouk, Vsevolod Dyomkin, Kasra A. Vand, Themistocles L. Assimes, Or Gozani

Biochat links GEO datasets via metadata similarity to support multi-omics data integration through a web application.

bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2018 · PreprintBioinformatics

PubData: search engine for bioinformatics databases worldwide

Bohdan B. Khomtchouk, Kasra A. Vand, Thor Wahlestedt, Kelly Khomtchouk, Mohammed K. Sayed, Claes Wahlestedt

PubData provides a search engine and file retrieval system for global bioinformatics databases using natural language processing and AI.

bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2016 · PreprintBioinformatics