About me

I'm a 5th year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics at the University of Washington. My research spans a variety of topics in statistical genetics, such as estimating evolutionary parameters from biobank-scale human sequencing data and detecting recombinant SARS-CoV-2 sequences.

Interests

Statistical genetics

Population genetics

Whole genome sequencing data

Viral sequences

Data science

Education

Ph.D. in Biostatistics, 2025 (expected)
University of Washington

B.A. in Statistics, 2020
Carleton College

Publications

Masaki, N., Browning, S.R., Browning, B.L., 2024. Simultaneous estimation of genotype error and uncalled deletion rates in whole genome sequence data. PLOS Genetics 20, e1011297. (link to article)

Yokoo, T., Masaki, N., Parikh, N.D., Lane, B.F., Feng, Z., Mendiratta-Lala, M., Lee, C.H., Khatri, G., Marsh, T.L., Shetty, K., Dunn, C.T., Al-Jarrah, T., Aslam, A., Davenport, M.S., Gopal, P., Rich, N.E., Lok, A.S., Singal, A.G., 2023. Multicenter Validation of Abbreviated MRI for Detecting Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Radiology 307, e220917. (link to article)