I am a Senior Research Scientist specializing in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Precision Medicine.
My research combines genomics, transcriptomics, multi-omics integration, machine learning, and large language models (LLMs) to transform complex biological data into actionable insights for biomarker discovery, therapeutic target identification, and AI-assisted drug discovery.
Currently, I work as a Bioinformatician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), where I develop scalable NGS pipelines, AI-driven computational workflows, and reproducible bioinformatics systems using TCGA and CPTAC datasets to advance cancer genomics research.
My long-term vision is to build intelligent computational systems that bridge biology and artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery and improve patient outcomes.
🧬 Computational Biology
🧬 Cancer Genomics
🧬 Precision Oncology
🧬 Bioinformatics
🧬 Multi-Omics Integration
💊 Drug Discovery
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
🧠 Machine Learning & Deep Learning
📚 Large Language Models (LLMs)
⚡ Agentic AI
☁️ Scientific Computing
Healthcare Data Engineering
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├── NIH Clinical Trials Lakehouse
├── CDC Healthcare Streaming ETL
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Bioinformatics
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├── TCGA CPTAC Kafka
├── Synthetic Variant Calling
├── USAG1 Validation
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Artificial Intelligence
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├── Genomic Foundation Models
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Research
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├── TNBC AI Drug Discovery
├── RTK NRTK Project
✔ Hybrid-CORE
AI framework for rational drug combination discovery.
✔ RTK/NRTK
Discovery of compensatory kinase networks using TCGA.
✔ Biomedical Agentic RAG
LLM-powered biomedical evidence synthesis.
✔ Foundation Models
🏥 NIH Clinical Trials Lakehouse
Production healthcare data engineering platform
GitHub
https://github.com/mtariqi/nih-clinical-trials-lakehouse-pipeline
🌍 CDC Healthcare Streaming ETL
Healthcare streaming analytics pipeline
https://github.com/mtariqi/cdc-healthcare-streaming-etl-pipeline
🎯 TNBC Drug Discovery Pipeline
AI-driven precision oncology
https://github.com/mtariqi/tnbc-drug-discovery-pipeline
🧬 TCGA-CPTAC Kafka Platform
Large-scale cancer multi-omics
https://github.com/mtariqi/tcga-cptac-kafka-bioinformatics
🧪 Synthetic Variant Calling Benchmark
Next-generation sequencing benchmarking
https://github.com/mtariqi/synthetic-variant-calling-benchmark
🤖 Genomic Foundation Models
Transformer models for genomics
https://github.com/mtariqi/genomic-foundation-models
🦷 USAG1 Validation
Computational target validation
https://github.com/mtariqi/USAG1-Validation
HYDRO-FLOW-AI
Extreme-aware AI framework for streamflow prediction and National Water Model (NWM) bias correction.
An independent research project that extends data-processing workflows from the Alabama Water Institute's NWM-ML project, applied specifically to correcting systematic NWM forecast bias at individual USGS gauges — with the model explicitly evaluated on its ability to represent extreme, high-flow events, not just average-case accuracy.
Leakage-safe temporal train/validation/test design (no random splits on time-series data) Evaluation beyond RMSE/MAE/NSE: Q95/Q99 error, peak-magnitude error, extreme-event detection Planned: XGBoost residual correction, quantile-regression uncertainty intervals, Transformer/LSTM and river-network graph neural network extensions
- 🧬 AI for Precision Oncology
- 💊 Computational Drug Discovery
- 🧠 Foundation Models for Genomics
- 📚 Biomedical Large Language Models
- ⚡ Agentic AI for Scientific Discovery
- 🔬 Cancer Multi-Omics
- ☁️ Scalable Scientific Computing
- Hydrology (Extreme-aware AI framework for streamflow prediction and National Water Model (NWM) bias correction.)
- Advanced diploma in Data Science and Data Engineering
- MS Bioinformatics
- MSc Molecular Biology
- MS Biotechnology
- BSc Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
- Health Informatics (Johns Hopkins University)
- Business Analytics- Data Driven Decision Making (University of Toronto)
- Project Management
- Cloud Computing
- Agentic AI
- Foundation Models
- Multi-agent Systems
- Biomedical LLMs
- Causal AI
I welcome collaborations in
- Computational Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Precision Medicine
- Cancer Genomics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Drug Discovery
- Machine Learning
- Healthcare AI
- Scientific Software Development
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdtariqulscired
GitHub
Healthcare Data Engineering │ ▼ Public Health Analytics │ ▼ Cancer Multi-omics │ ▼ AI Drug Discovery │ ▼ Foundation Models │ ▼ Agentic AI for Precision Medicine