Introduction

Xiaoru (Ruby) Dong is a Research Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Departments of Public Health Sciences and Departments of Biomedical Sciences at the Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. She earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Florida under the mentorship of Dr. Rhonda Bacher, following a B.S. in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Her research lies at the intersection of statistics and biology, focusing on developing statistical and computational methods for high-dimensional genomic data. She specializes in analyzing single-cell and multi-omics datasets, with applications in immunology and biomedical research. Her work addresses challenges in modeling complex biological systems, aiming to improve data interpretability and reproducibility.