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MD & MSc Bioinformatics | Clinical ML, Cancer Genomics, Transcriptomics

Profile Summary

I span clinical medicine and computational biology. I started as a Medical Doctor (Aga Khan University) and then deliberately re-oriented toward data science and genomics during the COVID pandemic, earning a 4.0 in the Biomedical Informatics Master's program at the University of Chicago. Since then I have applied machine learning to patient outcomes data, cancer genomics, and DNA biophysical features, with results published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Bioinformatics Advances. I am particularly experienced in transcriptomics pipelines (DESeq2, edgeR, Seurat), survival analysis, and predictive modeling in clinical datasets. I am also the founder of totem, where I build agentic data science tools for research teams working on sensitive or protected datasets. Available for bioinformatics analysis, pipeline development, ML modeling, and scientific consulting across life sciences.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Gene & Protein Expression Analysis
• ☆ Systems Biology
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ R
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Markup Languages
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Health Informatics
• ☆ Medical Terminology
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Carcinogenesis

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Deformulation, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Product Compliance , Concept Development, Packaging Design, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Work Experience

Founder

totem

January 2025 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Chicago

January 2023 - December 2024

Education

MScBMI

University of Chicago

September 2022 - March 2024

MBBS

Aga Khan University

November 2013 - December 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Waqaas Butt, Ben Lai, Tsu-Pei Chiu, Manish Bhattarai, Sheng Qian, Alan R. Bishop, Jubao Duan, Boian S. Alexandrov, Remo Rohs, Xin He (2025). Contribution of DNA breathing to physical interactions with transcription factors .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Butt, Waqaas A., Mustafa, Faizan G., Ahsan, Zeeshan, Salim, Shaharyar, Tahir, Hasan Nawaz, Mian, Asad I. (2024). The immunization questionnaire for understanding unwellness (TIQUU): Fun learning about vaccination using an innovative storytelling approach .

Butt, Waqaas A., Shariff, Amir, Khan, Sadaf, Mian, Asad I. (2021). Global Surgery Hackathons: A Case Study From Pakistan .

Hoodbhoy, Zahra, Masroor Jeelani, Sarah, Aziz, Abeer, Habib, Muhammad Ibrahim, Iqbal, Bilal, Akmal, Waqaas, Siddiqui, Khan, Hasan, Babar, Leeflang, Mariska, Das, Jai K (2021). Machine Learning for Child and Adolescent Health: A Systematic Review .

Butt, Waqaas Akmal, Shahood, Qurratulain, Farooqi, Walid Hussain, Ghias, Kulsoom, Sabzwari, Saniya, Mian, Asad (2020). Healthcare hackathons: fostering medical education through innovation in a developing country: a case study from Pakistan .

Waheed, Shahan, Akmal Butt, Waqaas (2017). My Story .