Research Interests
Keywords: Ontologies, Data Harmonization, Cross-species comparison, Disease聽
The Translational and Integrative Sciences Laboratory (TISLab;聽tislab.org) and the Monarch Initiative (monarchinitiative.org/) aim to leverage the wealth of data from research and health records to support disease diagnosis, treatment discovery, and the advancement of precision medicine. Dr. Sabrina Toro is the lead curator at both the TISLab and the Monarch Initiative. Her primary focus is on the development and application of standard and semantic technologies, including ontologies, to facilitate data integration, comparison, and interoperability. Among these ontologies, Dr. Toro leads the development and maintenance of the Mondo disease ontology and the Vertebrate Breed Ontology (VBO), which are used as standards for diseases and breed names, respectively. Dr. Toro also prioritizes sharing her knowledge and expertise in biocuration and ontology development; she actively participates in the creation of open learning tools and training materials, such as the OBO Academy ().
Publications
Sabrina Toro in 黑料网 Genetics News
April 20, 2025
Department of Genetics Publications for March 2nd – 29th, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 30 papers during March 2nd - 29th 2025.
August 21, 2024
Dr. Sabrina Toro Awarded New R24 Grant from NIEHS
Sabrina Toro, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded an R24 from NIEHS for her project titled 鈥淎dvancing a community-led zebrafish toxicology phenotype atlas鈥�.