{"id":2804,"date":"2025-05-07T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/?post_type=qsc_member&#038;p=2804"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:36:42","slug":"dongfang-cai","status":"publish","type":"qsc_member","link":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/members\/dongfang-cai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dongfang Cai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex qsc-member-single-core-info-container\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow qsc-member-single-photo-column\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Dongfang_Cai-300x300.jpg\" class=\"qsc-member-single-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Dongfang_Cai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Dongfang_Cai-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Dongfang_Cai-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/simpsonlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Dongfang_Cai.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow qsc-member-single-info-column\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-name\"><h1>Dongfang Cai<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-position\">MBI Student<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-department\">School of Computing, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-organization\">Queen&#8217;s University<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-contact\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qsc-member-socials\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/dongfang-cai-164a071b4\" title=\"LinkedIn\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qsc-member-bio\">\n\t\n<p>Dongfang graduated from the University of Manitoba and is now a graduate student in Biomedical Informatics at Queen\u2019s University. 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