Our analysis revealed that Asian students were significantly more likely to be involved in research that uses omics data compared to their student peers who are Caucasian (z= -2.93, p = 0.003, r= -0.14) at the beginning of the course (Table .1). By the end of the course, these differences between student groups were no longer significant (z= -1.63, p > 0.05, r= -0.09). Although the mean rank for Asian students was still higher than their Caucasian peers at the post-test (Table .2), this indicates that the differences between the groups within this cohort decreased over the course. The involvement in research could explain Asian students' higher self-appraisal for confidence using omics data analysis, despite having less previous programming experience. There were no significant differences regarding involvement with research for students of color more broadly that were not explained by the effect of Asian student experiences.