Our Staff

phone: 614-685-9231
email:  Gabrielle.Kokanos@osumc.edu

Gabrielle has been with the department since 2014. As Education Program Manager, she serves as the primary point of contact for all education-related activities in our department, including all BMI courses, biomedical informatics masters programs, the  online certificate program, the biomedical informatics summer internship program, and many others. She manages the hiring process for trainees, postdoctoral scientists, and visiting scholars. Gabrielle plans departmental events that are educational, operational, or research-oriented in nature, including training workshops, research seminars and journal clubs, and departmental retreats. Students wanting more information about our Department's educational initiatives should contact Gabrielle via BMI.Education@osumc.edu or visit the education page for more details.

Email: Ryan.Norris@osumc.edu

Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive
Office 250D
Columbus, OH 43210

Education

• MBA, Rider University, 2017
• Bachelors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

James Blachly, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine

Ümit V. Çatalyürek, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology

Alistair Erskine, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Chief Informatics Officer, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania

Randi Foraker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health

Jennifer Garvin, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine

Gregg Gascon, PhD, CHDA
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Value Analytics Clinical Data Scientist, Ohio Health Group

Kun Huang, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Assistant Dean for Data Sciences, Indiana University College of Medicine

Kamer Kaya, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey

Albert M. Lai, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Associate Professor, Washington University St. Louis
Chief Research Information Officer, Washington University St. Louis

Omkar Lele, MS, MBA
Adjunct Instructor
Director, Informatics Research & Development, Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine

Marcelo A. Lopetegui Lazo, MD, MS
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jefe de Servicio and Clinical Informatician, Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile

Ann McAlearney, ScD
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine

Robert McKenney, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology, College of Medicine

Philip R.O. Payne, PhD, FACMI
Adjunct Professor
Director, Institute for Informatics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Sheldon Retchin, MD, MSPH
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine

Phyllis Teater, MBA
Adjunct Instructor
Chief Information Officer, Wexner Medical Center

Daniel Walker, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine

Po-Yin Yen, PhD, RN
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis