Our Staff
Our Bioinformaticians
office: 340-34 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-685-6494
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Cankun.Wang@osumc.edu
mailing address:
340-34 Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Education:
- M.S., Plant Science, South Dakota State University, 2019
- B.S., Software Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2017
Areas of Expertise:
- Next-generation sequencing data analysis
- Single-cell multi-omics data analysis
- Cloud infrastructure design, operation, and deployment
- Full-stack web applications and software development
Selected Collaborations:
- NIH SenNet Consortium Tissue Mapping Center
- Department of Neuroscience at OSU
- Center for Cardiovascular Research at Nationwide Children's Hospital
office: 340-06 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-688-9634
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Patrick.Stevens@osumc.edu
mailing address:
340-06 Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Education:
- M.S., Bioinformatics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis 2019 (ongoing)
- B.S., Biology, Penn State Behrend, Erie, PA 2017
Research Interests:
- Understanding the chromatin interactions using Hi-C data.
- Expression quantification of single-cell RNA sequencing transcriptome data and integration of other single-cell genomic methods to predict cell subtypes
- Functional roles of RNA modifications across tissues and species
- Prediction of RNA modifications using third generation sequencing
Selected Collaborations:
- Department of microbial infection and immunity
- Department of Neurology
office: 340 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-688-4778
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Garrett.Kinnebrew@osumc.edu
mailing address:
340 Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Education:
- M.D., Indiana University, School of Medicine, 2009
- B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2005
Areas of Expertise:
- Metabolomics Analysis, including experimental design, metabolite identification and quantification, and pathway analysis
- Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) Analysis
Email: robyn.kroeger@osumc.edu
Center for Biostatistics220 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Education:
- BS, Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2000
Areas of expertise:
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Project management, implementation and execution
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Pre and post award grants management
- Research development and strategic partnerships
Selected collaborations:
- BSIR
- GMO, OSP
Administration 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: Priya.Chhetri@osumc.edu
Center for Biostatistics220 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210
Education:
- BA, Communications, The Ohio State University, 2021
Email: Ryan.Norris@osumc.edu
Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon DriveOffice 250D
Columbus, OH 43210
Education
- MBA, Rider University, 2017
- Bachelors, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Joint Faculty
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