Research Scientist 

office: 220-21 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-366-1841
fax: 614-688-6600
email: VenkatSundar.Gadepalli@osumc.edu

mailing address:

Bioinformatics Shared Resources
340-14 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• Ph.D., Integrative life sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014
• M.S., Bioinformatics, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009
• Advanced Diploma in Bioinformatics, University of Pune, 2007

Areas of Expertise:

• Data Analytics
• Building support tools and web based interactive dataportals
• Next Generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis (RNA, Exome)  
• Developing NGS pipelines

Selected Collaborations:

• OSU-Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

Research Scientist

office: Ackerman Road
phone: 614-688-9722
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Amy.Hite@osumc.edu

mailing address:

340 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive 
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• PhD., Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, 2012
• B.S. Biosystem and Agriculture Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2004

Areas of Expertise:

• Next generation sequencing analysis including RNAseq, miRNAseq, exome-seq, and CHIPseq
• Ingenuity Pathway analysis
• Nanostring miRNA expression

Selected Collaborations:

• OSU-Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

Biomedical Informatics Consultant

office: 340-16 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-688-9723
fax: 614-688-6600
email: AyseSelen.Yilmaz@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• M.S., Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando 2001
• B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul 1998

Areas of Expertise:

• Building workflows for processing variety of genomic data on cluster computing environment:
• Transcriptome, ExomeSeq and TargetedSeq, Whole Genome, ChipSeq, ATAC-Seq
• Sequencing Quality control
• Expression quantification
• Variant calling, annotation, filtering and  integrative genomics
• Pathway Enrichment Analysis

Selected Collaborations:

• Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology
• Division of Endocrinology
• Department of Surgery, Ohio State Comprehensive Wound Center
• Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

 

Research Scientist

office: 340-14 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-688-9663
fax: 614-688-6600
email: yue.zhao@osumc.edu

mailing address:

Bioinformatics Shared Resources
340-14 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• M.S., Statistics, University of Iowa, 2017
• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2007
• B.S., Polymer Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2004

Research Interests:

• Develop and apply statistical and computational methods for high-throughput sequencing data analysis
• Sparse linear modeling of RNA sequencing data for isoform discovery and abundance estimation
• Isoform abundance quantification with third generation sequencing

Selected Collaborations:

• Department of Rediation Oncology

 

phone: 614-688-9725
email: Amanda.Carroll2@osumc.edu

phone: 614-366-6265
email: Prasanna.Dandamudi@osumc.edu

Senior Systems Consultant

office: 340-05 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-685-7591
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Lakshmi.Gupta@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• MBA 2002 ,Data Architecture and Business Intelligence Certified, Villanova University, Florida

Areas of Expertise:

• Data Consulting
• Data Analytics 
• Data Research and Technology
• Data Mining

Selected Collaborations:

• Shared Services
• IT

 

phone: 614-685-8504
email: Heather.Lansky@osumc.edu

Biomedical Informatics Consultant

office: 220-20 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-366-5499
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Neena.Thomas@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• MS, Biomedical Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH  2005
• MDBA, Finance Management, Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, India 2003
• B.Tech., Biomedical Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India 2000

Areas of Expertise:

• Human subjects data for research from OSUWMC Electronic Health Record (EPIC/IHIS), Enterprise Warehouse System (IW) & PCORI/PCORnet data mart.
• Research, Regulatory & Governance processes including IRB and Honest Broker protocols.
• Project Management, Research Project Planning  & Database Management
• Research Informatics & Data Capture Tools 
• Design and develop workflow, processes and technical solutions for Research Projects

Selected Collaborations:

• Center for Clinical and Translational Science
• Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• The Information Warehouse
• Clinical Trials Management Organization

 

Senior Biostatistician

Phone: 614-293-6491
Fax: 614-688-6600
Email: gregory.young@osumc.edu

Mailing address:

Center for Biostatistics
320-45 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• M.S., Statistics, Colorado State University, 2000
• B.S., Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University (OH), 1997

Areas of expertise:

• Data capture and management
• Survival analysis and Cox regression
• Mixed-effects regression models
• Group randomized trials

Selected collaborations:

• Division of Population Sciences, OSU CCC

 

Research Scientist 

office: 220-23 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-366-1958
fax: 614-688-6600
email: ChienWei.Chiang@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• Ph.D. in BioInformatics (Minor: Pharmacometrics), Indiana School of Informatics and Computing, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
• B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN

Research Interests:

• Machine learning/ artificial intelligence algorithm
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Drug-Drug Interaction
• Network Modeling for Genetics Regulatory Network
• Genome-wide analysis and Next generation sequence

 

phone: 614-366-5950
email: Wei-Chao.Chuang@osumc.edu

phone: 614-366-5962
email: Puneet.Mathur@osumc.edu

phone: 614-685-3494
email: Nicole.Rutledge@osumc.edu

phone: 614-366-5496
email: John.Strickler@osumc.edu

phone: 614-366-7033
email: John.Thompson2@osumc.edu

Business Systems Analyst

office: 220-33 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-293-0749
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Rohith.Vanam@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• Masters in Health Informatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis-IN
• Doctor in Pharmacy (Pharm-D), Osmania University, India

Areas of Expertise:

• R-shiny web application development and deployment
• Data Analytics with Python and R
• DBMS - MySQL, SQL
• Front end development using Javascript
• Certified Professional Coder (CPC-A) – ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS

Selected Collaborations:

• Department of Public Health
• Government Resource Center(GRC), Ohio Departments of Medicaid

 

Bioinformatics Consultant

office: 220-24 Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-366-4367
fax: 614-688-6600
email: Shunchao.Wang@osumc.edu

mailing address:

250 Lincoln Tower 
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, OH 43210

Education:

• Masters in Software Engineering, Peking University, Beijing China
• Bachelors in Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University of Technology, China

Areas of Expertise:

• Full stack web application development
• Expertise in SOA and MDA Software Development
• Front end web development using JavaScript
• Expertise in Linux/Unit System Administration
• Expertise in project management and versioning

 

Assistant to the Chair

location: 250F Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-685-4685
email: Megan.BeVier@osumc.edu

Megan BeVier is the Assistant to the Chair, Dr. Lang Li. Megan's responsibilities include the oversight of all communication from the Chair's office, assistance with recruiting, and organization of department front office. Megan has over 14 years of experience facilitating  and encouraging research at OSU and specializes in collaboration. Megan received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and has received many awards for her work and contribution to the University.

Assistant to the Vice Chair

location: 250K Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-293-6899
email: Anita.Bratcher@osumc.edu

Anita is the Assistant to the Vice Chair, Dr. Soledad Fernandez and  Dr. John Bridges, Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Surgery. Anita’s responsibilities include calendar management, maintaining collaborative scheduling efforts between BMI, the Center for Biostatistics, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, coordinating logistics for the external seminar speakers, assisting as backup for the Assistant to the Chair, as well as other administrative functions in the department.  Anita most recently worked at LBrands with the Mast Global team, and prior to that she has 15 years of service at the university in various roles.  She received her Master’s degree from OSU Fisher College of Business in 2011.

Department Administrator

location: 250L Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-688-6764
email: Judith.Buster@osumc.edu

Judith has been with the department since  2012. As Department Administrator, Judith manages the administrative team as a whole. She also takes part in numerous departmental planning strategies, such as budget planning, policy development, and faculty recruitment. Judith received her undergraduate degree from Miami University and has been essential to the evolution of the department’s vision.

Business Manager

location: 250D Lincoln Tower
phone: 614-366-2561
email: Michelle.Freeman@osumc.edu

Michelle joined the admin team in 2018.  Michelle’s responsibilities include:  oversight and management of complex administrative, human resource and fiscal functions; provides comprehensive financial management of a variety of funds; leads special projects across all entities.; participates in the Department Leadership Team; serves as the lead administrator in the absence of the Administrator.  Michelle worked for the University for 15 year in various departments. Michelle received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

Education Program Manager

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.

Service Line Coordinator

phone: 614-293-0074
email: Mikayla.McCormic@osumc.edu
 
Mikayla joined the BMI admin team in 2017. As service line coordinator, Mikayla's main role is managing the intake of new projects and maintaining MOUs, SOWs, and PSAs for the department. She also curates the department website and promotes BMI-related events through multiple media outlets. Mikayla received her undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University in 2015 and has worked for OSU since then.

Fiscal Associate

email: Jasmine.Scott@osumc.edu

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 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 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