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CCTS Core Informatics Team

Jake Chen

Jake Y. Chen, PhD
Chief Bioinformatics Officer
Associate Director, Informatics Institute
Professor of Genetics, UAB
jakechen@uab.edu
205-996-0738

Jim Cimino

James J. Cimino, MD
Director
Informatics Institute, UAB
ciminoj@uab.edu
205-996-1958

Chindo Hicks

Chindo Hicks, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Director, Bioinformatics and Genomics Program
Director, Bioinformatics and Data Science Service Center
LSUHSC
chick3@lsuhsc.edu
504-568-2657

Elliot Lefkowitz

Elliot J. Lefkowitz, PhD
Director
Professor of Microbiology, UAB
elliotl@uab.edu
205-934-1946

Matt Wyatt

Matthew Wyatt, MSHI
Assistant Director
Informatics Institute, UAB
mwyatt@uabmc.edu
205-934-0660


University of Alabama at Birmingham

Dongquan Chen, PhD

Dongquan Chen, PhD
Associate Professor
Preventative Medicine
dchen@uab.edu

David K. Crossman, PhD

David K. Crossman, PhD
Instructor 
dkcrossm@uab.edu

Don Dempsey, MS

Don Dempsey, MS
Programmer 
ddempsey@uab.edu

Geoff Gordon, MSEE

Geoff Gordon, MSEE
Co-Director 
gdgordon@uab.edu

Curtis Hendrickson

Curtis Hendrickson
Research Associate 
curtish@uab.edu

Dale Johnson, MS

Dale Johnson, MS
Senior System Analyst
rdalej@uab.edu

John Osborne, MS

John Osborne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
ozborn@uab.edu

Liam Van Der Pol, MS

Liam Van Der Pol, MS
Bioinformatician III 
liamvdp@uab.edu

James H. Willig, MD, MSPH

James H. Willig, MD, MSPH
Co-Director 
jwillig@uab.edu


Auburn University

Eric Peatman, PhD

Eric Peatman, PhD
Associate Professor 
peatmer@auburn.edu 


HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Devin Absher, PhD

Devin Absher, PhD
Investigator 
256-327-0400
dabsher@hudsonalpha.com


Louisana State University Health Sciences Center

Judy Crabtree

Judy Crabtree, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Co-Leader, Genomics Core
jcrabt@lsuhsc.edu

Zhide Fang

Zhide Fang, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics
Interim Director of Biostatistics Program
School of Public Health
zfang@lsuhsc.edu

Lucio Miele

Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine 
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center 
lmiele@lsuhsc.edu

Christopher Taylor

Christopher Taylor, PhD
Associate Professor, Microbiology-Immunology 
Co-Leader, Genomics Core
ctay15@lsuhsc.edu

Jovanny Zabaleta

Jovanny Zabaleta, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
Leader, Stanley Scott Cancer Center Translational Genomics Core
jzabal@lsuhsc.edu


Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Sujoy Ghosh, PhD

Sujoy Ghosh, PhD
Associate Professor Adjunct 
Sujoy.Ghosh@pbrc.edu

Ron Horswell, PhD

Ron Horswell, PhD
Associate Professor 
Health Care Quality Improvement
Ronald.Horswell@pbrc.edu

William Johnson, PhD

William Johnson, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics 
Director, Biostatistics Core
William.Johnson@pbrc.edu

Michael Salbaum, PhD

Michael Salbaum, PhD
Associate Professor 
Director, Pennington Biomedical Genomics Core 
Michael.Salbaum@pbrc.edu


Tulane University

Melody Baddoo

Melody Baddoo
Senior Research Scientist 
Cancer Crusaders Next Generation Sequence Analysis Core 
mbaddoo@tulane.edu

Erik Flemington, PhD

Erik Flemington, PhD
Zimmerman Professor, Cancer Research
Program Director, Cancer Genetics
Director, Cancer Bioinformatics Core
eflemin@tulane.edu

Michelle Lacey, PhD

Michelle Lacey, PhD
Associate Professor, Mathematics 
Adjunct Associate Professor, Biostatistics 
mlacey1@tulane.edu

Jian Li, PhD

Jian Li, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
jli8@tulane.edu

Yao-Zhong Liu, PhD

Yao-Zhong Liu, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics 
SPH and Tropical Medicine
yliu8@tulane.edu

Sudesh Srivastav, PhD

Sudesh Srivastav, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics 
ssrivas@tulane.edu


University of South Alabama

Dan Roach, MD

Dan Roach, MD
Acting Director
Center for Strategic Health Innovation
droach@southalabama.edu