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Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Jake Chen, Ph.D.

Jake Chen, Ph.D.

Professor

Director, Systems Pharmacology AI Research Center (SPARC)

Research Interests
Dr. Chen's research interests include translational bioinformatics, system biology, data mining, advanced visual analytics for therapeutic discovery and clinical decision-making applications.

Chen Lab

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Zechen Chong, Ph.D.

Zechen Chong, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests
Currently, Dr. Chong's lab is working to develop algorithms for next-generation sequencing data analysis and research genomic rearrangements and disease genomics.

Chong Lab

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James J. Cimino, M.D.

James J. Cimino, M.D.

Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science 

Research Interests
Dr. Cimino's current research involves developing systems supporting clinical and translational researchers and exploring new paradigms for improving electronic health records. 

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Tiago K. Colicchio, Ph.D.

Tiago K. Colicchio, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Dr. Colicchio's research interests involve designing smarter EHR systems through improved interoperability, knowledge representation, and accurate clinical decision support systems, focusing on reducing alert fatigue and improving patient safety.

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John D. Osborne, Ph.D.

John D. Osborne, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Research Interests
The current focus of Dr. Osborne's research is building the tools, methods, and infrastructure needed to explore the relationship between genotype and phenotype - with a focus on clinical natural language processing to extract human phenotype information from biomedical text. Dr. Osborne is actively exploring the application of recurrent neural networks in this problem space.

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Alexander Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Alexander Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Professor

Research Interests
Dr. Rosenberg's interests cover broad areas of bioinformatics, from data modeling, databases, and software pipeline development for high-throughput workflows, through analysis and innovative visualization approaches for complex biological data sets. 

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Amy Wang, M.D.

Amy Wang, M.D.

Associate Professor 

Research Interests
Dr. Wang's areas of expertise include biomedical ontologies, health standards, electronic health records (EHRs), and informatics education. 

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Adjunct Faculty

Abdulaziz Ahmed, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration
School of Health Professions

James Booth, MD, MSHI
Associate Professor, Associate Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine

Dongquan Chen, Ph.D., MSHI
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine – Preventive Medicine

Jin Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology, Associate Director for Biomedical Informatics for Education
Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Changde Cheng, Ph.D., MS
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology & Oncology, Department of Medicine

David Crossman, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Genetics – Genetics Research Division

Jeffrey Curtis, M.D., M.S., MPH
Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

Yvonne Edwards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Tony Fargason, M.D. 
Professor, Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Children’s of Alabama
Department of Pediatrics

Sue Feldman, RN, MeD, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Graduate Programs in Health Informatics

Benjamin Galatzan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Family, Community and Health Systems
UAB School of Nursing

Chen Huang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics - Genetics Research Division

Lara Ianov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Managing Director
UAB Biological Data Science Core (U-BDS), Department of Neurobiology

Robert Kimberly, MD
Director of CCTS, Department of Medicine – Division of Immunology/Rheumatology

Brittany Lasseigne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology

Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology
Co-Director, Undergraduate Program in Bioinformatics

Alexander Mackinnon Jr., MD, Ph.D.
Robert B. Adams Endowed Professor
Director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics & Bioinformatics, Department of Pathology

Ryan Melvin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Matthew Might, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute
Department of Medicine- Division of General Internal Medicine

Heather Nelson-Brantley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director, Nurse Executive DNP Pathway

Bunyamin Ozaydin, Ph.D., MSEE
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration

Larissa Pierce
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama Health Services Foundation

Michelle Robinson, D.M.D.
School of Health Professions, Department of Health Services Administration

Nichole Samuy, M.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric – Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Sadeep Shrestha, Ph.D., MHS, MS
Professor, Department of Epidemiology

Sooryanarayana Varambally, Ph.D.
Professor, Director of Integrative Translational Oncologic Pathology Research
Co-Director, Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Department of Pathology – Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology

James Willig, MD, MSPH
Professor, Department of Medicine – Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean, Clinical Education

Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Genetics Research Division

Ferhat Zengul, Ph.D., MBA, MAcc
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration

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