Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Thomas Kannampallil, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: thomas.k@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Integrating cognitive, behavioral, and computational informatics techniques for developing health information technology solutions in the areas of clinical decision support, clinical reasoning, and clinical workflow
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Hrishikesh Kulkarni, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor
- Email: hkulkarn@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Modulating the complement system to mitigate pneumonia and acute lung injury
Key words
complement, pneumonia, lung injury, transplant, ICU, translational

Shinjini Kundu, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor
- Email: kundu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
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Albert Lai, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: amlai@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Research summary
My research is in clinical research informatics, but I also have strong interest in other areas of clinical informatics, including usability of clinical and consumer-facing systems and mobile health
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Fuhai Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: fuhai.li@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology
Cancer Biology
Research summary
Integrative large-scale pharmaco genomics analysis for target, signaling network, drug and drug combination discovery. Genomics data driven tumor-stromal communication discovery and modeling.
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Jr-Shin Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jsli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Control and optimization of large-scale complex systems with applications ranging from quantum mechanics and neuroscience to bioinformatics
Key words
computational mathematics, control theory, optimization, dynamical systems, MRI, NMR, neuroscience

Yang Li, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: yeli@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Cancer Biology
Neurosciences
Research summary
Our research interests include developing innovative computational tools/methods and utilizing single-cell (epi)genomic techniques to gain a comprehensive understanding of gene regulation in mammalian models and human diseases, particularly in brain tumors and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Key words
Bioinformatics, Gene Regulation, Single-cell Epigenetics, Brain Tumors, Neurological Disorders

Lei Liu, PhD
Professor
- Email: lei.liu@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Focused on the analysis of high dimensional omics (epigenetics and microbiome) data, subgroup identification, medical cost data, and joint models of multi-outcome data
Key words
Biostatistics, data science, machine learning, precision medicine, omics study, biomedical data mining

Jose Marcio Luna, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: jose.luna@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Dr. Jose Marcio Luna’s research focuses on the development of translational tools for prediction and diagnosis of cancer from a multi-omics perspective in the era of precision medicine.
Key words
Machine Learning, Data Sciences, Data Integration, Optimization Theory and Computational Medical Imaging

Ben Mansfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: bmansfeld@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Plant and Microbial Biosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
The Mansfeld Lab uses various non‑model species and a hypothesis driven, systems approach to examine how circadian rhythm, development, and tissue type impact plant defense.
Key words
Plant Pathology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Disease Resistance