Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

John Pruett, Jr., MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: pruettj@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
The neuroscience of ASD, social cognition and comparative cognition
Key words
fcMRI, fMRI, infant, autism, face perception, visual attention, psychophysics, social cognition, comparative cognition

Alex Ramsey, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: aramsey@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
My research focus is in implementation science, particularly as applied to tobacco use treatment and cancer prevention interventions. My goal is to design and implement multilevel interventions to improve the access and quality of health care.
Key words
smoking cessation, addiction treatment, implementation science, mixed methods, health behavior change, technology

John Rice, PhD
Professor
- Email: john@zork.wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Statistical genetics; complex disease genetics; methods in statistical genetics
Key words
mathematical modeling, epidemiology, genetics

Elisha Roberson, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: eroberson@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Using bench molecular biology, high-throughput sequencing, and bioinformatics to understand human inflammatory / autoimmune disease.
Key words
human genetics; autoimmune; inflammatory disease; biomarkers; high-throughput sequencing; precision medicine

Philip Ruzycki, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: p.ruzycki@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Computational and Systems Biology
Research summary
Key words

Naresha Saligrama, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: nareshas@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Adaptive immune responses in neuroinflammatory, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric diseases
Key words
Neuroimmunology, Autoimmunity, T cell receptors, Antigens

Leonid Shmuylovich, MD,PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: shmuylol@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Develop optical imaging technologies that address clinical problems with a focus on dermatology
Key words
dermatology imaging engineering pigmentation global heath

Jonathan Silva, PhD
Associate Professor
- Email: jonsilva@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
Engineering to help cardiac arrhythmia patients feel better and live longer.
Key words
Bioelectricity, Arrhythmias, Modeling, Molecular Imaging, Electrophysiology, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Aristeidis Sotiras, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: aristeidis.sotiras@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Neurosciences
Research summary
Intersection of medical image processing, machine learning, data science, and computational neuroscience
Key words

Nathan Stitziel, MD, PhD
Professor
- Email: nstitziel@wustl.edu
Program affiliation
Human and Statistical Genetics
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Research summary
We use multiomic approaches to discover mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease and leverage these insights to identify new drug targets.
Key words
Human genetics; cardiovascular disease