About Us

Program Director

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Jake Y. Chen, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering
Chief Bioinformatics Officer
Associate Director, UAB Informatics Institute

Informatics Team

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Jelai Wang

Architecture, Design, and Tech Support
Informatics Architect
UAB Informatics Institute​

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Matthew Wyatt

Clinical Data Access
Director of Clinical Research Informatics
UAB Informatics Institute

Knowledge Curation Taskforce

Eric Zhang– Chair
Tarun Mamidi – Co-Chair
Elias Awad – Editing & Publishing Committee Chair
Maani Kamal – Secretary
Thi Tran-nguyen – Coordination & Communication Committee Chair

Web Team

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Heather Watts

Communication Specialist
UAB Informatics Institute​

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Nafisa Ajala

Informatics Program Specialist
UAB Informatics Institute