Administrative Core
The Administrative Core facilitates the growth and sustainability of by scheduling and recording meetings, planning events, gathering data, tracking performance metrics, maintaining records, preparing reports, developing online reporting tools, administratively assisting the researchers, coordinating interviews, and managing the website, communicating with stakeholders and regional COBRE directors, and promoting the COBRE Center.
David Rand, PhD
Director, COBRE CBHD
Co-Director, Computational Biology Core
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Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Zhijin Wu, PhD
Co-Leader, COBRE CBHD
Co-Director, Computational Biology Core
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Department of Biostatistics
Computational Biology Core
The COBRE-CBHD Computational Biology Core (CBC) integrates across multiple research focused Centers supporting data-intensive research using high-throughput DNA/RNA sequencing datasets. The CBC is a service focused Core Facility.
Research Project Leads
Roberta DeVito, PhD
Thomas J. and Alice M. Tisch Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science
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Department of Biostatistics
Ian Wong, PhD
Co-Leader, COBRE CBHD
Co-Director, Computational Biology Core
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School of Engineering
Pilot Awardees
Chris de Graffenried, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Katherine Siddle, PhD
Donna McGraw Weiss and Jason Weiss Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Sonia Mayoral, PhD
Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
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Department of Neuroscience
Karthikeyani Chellappa, PhD
Basaviah-Ganesan Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Margot Martinez-Moreno, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery (Research)
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Department of Neurosurgery
Shipra Vaishnava, PhD
Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Mentors
Walter Atwood, PhD
Chair of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Jeff Bailey, PhD
Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Translational Research
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Peter Belenky, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Richard Bennett, PhD
Charles A. and Helen B. Stuart Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Laurent Brossay, PhD
Charles A. and Helen B. Stuart Professor of Medical Science
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Wafik El Deiry, PhD
Mencoff Family University Professor of Medical Science
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Gerwald Jogl, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Erica Larschan, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Sohini Ramachandran, PhD
Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Arthur Salomon, PhD
Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Internal Advisory Committee
Elizabeth Chen, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Science
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Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice
Edward Hawrot, PhD
Alva O. Way Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Cynthia Jackson, PhD
Professor Emerita of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Nicola Neretti, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Sohini Ramachandran, PhD
Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology and Data Science and Professor of Computer Science
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Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Pamela Swiatek, PhD, MBA
Director of Research Operations and Major Proposal Coordinator
Division of Biology and Medicine
External Advisory Committee
Daniel Hartl, PhD
Higgins Professor of Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
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Harvard University
Mingyao Li, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Perelman School of Medicine
Trudy Mackay, PhD
Director, Center for Human Genetics
Clemson University
Peter Park, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
Alumni
Martin Blaser
Director, Human Microbiome Program
Former EAC Member
Director, Human Microbiome Program New York University Langone Medical Center
Christina Cuomo, PhD
Senior Groups Leader
Fungal Genomic Group
Marco De Cecco, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry (Research)
Former Project Lead
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Casey Dunn, PhD
Former Co-director of Computational Biology Core, Former Mentor, Former IAC Member
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Stephen Helfand, PhD
George D. Eggleston Professor of Biochemistry
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Mark Howison
Former IAC Member
Office of Information Technology
Amanda Jamieson, PhD
Esther Elizabeth Brintzenhoff Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Project Lead Alumni
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Gucharan Khanna, PhD
Executive Director
Former IAC Member
Center for Computation and Visualization
Valerie Knopik, PhD
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Former Mentor
Brown School of Public Health
Isaac S. Kohane, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Former EAC Member
Harvard Medical School
Charles “Chip” Lawrence, PhD
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Former Menter, Former IAC Member
Department of Applied Mathematics
George Lisi, PhD
Thomas J. and Alice M. Tisch Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Pilot Lead Alumni
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Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Former IAC Member
Rhode Island Hospital
James Padbury, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Sharon Rounds, MD
Associate Dean for Translational Science, Professor of Medicine
Former Mentor
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Department of Medicine
Neil Sarkar, PhD
Associate Professor of Medical Science
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Brown School of Public Health
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Mitchell Sogin, PhD
Distinguished Senior Scientist
Former Mentor
Marine Biological Laboratory
Ashley Webb, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology. Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Pilot Lead Alumni
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Daniel Weinreich, PhD
Professor and Chair of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology