IDSO Affiliates
Through the Institute for Data Science in Oncology (IDSO) Affiliates, talented scientists, clinicians and staff bring diverse expertise to help IDSO leadership and focus area co-leads advance collaborative data science projects and align the institute’s efforts with MD Anderson’s mission to end cancer.
The affiliates were identified based on their existing contributions to IDSO or were recruited to MD Anderson specifically for their data science expertise. Affiliates are approved for a two-year term based on their qualifications, alignment with and commitment to IDSO projects and focus areas. Faculty and staff at MD Anderson are encouraged to email IDSO@MDAnderson.org if they are interested in becoming an affiliate.
The inaugural IDSO Affiliates include:
- Kadir Akdemir, Ph.D., assistant professor of Neurosurgery and principal investigator of the Akdemir Laboratory
- Lee Andrews, executive director of Clinical & Research Solutions
- Janna Baganz, director of Enterprise Data Engineering & Analytics
- Emily Barnhill, associate vice president of Strategic Industry Ventures
- Arjun Bhattacharya, Ph.D., assistant professor of Epidemiology
- Kristy Brock, Ph.D., professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Morfeus Laboratory
- Joseph Butner, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiation Oncology
- Laurence Court, Ph.D., professor of Radiation Physics and principal investigator of the Court Laboratory
- Christopher Flowers, M.D., division head of Cancer Medicine
- David Fuentes, Ph.D., associate professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Computational Research Laboratory
- Andy Futreal, Ph.D., chair of Genomic Medicine and principal investigator of the Futreal Laboratory
- Audra Hagan, director of Data Impact & Governance
- John Hazle, Ph.D., chair of Imaging Physics
- Kenneth Hu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Immunology and assistant member of the James P. Allison Institute
- James Incalcaterra, Ph.D., vice president of Finance & Analytics
- Jack Lee, Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics
- Han Liang, Ph.D., professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- John Lin, M.D., assistant professor of Health Services Research
- Lorna McNeill, Ph.D., chair of Health Disparities Research
- Nicholas Navin, Ph.D., chair of Systems Biology and principal investigator of the Navin Laboratory
- Tucker Netherton, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiation Physics
- Jay Patel, executive director of Data Integration & Software Architecture
- Stephanie Schmidt, Ph.D., data science group leader in Genomic Medicine
- Kenna Shaw, Ph.D., executive director of the Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy
- Yu Shen, Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics
- Shawn Stapleton, Ph.D., director of Data Impact & Governance
- Iakovos Toumazis, Ph.D., assistant professor of Health Services Research
- Linghua Wang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Genomic Medicine and principal investigator of the Wang Laboratory
- Wenyi Wang, Ph.D., professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- John Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Scott Woodman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Genomic Medicine
- Jia Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Wu Laboratory
- Chengyue Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Computational Precision Oncology Laboratory