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 current IDSO Affiliates include:     

• Mohamed Ait Aiss, director of Education and Training in the Education & Training Division
  
• 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
• Elizabeth Burton, Ph.D., executive director of Strategic Translational Research Initiative Development, Genomic Medicine
• Joseph Butner, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiation Oncology
• Juan Cata, M.D., associate professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
• Ken Chen, Ph.D., professor in both Bioinformatics & Computational Biology and Systems Biology and principal investigator of the Ken Chen Laboratory
• Mark Clemens, M.D., associate vice president of Perioperative Services and professor of Plastic Surgery
• 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
• Ken-Pin Hwang, Ph.D., associate professor of Imaging Physics
• James Incalcaterra, Ph.D., vice president of Finance & Analytics
• Bryan Iorgulescu, M.D., assistant professor of Hematopathology
• Pavitra Krishnamani, M.D., instructor of Emergency Medicine
• 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
• Bruno Odisio, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Interventional Radiology
• Amitabha Palmer, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Center for Clinical Ethics in Oncology
• Iwan Paolucci, Ph.D., assistant professor of Interventional Radiology
• Jay Patel, executive director of Data Integration & Software Architecture
• Lauren Payne, director of Data Literacy, Data Impact & Governance
• Maia Rauch, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the department of Abdominal Imaging
• Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Stephanie Schmidt, Ph.D., data science group leader in Genomic Medicine
• Lulu Shang, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biostatistics
• Kenna Shaw, Ph.D., executive director of the Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy
• Yu Shen, Ph.D., professor of Biostatistics
• Jose Soliz, M.D., department chair and professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
• 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
• Chengyue Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Computational Precision Oncology Laboratory
• Chong Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biostatistics
• Jia Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Imaging Physics and principal investigator of the Wu Laboratory
• Ye Zheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology