School of Medicine

Chindo Hicks, Ph.D., Professor, Director

Research Focus:
Bioinformatics and computational genomics
Multiplatform and multiscale (Big) data analysis and integration
Genomics and epigenomics of common human diseases
Pathway prediction and modeling gene regulatory networks
Data Science and Big Data
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Technology development and deployment

Phone: 504-568-2657
e-mail: chick3@lsuhsc.edu

Duaa Mohammad Alawad, Ph.D.
Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst, Department of Genetics

Research Focus:
Bioinformatics and computational genomics
Bioinformatics algorithms
Data analysis and visualization
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Phone: 504-568-2274
e-mail: dalaw2@lsuhsc.edu

Hong Nguyen
Business Manager
533 Bolivar Street, CSRB 661
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 568-7282
Fax: (504) 568-8500
e-mail: tng112@lsuhsc.edu

Jenifer Donham
Assistant Business Manager
533 Bolivar Street, CSRB 608
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-7793
Fax: (504) 568-8500
e-mail: jbla16@lsuhsc.edu

Jiande Wu, PhD
Sr. Bioinformatics Analyst
Research Focus: Bioinformatics and computational genomics Bioinformatics methods and pipeline development for NGS projects Big multiomics data analysis, integration and visualization Machine Learning and algorithm development, High-performance computing with application to biomedical research

Aditi Sharma Kuchi, M.S.
Bioinformatics Analyst
Research Focus: Bioinformatics and computational genomics Developing pipelines for NGS projects Multiomics data analysis, integration and visualization Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Tarun Mamidi, M.S.
Bioinformatics Analyst, Department of Genetics
Research Focus:
Bioinformatics and computational genomics
Developing pipelines for NGS projects
Data analysis and visualization