Director

Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH
Director, Division of Quantitative Sciences
Director, Biostatistics and Computational Biology Shared Resource (BCB-SR)
University of Florida Health Cancer Center;
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
University of Florida
352-273-9079 | jihyun.lee@ufl.edu | CGRC Room 138 | CV
Clinical Trials Unit Leader
Position open
Bioinformatics Unit Leader

Jason Orr Brant, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics;
Division of Quantitative Sciences
Faculty Member, BCB-SR
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
- 352-273-9110
- jobrant@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 294
- CV
Statistical Genomics Unit Leader

Li Chen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
- 352-294-5909
- CTRB Room 5211
- li.chen1@ufl.edu
- CV
Facility Administration Unit Leader

Zhanna Galochkina, M.S.
Biostatistician II
BCB-SR
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
- 352-273-6906
- z.galochkina@ufl.edu
- CV
About Our Members
Biostatistics & Computational Biology Shared Resource members are embedded in UF Health Cancer Center research programs and support researchers in collaboration with other shared resources.
Biostatistics​

Rhonda Bacher, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics;
Division of Quantitative Sciences
Faculty Member, BCB-SR
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
- 352-294-5914
- rbacher@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5239
- CV

Susmita Datta, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Co-Director of The Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Program of CTSI
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
- 352-294-5923
- susmita.datta@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5239
- CV

Subharup Guha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-294-5921
- s.guha@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5222
- CV

John Kairalla, Ph.D.
Associate Program Director, COG Statistics and Data Center at UF
Department of Biostatistics
Research Associate Professor
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-294-5918
- johnkair@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5233
- CV

Derek Li, M.S.
Biostatistician I
BCB-SR
- 352-273-6842
- derekli96@ufl.edu
- CRGC Room 134-2
- CV

Muxuan Liang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-294-5935
- muxuan.liang@ufl.edu
- CTRB 5th Floor
- CV

Zhigang Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-294-5915
- zhigang.li@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5234
- CV

Lauren McIntyre, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
- 352-273-8024
- mcintyre@mgm.ufl.edu
- 1376 Mowry Road
- CV

Alexandra Mueller, M.S.
Biostatistician (CRO liaison)
BCB-SR
University of Florida Health Cancer Center
- 352-273-9785
- agmueller@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 294

Keith Muller, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-294-5967
- kmuller@ufl.edu
- CTRB Suite 2246
- CV

Michael Weaver, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
College of Nursing
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-273-7491
- michael.weaver@ufl.edu
- HPNP Room 2201A
- CV

Yingwei Yao, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
College of Nursing
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-273-6372
- y.yao@ufl.edu
- HPNP Room 2203
- CV

Zhongyue Zhang, M.S.
Biostatistician I
BCB-SR
- 352-273-8291
- zhongyue.zhang@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 134-3
Bioinformatics

Raad Gharaibeh, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Director, UF Health Cancer Center Microbiome Genomics
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-294-8777
- raad.gharaibeh@medicine.ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 455
- CV

Tongjun Gu, Ph.D.
Assistant Scientist
ICBR Bioinformatics Core;
BCB-SR
- 352-273-8058
- tgu@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 191
- CV

Simone Marini, Ph.D.
Pending
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
- simone.marini@ufl.edu
- CTRB 5th Floor
- CV

Alberto Riva, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
ICBR Bioinformatics Core;
BCB-SR
- 352-294-5475
- ariva@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 191
- CV
Computational Biology

Megan Ferrall-Fairbanks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
- mferrall.fairbanks@bme.ufl.edu
- NEB Room 364

Xioa Fan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
- 352-273-9938
- xfan@bme.ufl.edu
- Biomedical Sciences Building J395
- CV

Kiley Graim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Research Program Alignment: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis (MOO)
- kgraim@ufl.edu
- HWCOE / CISE
- CV

Helen Moore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-273-9552
- helen.moore@medicine.ufl.edu
- PO Box 100225 Gainesville, FL 32610
Cancer AI Working Group

Qing Lu, Ph.D.
Professor, Co-Leader
Department of Biostatistics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-294-5928
- lucienq@phhp.ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 5233
- CV

Mattia Prosperi, MEng, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Co-Leader
Department of Epidemiology
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-273-5860
- m.prosperi@ufl.edu
- CTRB Room 4234
- CV

Wei-Chun Chou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental and Global Heath
Research Program Alignment: Cancer and Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-273-9188
- w.chou@ufl.edu
- CV

Rui Yin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Outcome and Biomedical Informatics
Research Program Alignment: Cancer and Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- (617) 230-2038
- ruiyin@ufl.edu
- CTSI Room 2246
- CV

Cancer Imaging Research Focus Group
George (Xiangyang) Lou, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Biostatistics;
BCB-SR
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Control & Population Sciences (CCPS)
- 352-294-5933
- xlou@ufl.edu
- CTRB 5th Floor
- CV

Arkaprava Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics;
BCB-SR
Research Program Alignment: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response (CTHR)
- 352-294-5933
- ark007@ufl.edu
- PO Box 117450 Gainesville, FL 32611
- CV
Interns and Students

Summer 2022 Intern
Yujia Guo
- 352-888-3359
- CGRC Room 134-4
- yujiaguo@ufl.edu

Fall 2021 Intern
Derek Li
- 352-273-6842
- derekli96@ufl.edu
- CRGC Room 134-2
- CV
Spring 2021 Intern

Jason Liu
- 954-328-7154
- jasonliu@ufl.edu
2020 Intern

Peter Chang
- 352-294-5770
- pchang27@ufl.edu
2019 Intern

Alexandra Mueller, MS
- 352-273-6906
- agmueller@ufl.edu
- CGRC Room 294