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
Assistant Director

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
Clinical Trials Unit Leader

Tuo Lin, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics | BCB-SR
352-273-7557 | tuolin@ufl.edu | CGRC 256 | CV
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 II
BCB-SR
- 352-273-6842
- derekli96@ufl.edu
- CRGC Room 134-2
- CV

Gonghao Liu, M.S.
Biostatistician
- 352-273-5799
gonghao.liu@ufl.edu

Muxuan Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant 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.
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 II
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

Kalyanee Shirlekar, M.S.
Bioinformatics Analyst III
- 352-273-8010
- kshirlekar@ufl.edu
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 2023 Intern
Zhongping He
- 352-721-1109
- z.he@ufl.edu

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