Faculty, Staff & Students
Askar Safipour Afshar
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Christian Ayisi
Software Engineer
Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, MU Health
Aaron Bruce
System Administrator
Center for Health Insights,
UMKC School of Medicine
Deandra Cassone Ph.D.
Director of Development, Administration and Outreach
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Shaun Ferguson
System Administrator
Center for Health Insights,
UMKC School of Medicine
Shannon Granger
Programmer Analyst
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Mariah Hawkins
Business Technical Analyst
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Md Saber Hossain
Biomedical Informatics Software Engineer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Muinul Islam Ph.D.
Fellow, Post Doctoral
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Soliman Islam
Biomedical Informatics Software Engineer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Clinical Informatics Coordinator
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
MBBS, ADB, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology
NextGen BMI Translational Bioinformatics Lead
Kirsten Malinee
Data Analyst II
Applications & Analytics,
MU School of Medicine
Vasanthi Mandhadi
Director of Biomedical Informatics Software Engineering
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Narayana Mazumder
Director, Applications and Analytics
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
MD, MS, FACEP, FAMIA
Interim Chair,
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology
Chief Research Informatics Officer
MU School of Medicine
Tamara McMahon
Senior Clinical Informatician
Center for Health Insights,
Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics,
UMKC School of Medicine
Yahia Mohamed
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Health Insights,
Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics,
UMKC School of Medicine
Ph.D., M.S., FAMIA
Sr. Director of Informatics Technology
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology
Dana Nevels
Application and Analytics Project Manager
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Xiaofan Niu, PhD
Asso. Director of Project Management
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Vyshnavi Paka
Assoc. Director for Project Operations
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Biomedical Informatics Software Engineer
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Suman Sahil
Database Programmer Analyst Principal
Center for Health Insights,
Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics,
UMKC School of Medicine
Kaitlyn Salamone
Business Technical Analyst, Medical Education
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Nicholas Salamone
Programmer Analyst
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
David Sohl
MBM Administrator & Data Analyst II
Applications & Analytics,
MU School of Medicine
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology
Christine Spinka Ph.D.
Data Scientist
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Nithya Swaminathan
OnCore Support Coordinator
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Chandrasekhar Syamala
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Informatics, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology
Associate Dean for Informatics; Director of Medical Informatics, NextGen Precision Health Initiative
Scientific Director, Tiger Institute
Adjunct Professor, Family and Community Medicine
Miyaka Walker
Program/Project Support Coordinator
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
Dave Walsh
Software Support Analyst, Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Health Insights,
Department of Biomedical & Health Informatics,
UMKC School of Medicine
Eric Zelasko
OnCore Support Coordinator
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medical Epidemiology,
MU School of Medicine
