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GCC Computational Cancer Research (GC4R) Directory
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Amos, Chris
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Professor
Epidemiology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-745-2480
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Statistics, oncogenes, genetics, disease susceptibility. My lab focuses on developing mathematical tools to study genetic etiology of common diseases. I collaborate with Eric Boerwinkle, Ph.D., (The University of Texas School of Public Health) in genetic studies of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases.
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Baggerly, Keith
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Assistant Professor
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-745-5994
Website
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Proteomics (mass spectrometry); microarrays; serial analysis of gene expression; My research focuses on the processing of high-throughput bioinformatics experiments.
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Berry, Donald
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Chair
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-794-4141
Website
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Clinical trials, statistical data interpretation, genetic predisposition to disease, biological markers
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Boerwinkle, Eric
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Professor
School of Public Health
UT Health Science Center at Houston
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Email
713-500-9800
Website
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Human genetics; epidemiology; heart disease; lipid metabolism; apolipoprotein genes; DNA variation. The objective of research in this laboratory is to understand the role of individual genes in complex physiological systems characterized by gene-gene and gene-environment interactions. The model system used is lipid metabolism and its contribution to atherosclerosis. This laboratory also has experience in typing and characterizing DNA variation in highly repetitive and polymorphic VNTR loci.
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Broom, Bradley
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Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Applied Math
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-348-6220
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high-performance computing in general and strategies for effectively supporting the efficient implementation of computationally-intensive statistical methodologies in particular.
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Cook, John
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Head of Software Development
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
(713) 794-4166
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Coombes, Kevin
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Research Associate Professor
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-794-4154
Website
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Analysis of microarray data; Development of programming tools for bioinformatics; Multivariable calculus; Applications of differential equations in computing
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Daw, E. Warwick
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Assistant Professor
Epidemiology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-745-2470
Website
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Statistical genetics; identification of genetic risk factors for common diseases; oligogenic models for linkage analysis in large families; gene-environment interactions
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Do, Kim-Anh
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Associate Professor
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-794-4155
Website
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Computational Statistics and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics , Statistical Genetics , Non-parametric statistical methods, including the Bootstrap
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Drezek, Rebekah A.
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Professor
Bioengineering
Rice University
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Email
713-348-3011
Website
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Nanotechnology; molecular imaging; biophotonics
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Etzel, Carol
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Instructor
Epidemiology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-745-2468
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Guerra, Rudy
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Associate Professor
Statistics
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5453
Website
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I am generally interested in biological problems with an emphasis in biomedical research
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Higgins, Catherine
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Research Consortia
Gulf Coast Consortia
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Email
713-348-4772
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Kavraki , Lydia
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Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science & Professor of Bioengineering
Computer Science and Bioengineering
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5737
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Kavraki's group develops computational tools on high-performance systems to model protein structure and function, understand biomolecular interactions and help analyze, in the long run, the molecular machinery of the cell. This is done by integrating sequence information with three-dimensional structural information to capture, represent and exploit relevant molecular motion. Of particular interest are the identification of three-dimensional functional motifs in protein databases, docking of flexible molecules to flexible receptors, computer-assisted drug discovery, and the understanding and compact representation of structural changes in large biomolecular machines.
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Kimmel, Marek
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Professor
Statistics
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5255
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Informatics and statistical modeling of genome dynamics
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Koelbel , Charles H
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Research Scientist
Computer Science
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5868
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Chuck Koelbel's research interests center on mapping algorithms and programs onto distributed memory multiprocessors.
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Luxon, Bruce
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Director, Professor
UTMB Bioinformatics Program, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UT Medical Branch at Galveston
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Email
409-747-6802
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Metabolomics studies related to diabetes, occupational exposure, cancer, addiction, and infectious disease. We specialize in integrating these data with parallel experiments including genomics, proteomics, kinomics, lipidomics, and LC/MS metabolomics.
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Mellor-Crummey, John
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Associate Professor; Deputy Director, HiPerSoft; Senior Faculty Fellow
Department of Computer Science
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5179
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High performance computing, with a particular emphasis on parallel computing. His current work includes data-parallel compiler technology, compiler and run-time technology for high performance scientific computing, tools for application performance analysis, compiler support for grid computing,
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Merényi, Erzsébet
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Research Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rice University
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Email
713-348-3595
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Artificial neural networks, self-organized learning, pattern recognition, segmentation and classification of high-dimensional patterns, precision data mining, knowledge discovery. Application to information extraction from multi- and hyperspectral data/imagery, for 1. planetary surface composition identification, geologic, soil, resource mapping, environmental monitoring and 2. medical image and data analysis.
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Mills, Gordon
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Professor and Chair
Department of Molecular Therapeutics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-563-4200
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Our research program aims to identify the mechanisms by which normal cells (lymphocytes) and tumor cells (ovarian and breast cancer) perceive and respond to their environment. The mission of the laboratory is to understand the mechanisms by which signal transduction is linked to proliferation, invasion, and programmed cell death in T lymphocytes and in breast and ovarian cancer.We recently identified a unique phospholipid growth factor, OCAF, in the ascites of ovarian cancer patients. We will explore the role of OCAF in early diagnosis, establishment of prognosis, monitoring of therapy, and therapy of breast and ovarian cancer patients.
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Mueller, Peter
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Professor
Biostatistics & Applied Math
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-563-4296
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Numerical integration in Bayesian Statistics, Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, Simulation based optimal design, Mixture of Dirichlet process models, Neural network models, Longitudinal data models, Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models, Case-control studies, Hierarchical models, Dynamic models, Nonparametric Bayes.
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Nakhleh, Luay
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Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Rice University
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Email
713-348-3959
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Bioinformatics and computational biology. In this area I work on reticulate evolution, multi-locus genotype-phenotype inference, and biological signaling networks. Historical linguistics. In this area, I work on developing computational methods for reconstructing the evolution of natural languages and detecting borrowing among them.
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Newhauser, Wayne
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Assistant Professor
Radiation Physics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
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Proton radiation therapy; radiation transporto physics; Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport; computational phpysics; radiation detection and measurement; theoretical dosimetry; and nuclear cross section measurements
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Odegard, Jan
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Executive Director
Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology
Rice University
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Email
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Ram, Prahlad
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Assistant Professor
Systems Biology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713/563-4227
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Signal transduction; signaling networks; computational modeling; tartgeted molecular therapeutics; proteomics; cancer biology. We are addressing this issue in breast cancer cells using the EGFR/ErbB2 signaling network as our in silico and in vitro model system. Single nucelotide polymorphisms in MC1R receptor is a high risk factor for the development of melanoma. We are studying the possible mechanism underlying this observation.
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Sifers, Richard
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Associate Professor
Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine
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Email
713-798-3169
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Cellular Glycobiology, Conformational Disease, Glycoprotein Folding, Quality Control, Oligosaccharides, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Conformational Disease, alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Glycobiology
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Stivers, David
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Assistant Professor
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
713-794-4161
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Bioinformatics at the gene expression level to investigate the dynamic relationship between genes, Bioinformatics at the population level to investigate inheritance of genetic traits, Application of data mining techniques to problems in genetics, Mathematical genetics, Population structure and evolution, Forensic applications of genetics
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Subramanian , Devika
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Professor
Computer Science
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5661
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Computational Biology, Conflict forecasting, Adaptive compilers, Machine learning, artificial intelligence, hybrid control, bioinformatics, cognitive science
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Thall, Peter
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Professor
Biostatistics
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
(713) 794-4162
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Medical statistics , Clinical trial design , Applied decision theory , Regression analysis
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Vardi , Moshe Y
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George Professor of Comp Eng
Computer Science
Rice University
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Email
713-348-4834
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Applications of logic to computer science, including database theory, finite-model theory, knowledge in multi-agent systems, computer-aided verification and reasoning, and teaching logic across the curriculum.
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Weinstein, John
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Chair
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Email
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Chemical engineering, Electrical engineering, Mathematics, Computer science
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Yepes, Pablo
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Senior Faculty Fellow
Physics and Astronomy
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5942
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Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, Computing Applications, Medical Physics
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Zhang , Yin
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Professor
Comp & Applied Mathematics
Rice University
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Email
713-348-5744
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Computational Mathematical Programming: Algorithm Development and Analysis; Interior point Algorithms for linear, semidefinite and nonlinear programming; Optimization Software Development; Optimization Problems in Computational Biology and Information Technology
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