Meghann Risell

Executive Assistant
to
Dr. Marylyn Ritchie, Vice Dean for Artificial Intelligence and Computing
And
Dr. Roy Hamilton, Vice Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE)
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
6th Floor, South Pavilion PCAM Expansion
3400 Civic Center Blvd., Bldg 421, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-8731 Mobile: 609-784-5116
Katie Cardone

Research Specialist
A301 Richards Building
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
LinkedIn
Current Projects
- Determining genetic risk for various phenotypes using genome-wide association studies, phenome-wide association studies, and polygenic scores in biobanks.
Education
- MBMI, Master of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, 08/2023-Present
- B.S. in Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College, 08/2018-05/2022
Work Experience
- Geisinger Medical Center, Research Strategic Initiative Department Undergraduate Intern, 06/2021-05/2022
- Pennsylvania State University Department of Biobehavioral Health, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 11/2019-05/2022
Publications
- For the list of my publications please visit Google Scholar
Lauren Pantalone
Research Project Manager
A301 Richards Building
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
Work Experience
- University of Pennsylvania; Research Project Manager, Computational Biomedical Imaging Group, 4/2021-1/2024
- Thomas Jefferson University; Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, 8/2021-5/2022
- University of Pennsylvania; Research Coordinator Senior, Computational Biomedical Imaging Group, 5/2014-4/2021
Publications:
- For the list of my publications please visit Google Scholar
Nimay Kumar

Application Developer
A301 Richards Building
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Current Projects
-
PharmCAT HL7/EHR Reports
-
LocoColoc
Education
- MSE in Data Science, University of Pennsylvania, Aug 2022 - Present
- BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Aug 2016 - May 2020
Work Experience
- Application Developer B, University of Pennsylvania, June 2022 - Present
- Software Engineer, IPT Global, June 2021 - June 2022
- Software Engineer, Odyssey Space Research, June 2020 - June 2021
Xueqiong Li
Application Developer
A301 Richards Building
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Current Projects
- Development and maintenance of application tools
Education
- M.S. in Computer Science & Bioinformatics, Northern Illinois University, 2015 - 2019
- B.S. in Biological Engineering, Southeast University of China, 2011 - 2015
Work Experience
- Application Developer, University of Pennsylvania, 2022 - Present
- Programmer, Noble Research Institute, 2019 - 2022
- Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University, 2015 - 2019
Publications
For the list of my publications please visit Google Scholar
Kia Speaks
Administrative Assistant
A301 Richards Buildin
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Yuki Bradford

- Genome-Wide / Phenome-Wide Association Studies using electronic medical records
- Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics
- Genotype Imputation and Big Data QC
- AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) HIV treatment response project
- M.S. Statistics, University of Tennessee Knoxville
- M.S. Molecular Biology, Tennessee Technological University
- 2017-present: Bioinformatician / Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania
- 2016-2017: Bioinformatics System Analyst / Biomedical and Translational Informatics Institute, Geisinger Health System
- 2014-2016: Bioinformatics Analyst / Center for Systems Genomics, Pennsylvania State University
- 1999-2014: Statistical Genetic Analyst / Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- 1997-1999: Population Data Analyst / Department of Medical Information Management, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Robert Goodloe
Statistical Genetic Analyst II
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Eric Torstenson
Programmer/Analyst
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Allison Baker
Statistical Genetic Analyst II
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Jeff Sumrall
Project Manager
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Anastasia Lucas

Analyst
A301 Richard Building
3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Current Projects
Environment-Wide Association Study on autism, Copy Number Variation burden analysis
Education
BS Biostatistics
The Pennsylvania State University
2011-2015
Gretta D. Armstrong
Project Manager
Suzy Unger

Research Project Manager
328 Innovation Blvd. Suite 201
State College, PA 16803
(814) 272-5092
John Wallace

Associate Director, Research Computing
Geisinger Health System
328 Innovation Park Boulevard, Suite 210
State College
Projects
genomeSIMLA
Biobin
PLATO
Work Experience
Research Engineer
Applied Research Lab
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
2009 – 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Mathematics
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2007 – 2009
Software Engineer
White Oak Technologies
Silver Spring, MD
2004 – 2007
Software Engineer
Argon Engineering
Fairfax, VA
2004 – 2004
Daniel Wolfe
Research Assistant
Alex Frase

Software Developer
Current Projects
Biofilter
Athena
BioBin
Education
B.A. in Computer Science
University of Wisconsin – Madison
2001-2005
Work Experience
Software Developer
The Wedge Community Co-op
2007-2011