Faculty and Staff
Department Administration
- John N. Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
713-563-9296
jweinste@mdanderson.org - Susan L. Tucker, Ph.D.
Deputy Chair
713-792-2613
sltucker@mdanderson.org
Bioinformatics Faculty
- Rehan Akbani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-5043
rakbani@mdanderson.org - Keith Baggerly, Ph.D.
Professor
713-563-4290
kabagger@mdanderson.org - Ken Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-1348
kchen3@mdanderson.org - Kevin R. Coombes, Ph.D.
Professor
Deputy Chair, Bioinformatics
713-794-4154
kcoombes@mdanderson.org - Jorge Herskovic, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
713-745-7294
jrherskovic@mdanderson.org - Han Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-745-9815
hliang1@mdanderson.org - Peng Qiu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-4946
pqiu@mdanderson.org
- Arvind Rao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-1394
aruppore@mdanderson.org - Xiaoping Su, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
713-792-5508
xsu1@mdanderson.org - Roel Verhaak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-563-2293
rverhaak@mdanderson.org - Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
713-794-4190
jingwang@mdanderson.org - Wenyi Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-792-5377
wwang7@mdanderson.org - Li Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
713-563-4298
lzhangli@mdanderson.org
Computational Biology Faculty
- Bradley M. Broom, Ph.D.
Professor
713-792-2617
bmbroom@mdanderson.org - Shoudan Liang, Ph.D.
Professor
713-745-9283
shoudan@mdanderson.org
- Susan L. Tucker, Ph.D.
Professor
713-792-2613
sltucker@mdanderson.org
Affiliated Faculty
- Kim-Anh Do, Ph.D.
Head, ad interim, Division of Quantitative Sciences
Professor and Chair, ad interim, Department of Biostatistics
kim@mdanderson.org - Kenneth R. Hess, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
khess@mdanderson.org - Jorge Herskovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics
Academic Intelligence Analyst
Office of the Sr VP for Academic Affairs
- J. Jack Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biostatistics
jjlee@mdanderson.org - Nicholas Navin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics
nnavin@mdanderson.org - Ilya Shmulevich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pathology Research
is@ieee.org
Bioanalysts
- Ganiraju Manyam, Ph.D.
Research Bioanalyst
713-792-3614
gcmanyam@mdanderson.org - Amin A. Momin, Ph.D.
Research Bioanalyst
713-792-3255
aamomin@mdanderson.org
- Ying Wang, Ph.D.
Research Bioanalyst
713-794-3614
ywang31@mdanderson.org
Statistical Analysts
- Lixia Diao, Ph.D.
Senior Statistical Analyst
713-794-1088
ldiao@mdanderson.org - Shelley M. Herbrich, Sc.M.
Statistical Analyst
713-794-4613
smherbrich@mdanderson.org - Zhenlin Ju, Ph.D.
Senior Statistical Analyst
713-792-9888
zju@mdanderson.org - Wenbin Liu, Ph.D.
Research Statistical Analyst
713-794-3076
wliu@mdanderson.org - Thomas C. Motter
Associate Statistical Analyst
713-792-9830
tcmotter@mdanderson.org - Rachel Newman
Associate Statistical Analyst
713-745-9290
rjnewman@mdanderson.org - Yuan Qi, Ph.D.
Senior Statistical Analyst
713-792-2844
yqi1@mdanderson.org
- Li Shen, M.S.
Research Statistical Analyst
713-745-2594
lishen@mdanderson.org - Ji-Yeon Yang, Ph.D.
Research Statistical Analyst
713-563-4288
jyang7@mdanderson.org - Hui Yao, Ph.D.
Principal Statistical Analyst
713-794-4780
hyao@mdanderson.org - Suk-Young Yoo, Ph.D.
Senior Statistical Analyst
713-792-3610
syyoo@mdanderson.org - Jiexin Zhang, M.S.
Principal Statistical Analyst
713-794-4174
jiexinzhang@mdanderson.org - Hao Zhao, Ph.D.
Senior Statistical Analyst
713-794-1505
hzhao1@mdanderson.org
Weinstein Laboratory Staff
- Philip L. Lorenzi, Ph.D.
Supervisor, Laboratory and Research
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Office Location: 2SCR3.3027
713-792-9999
pllorenzi@mdanderson.org - Wai Kin Chan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Office Location: 2SCR3.3027
713-563-4634
wkchan@mdanderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jaeil Ahn, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
jahn1@mdanderson.org - Yu Fan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
yfan1@mdanderson.org - Leng Han, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-745-8807
lhan1@mdanderson.org - Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-563-0997
hkim6@mdanderson.org - Yong Mao, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-792-5323
ymao@mdanderson.org
- Leslie Silva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
lpsilva@mdanderson.org - Wandaliz Torres-García, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-792-3452
wtorres@mdanderson.org - Mark Transtrum, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-792-4161
mktranstrum@mdanderson.org - Kosuke Yoshihara, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-563-5501
kyoshihara@mdanderson.org - Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
713-563-1050
szheng2@mdanderson.org
Research Assistants
- Guoshuai Cai
Graduate Research Assistant
gcai@mdanderson.org - Jun Li
Graduate Research Assistant
jli14@mdanderson.org - Yihua Liu
Graduate Research Assistant
yliu13@mdanderson.org - Gang Peng
Graduate Research Assistant
gpeng1@mdanderson.org
- Pan Tong
Graduate Research Assistant
ptong1@mdanderson.org - Yanxun Xu
Graduate Research Assistant
yxu4@mdanderson.org - Yuan Yuan
Graduate Research Assistant
yyuan3@mdanderson.org - Xiaofeng Zheng
Graduate Research Assistant
xzheng2@mdanderson.org
Administrative Professionals
- Ron Bouchard CPS/CAP
Executive Assistant
713-794-4930
713-563-4242 (fax)
crboucha@mdanderson.org - Davida Coleman
Administrative Assistant
713-794-4934
dddanfor@mdanderson.org
- Teresa Gonzales
Senior Administrative Assistant
713-563-0299
teresa.gonzales@mdanderson.org - Yolanda Vidaurri
Senior Administrative Assistant
713-563-4244
yvidaurri@mdanderson.org

