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Software Development Staff

Administration

  • Allen Chang, M.S., Director
    Director, Quantitative Sciences Information Services
    allenchang@mdanderson.org
    713-563-4289
  • Jean Caputo, M.B.A., Manager, Clinical Trial Application & Database Development
    Manager, Systems Analyst Services
    B.A., Point Park College, Pittsburgh, PA
    M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    jcaputo@mdanderson.org
  • Clift Norris, Manager, Clinical Trial Design Services & Implementation
    Manager, Systems Analyst Services
    B.S. in mechanical engineering, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
    B.S. in computer science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
    jcnorris@mdanderson.org
  • Chris Wakefield, Manager, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Software Engineering
    Manager, Systems Analyst Services
    B.S. in electronics engineering technology
    cwakefield@mdanderson.org

 

Clinical Trial Application & Database Development

  • Danqing (Karen) Chen, M.S.
    Systems Analyst III
    M.S. in computer science
    The University of Texas, Dallas, TX
    M.S. in civil engineering
    NJ Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
    dkchen@mdanderson.org
  • Calvin Harris, M.S.
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in mathematics
    M.S. in computer science
    Washington State University
    Pullman, WA
    cbharris@mdanderson.org
  • Jeffrey Lewis
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in electrical engineering
    ITT Technical Institute
    Indianapolis, IN
    jlewis@mdanderson.org
  • James Mitchell
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in computer engineering
    Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
    jpmitche@mdanderson.org
  • Tim Newell
    Program Manager, IS
    B.S. in engineering
    University of Florida
    Gainesville, FL
    trnewell@mdanderson.org
  • Rumiana Nikolova, M.Sc.
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in physics
    Univ. of Sofia, Bulgaria
    M.Sc. in physics
    SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    M.Sc. in mathematics
    University of Houston
    rnikolova@mdanderson.org
  • Waree Rinsurongkawong, M.S.
    Systems Analyst II
    M.S. in computer science
    University of Houston
    wcarter@mdanderson.org
  • Michael Swaim
    Project Manager, IT
    B.S. in computer science
    Rice University, Houston, TX
    mpswaim@mdanderson.org

Clinical Trial Design Services & Implementation

  • Nan Chen, Ph.D.
    Systems Analyst III
    nchen2@mdanderson.org
  • Dick Herrick, Ph.D.
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in physics
    MIT, Cambridge, MA
    Ph.D. in physics
    University of Illinois
    Urbana-Champaign, IL
    rcherric@mdanderson.org
  • Hoang Nguyen, Ph.D.
    Senior Computational Scientist
    B.A. in chemical physics
    M.S. in computer science
    Ph.D. in computational
    and applied mathematics
    Rice University, Houston, TX
    honguyen@mdanderson.org
  • John Venier, M.S.
    Systems Analyst III
    B.A. in mathematics
    M.S. in statistics
    Rice University, Houston, TX
    jvenier@mdanderson.org
  • Lin Zhang, M.S.
    Project Manager, IT
    M.S. in computer science
    Purdue University
    West Lafayette, IN
    M. S. in mathematics
    Fudan University
    Shanghai, China
    linzhang@mdanderson.org
  • Ren Zheng, Ph.D.
    Systems Analyst III
    ren.zheng@mdanderson.org

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Software Engineering

  • Tod D. Casasent
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in computer science
    Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
    tdcasasent@mdanderson.org
  • James Melott
    Systems Analyst III
    jmmelott@mdanderson.org
  • Paul Roebuck
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in computer science
    East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
    proebuck@mdanderson.org
  • Rahulsimham Vegesna, M.Sc.
    Associate Applications Systems Analyst
    rvegesna@mdanderson.org
  • Shaolong Wu, M.S.
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in biology, Hangzhou University, China
    M.S. in biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
    M.S. in computer science, University of Houston, Houston, TX
    swu3@mdanderson.org
  • Rong Yao
    Systems Analyst III
    B.S. in computer science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    ryao@mdanderson.org

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