Faculty & Staff
Yu Shen, Ph.D.
Department Chair ad interim
Conversation with a Living Legend Professor
713-794-4159
yshen@mdanderson.org
Administrative Coordinator: Aurora Acevedo
713-792-0355
aacevedo1@mdanderson.org
Xuelin Huang, Ph.D.
Deputy Chair
Professor
713-794-4172
xlhuang@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Alexandra Gonzales
713-794-4775
acgonzales@mdanderson.org
Ying Yuan, Ph.D.
Deputy Chair
Bettyann Asche Murray Distinguished Professor
713-563-4271
yyuan@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Alexandra Gonzales
713-794-4775
acgonzales@mdanderson.org
Donald A. Berry, Ph.D.
Professor
713-794-4141
dberry@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Alexandra Gonzales
713-794-4775
acgonzales@mdanderson.org
Kim-Anh Do, Ph.D.
Professor
Electa C. Taylor Chair for Cancer Research
713-794-4155
kimdo@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Ehasan Irajizad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
832-980-0122
EIrajizad@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Sylonia Merrifield
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Kristofer Jennings, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-1386
kjennings@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Sylonia Merrifield
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Suprateek Kundu
Associate Professor
713-563-4268
skundu2@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
J. Jack Lee, Ph.D.
Professor
Kenedy Foundation Chair in Cancer Research
713-794-4158
jjlee@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Alexandra Gonzales
713-794-4775
acgonzales@mdanderson.org
Liang Li, Ph.D.
Professor
713-745-1146
lli15@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Yisheng Li, Ph.D.
Professor
713-563-4267
ysli@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Ziyi Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
zli16@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Ruitao Lin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-4145
RLin@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Suyu Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
713-563-4280
syliu@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
James P. Long, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-792-6521
jplong@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Sylonia Merrifield
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Jing Ning, Ph.D.
Professor
713-792-5310
jning@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Christine Peterson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-563-7560
cbpeterson@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Sanjay S. Shete, Ph.D.
Barnhart Distinguished Professor in Targeted Therapies
Section Chief, Behavioral and Social Statistics
713-745-2483
sshete@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Vy Nguyen
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Ryan Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-745-0373
rsun3@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Sylonia Merrifield
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Peter F. Thall, Ph.D.
Anise J. Sorrell Endowed Professor
713-794-4162
rex@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Howard D. Thames, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Professor
hdthames@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Sylonia Merrifield
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Jian Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-794-4210
jianwang@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Melanie Holloway
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Peng Wei, Ph.D.
Professor
713-563-4285
pwei2@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Alexandra Gonzales
713-794-4775
ACGonzales@mdanderson.org
Chong Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
cwu18@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: TBD
Ryan Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-745-0373
rsun3@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Maggie Chery
713-563-0862
mlchery@mdanderson.org
Ryan Sun, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
713-745-0373
rsun3@mdanderson.org
Admin Assist: Maggie Chery
713-563-0862
mlchery@mdanderson.org
Joint & Adjunct Faculty
Wenjiang Fu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Mathematics
University of Houston
Peter Müller, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Division of Statistics & Computational Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Cielito Reyes-Gibby, DRPH
Joint Faculty, Emergency Medicine Research
MD Anderson
Javier Rojo, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Statistics
Rice University
Marina Vannucci, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Statistics
Rice University
Wenyi Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Guosheng Yin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Statistics and Actuarial Science
University of Hong Kong
Research Scientists
Biostatisticians
Xuemei Wang, M.S.
Director, Quantitative Research
713-794-4191
xuewang@mdanderson.org
Yan Heather Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Quantitative Research
713-792-7652
hyanlin@mdanderson.org
Clark Andersen
Research Biostatistician
713-563-4281
crandersen@mdanderson.org
Roland L. Bassett, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-563-4272
rlbasset@mdanderson.org
Huiqin Chen, M.S.
Research Biostatistician
713-563-0763
hchen1@mdanderson.org
Minxing Chen, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-792-1624
mchen3@mdanderson.org
Xi (Sophia) Chen, Ph.D.
Research Biostatistician
713-745-8269
XChen22@mdanderson.org
Jianliang Dai, Ph.D.
Research Biostatistician
713-745-7325
jdai4@mdanderson.org
Wenli Dong, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-563-4291
wdong@mdanderson.org
Bryan M. Fellman, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-792-2213
bmfellman@mdanderson.org
Lei Feng, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-794-4169
leifeng@mdanderson.org
Mike Hernandez, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-563-4245
mhernandez@mdanderson.org
Hyunsoo Hwang, Ph.D.
Research Biostatistician
713-745-0378
hhwang@mdanderson.org
Aron Y. Joon, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-745-7333
ayjoon@mdanderson.org
Cheuk Hong Leung, M.S.
Research Biostatistician
713-745-8018
cleung@mdanderson.org
Diane Liu
Principal Biostatistician
713-794-4175
DDLiu@mdanderson.org
Denái Milton, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-794-4772
drmilton@mdanderson.org
Mark Munsell
Principal Biostatistician
MFMunsell1@mdanderson.org
Nga Nguyen, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-794-4110
ntnguyen1@mdanderson.org
Graciela Nogueras-González, M.P.H.
Senior Biostatistician
713-563-4310
gnoguera@mdanderson.org
Wei Qiao, Ph.D.
Senior Biostatistician
713-794-4163
wqiao@mdanderson.org
Yun Qing, Ph.D.
Biostatistician
713-745-8187
yqing@mdanderson.org
Alec Reinhardt
Biostatistician
713-745-1511
aereinhardt@mdanderson.org
Juhee Song, Ph.D.
Senior Biostatistician
713-794-4167
jsong1@mdanderson.org
Dawen Sui, M.S.
Research Biostatistician
713-745-5221
dawensui@mdanderson.org
Jia Sun, Ph.D.
Research Biostatistician
713-792-3452
jsun9@mdanderson.org
Rebecca Slack Tidwell, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-743-4275
rsslack@mdanderson.org
Diana Urbauer, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-563-7368
dlurbaue@mdanderson.org
Fuchenchu Wang
Biostatistician
713-563-4288
fwang11@mdanderson.org
Carla Warneke, M.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-563-4274
cwarneke@mdanderson.org
Lianchun Xiao, M.S.
Principal Biostatistician
713-794-4185
lxiao@mdanderson.org
Robert K. Yu, M.C.S.
Senior Biostatistician
713-792-2180
rkyu@mdanderson.org
Postdoctoral Fellows
Moumita Chakraborty, Ph.D
mchakraborty@mdanderson.org
Faezeh Darbaniyan, Ph.D.
fdarbaniyan@mdanderson.org
Xuetao Lu, Ph.D.
xlu7@mdanderson.org
Jacob Maronge, Ph.D.
jmmaronge@mdanderson.org
Liangliang Zhang, Ph.D.
lzhang27@mdanderson.org
Graduate Research Assistants
Jiansong Chen
jchen37@mdanderson.org
Sunyi Chi
schi@mdanderson.org
Shu-Hsien Cho
scho2@mdanderson.org
Jaihee Choi
jchoi8@mdanderson.org
Neel Desai
ndesai1@mdanderson.org
Maomao Ding
mding1@mdanderson.org
Shan He
she4@mdanderson.org
Jui Hsuan Chou
jchou@mdanderson.org
Licai Huang
lhuang9@mdanderson.org
Xinyang Jiang
xjiang4@mdanderson.org
Shuang Li
sli17@mdanderson.org
Wenhao Li
wli91@mdanderson.org
Yan Li
yli54@mdanderson.org
Mengyi Lu
mlu9@mdanderson.org
Ikponmwosa Osaghae
iosaghae@mdanderson.org
Sarah Robinson
srobinson3@mdanderson.org
Feng Tian
ftian1@mdanderson.org
Shikun Wang
swang14@mdanderson.org
Yizhuo Wang
ywang70@mdanderson.org
Zachary Wooten
zwooten@mdanderson.org
Yi-Hung Wu
ywu17@mdanderson.org
Can Xie
cxie1@mdanderson.org
Tianlin Xu
txu2@mdanderson.org
Zhichao Xu
zxu7@mdanderson.org
Cheng-Han Yang
cyang11@mdanderson.org
Chao Yang
cyang8@mdanderson.org
Yunlong Yang
yyang31@mdanderson.org
Yi Yao
yyao3@mdanderson.org
Feng Zhang
fzhang9@mdanderson.org
Wen Zhang
wzhang22@mdanderson.org
Yujie Zhao
yzhao14@mdanderson.org
Emma Zohner
ymzohner@mdanderson.org
Jinhao Zou
jzou2@mdanderson.org
Quantitative Research Computing
Information & Computing Services
Glen Brosch
Associate Director, Information Services, Quantitative Research Computing
713-794-3098
gjbrosch@mdanderson.org
Rodney G. Cornelius
Systems Analyst
(713) 794-3098
rgcornelius@mdanderson.org
David Gutierrez
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-792-2605
dgutierrez@mdanderson.org
Sylvain Laroche, M.A.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
slaroche@mdanderson.org
Paul Van Drunen
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-563-5804
pvan@mdanderson.org
Clinical Trial Design Services & Implementation
Juan Posadas, M.S.
Sr. Applications Systems Analyst
jposadas@mdanderson.org
John Venier, M.S.
Senior Applications Systems Analyst
jvenier@mdanderson.org
Angela Walker
Sr. Applications Systems Analyst
713-745-4537
AMWalker1@mdanderson.org
Lin Zhang, M.S.
Sr. Data Integration Developer
813-484-0417
linzhang@mdanderson.org
Ren Zheng, Ph.D.
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-792-1300
ren.zheng@mdanderson.org
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Software Engineering Team
Chris Wakefield
Manager, Information Services
713-563-7347
cwakefield@mdanderson.org
Tod Casasent
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-794-1199
tdcasasent@mdanderson.org
James Melott
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-745-2724
jmmelott@mdanderson.org
Mary Rohrdanz, Ph.D.
Sr. Applications Systems Analyst
713-792-2604
marohrdanz@mdanderson.org
Clinical Trial Application & Database Development
Calvin Harris, M.S.
Manager, Information Services
713-563-4273
cbharris@mdanderson.org
Ying-Wei Kuo, Ph.D.
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-745-6270
ykuo1@mdanderson.org
Binu T. Lal, M.S.
Systems Analyst
713-745-4537
btlal@mdanderson.org
Jeffrey Lewis
Program Manager
713-792-1859
jlewis@mdanderson.org
Priya Master
Systems Analyst
pmaster@mdanderson.org
James Mitchell
Sr. Systems Analyst
jpmitche@mdanderson.org
Tim Newell
Sr. Applications Systems Analyst
713-792-8391
trnewell@mdanderson.org
Binu Pappachan, M.S.
Systems Analyst
713-792-0000
Bpappachan@mdanderson.org
Vadeerat Rinsurongkawong, Ph.D.
Sr. Systems Analyst
713-794-4165
vrinsurongkawong@mdanderson.org
Waree Rinsurongkawong, Ph.D.
Sr. Applications System Analyst
713-794-4180
wcarter@mdanderson.org
Michael Swaim
Sr. Applications Systems Analyst
713-794-4184
mpswaim@mdanderson.org
Helen Hui Zhu, M.S.
Systems Analyst
713-563-4283
hzhu6@mdanderson.org
Administrative Professionals
Selesta M. Hodge, M.B.A.
Research Department Administrator
713-563-4296
smhodge1@mdanderson.org
Aurora Acevedo
Administrative Coordinator
713-792-0355
aacevedo1@mdanderson.org
Emily Biebel
Grant Program Manager
713-745-3374
eabiebel@mdanderson.org
Angelina Caesar
Grant Program Coordinator
713-794-1803
AJCaesar@mdanderson.org
Marcos O. Escobar
Financial Analyst
713-563-9697
moescobar@mdanderson.org
Alexandra Formiller
Grant Program Coordinator
713-794-4146
AJFormiller@mdanderson.org
Melanie Holloway
Administrative Assistant
713-745-2981
Mnholloway@mdanderson.org
Sylonia Merrifield
Sr. Secretary
713-563-0862
SDMerrifield@mdanderson.org
Vy Nguyen
Administrative Assistant
713-792-3498
VHNguyen2@mdanderson.org
Jessica Swann, M.A.
Senior Technical Writer
713-792-5262
jtswann@mdanderson.org
Early Cancer Detection Data & Statistical Coordinating Center
Sarah C. Graham
Administrative Director, Research Program
713-563-4276
scgraham1@mdanderson.org
Alexander S. McCurdy
Program Coordinator
713-745-9740
asmccurdy@mdanderson.org
Lavinia J. Padmore
Research Quality Coordinator
713-794-1606
lipadmore@mdanderson.org