The Joint UALR/UAMS Bioinformatics Graduate Program involves many different disciplines such as biostatistics, information science, computer science, omics, life sciences and a wide array of medical specialties. Consequently we have participating faculty representing many different areas of expertise.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Name | Affiliation | |
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Behjatolah Karbassi | UAMS | karbassi@UAMS.EDU |
Grover P. Miller | UAMS | MillerGroverP@UAMS.EDU |
Donald Mock | UAMS | mockdonaldm@UAMS.EDU |
Kevin Raney | UAMS | raneykevind@UAMS.EDU |
Bioinformatics and Omics (e.g., Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics)
Name | Affiliation | |
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Marico Bryant-Howe | Community Health Centers of Arkansas (CHCA) | mbryanthowe@chc-ar.org |
Galina Glazko | UAMS | GVGlazko@UAMS.EDU |
Intawat Nookaew | UAMS | inookaew@UAMS.EDU |
Alan Tackett | UAMS | ajtackett@UAMS.EDU |
Raj Vinay | UAPB | rajv@uapb.edu |
Karl Walker | UAPB | walkerk@UAPB.EDU |
Philip Williams | UALR | phwilliams@UALR.EDU |
Mary Yang | UALR | mqyang@UALR.EDU |
Biomedical Informatics
Name | Affiliation | |
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Hari Eswaran | UAMS | eswaranhari@UAMS.EDU |
Donald Johann | UAMS | DJJohann@UAMS.EDU |
Se-Ran Jun | UAMS | sjun@uams.edu |
Fred Prior | UAMS | FWPrior@UAMS.EDU |
David W. Ussery | UAMS | DWUssery@UAMS.EDU |
Biostatistics
Name | Affiliation | |
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William H. Baltosser | UALR | whbaltosser@UALR.EDU |
Hassan Elsalloukh | UALR | hxelsalloukh@UALR.EDU |
Eric R. Kaufmann | UALR | erkaufmann@UALR.EDU |
Cancer Research
Name | Affiliation | |
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Thomas Kieber-Emmons | UAMS | tke@UAMS.EDU |
Cheminformatics
Name | Affiliation | |
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Robert Belford | UALR | rebelford@UALR.EDU |
Computational Biology and the Biological Life Sciences
Name | Affiliation | |
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Nawab Ali | UALR | nali@UALR.EDU |
John Bush | UALR | jmbush@UALR.EDU |
Stephen Grace | UALR | scgrace@UALR.EDU |
Qingfang He | UALR | qfhe@UALR.EDU |
Mariya Khodakovskaya | UALR | mvkhodakovsk@UALR.EDU |
Fusheng Tang | UALR | fxtang@UALR.EDU |
Wei Zhao | UALR | wxzhao@UALR.EDU |
Computer Sciences
Name | Affiliation | |
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Chia-Chu Chiang | UALR | cxchiang@UALR.EDU |
Xiuzhen Huang | Arkansas State | xhuang@ASTATE.EDU |
Mariofanna Milanova | UALR | mgmilanova@UALR.EDU |
Engineering Systems and Technology
Name | Affiliation | |
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Kamran Iqbal | UALR | kxiqbal@UALR.EDU |
Srikanth Pidugu | UALR | sbpidugu@UALR.EDU |
Information Sciences
Name | Affiliation | |
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Nitin Agarwal | UALR | agarwal@UALR.EDU |
Dan Berleant | UALR | jdberleant@UALR.EDU |
Serhan Dagtas | UALR | sxdagtas@UALR.EDU |
Richard Segall | Arkansas State | rsegall@ASTATE.EDU |
M. Eduard Tudoreanu | UALR | metudoreanu@UALR.EDU |
Ningning Wu | UALR | nxwu@UALR.EDU |
Xiaowei Xu | UALR | xwxu@UALR.EDU |
Information Quality
Name | Affiliation | |
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Elizabeth Pierce | UALR | expierce@UALR.EDU |
John Talburt | UALR | jrtalburt@UALR.EDU |
Longevity and Aging
Name | Affiliation | |
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Srinivas Ayyadevara | UAMS | AyyadevaraSrinivas@UAMS.EDU |
Robert J. S. Reis | UAMS | rjsr@UAMS.EDU |
Microbiology and Immunology
Name | Affiliation | |
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Boris Zybaylov | UAMS | blzybaylov@UAMS.EDU |
National Center For Toxicological Research (FDA)
Name | Affiliation | |
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Richard Beger | NCTR | rbeger@NCTR.FDA.GOV |
Minjun Chen | NCTR | minjun.chen@FDA.HHS.GOV |
Hong Fang | NCTR | Hong.Fang@FDA.HHS.GOV |
Huixiao Hong | FDA | Huixiao.Hong@FDA.HHS.GOV |
Tucker Patterson | NCTR | tpatterson@NCTR.FDA.GOV |
Shraddha Thakkar | NCTR | shraddha.thakkar@FDA.HHS.GOV |
William Slikker | NCTR | wslikker@NCTR.FDA.GOV |
Weida Tong | NCTR | wtong@NCTR.FDA.GOV |
Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Name | Affiliation | |
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Steve Barger | UAMS | sbarger@uams.edu |
Ophthalmology
Name | Affiliation | |
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Joseph Chacko | UAMS | jchacko@UAMS.EDU |
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Name | Affiliation | |
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Curtis L. Lowery | UAMS | lowerycurtisl@UAMS.EDU |
Pediatrics
Name | Affiliation | |
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Kartik Shankar | UAMS | shankarkartik@UAMS.EDU |
Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Drug Design
Name | Affiliation | |
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Philip Breen | UAMS | breenphilipj@UAMS.EDU |
Cesar Compadre | UAMS | compadrecesarm@UAMS.EDU |
Peter Crooks | UAMS | PACrooks@UAMS.EDU |
Jerry A. Darsey | UALR | jadarsey@UALR.EDU |
Eric Peterson | UAMS | epeterson@UAMS.EDU |
Physiology and Biophysics
Name | Affiliation | |
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Frank Simmen | UAMS | SimmenFrankA@UAMS.EDU |
Kottayil Varughese | UAMS | KIVarughese@UAMS.EDU |
Public Health
Name | Affiliation | |
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Ping-Ching Hsu | UAMS | phsu@uams.edu |
Mohammed S. Orloff | UAMS | MSOrloff@UAMS.EDU |
Songthip Ounpraseuth | UAMS | stounpraseuth@UAMS.EDU |
Paula K Roberson | UAMS | robersonpaulak@UAMS.EDU |
Radiation Health
Name | Affiliation | |
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Marjan Boerma | UAMS | mboerma@UAMS.EDU |