Our Team


Soledad Fernandez
Director, Center for Biostatistics (PHD)
Professor and Vice Chair

Education:

  • PhD, Statistics and Genetics, Iowa State University, 2001
  • M.Sc, Statistics, Iowa State University, 1998
  • Ing. Agr., Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la Repu´blica, Uruguay, 1991

 


Neena Thomas
Data Access, Analysis & Coordination Core (DAAC) Manager (HS)

Education:

  • MS, Biomedical Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 2005
  • MDBA, Finance Management, Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, India 2003
  • B.Tech., Biomedical Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India 2000

Areas of Expertise:

  • Human subjects data for research from OSUWMC Electronic Health Record (EPIC/IHIS), Enterprise Warehouse System (IW) & PCORI/PCORnet data mart.
  • Research, Regulatory & Governance processes including IRB and Honest Broker protocols.
  • Project Management, Research Project Planning  & Database Management
  • Research Informatics & Data Capture Tools
  • Design and develop workflow, processes and technical solutions for Research Projects

Selected Collaborations:

  • Center for Clinical and Translational Science
  • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • The Information Warehouse
  • Clinical Trials Management Organization

 


Yousef Alish
Statistics and Biostatistics Analyst 1 (HS)

Education:

  • B.S. Data Analytics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2021
  • B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018

Areas of expertise:

  • Data Quality for Analytics and Statistical Modeling
  • Research Informatics and Data Management

Selected collaborations:

  • Center for Tobacco Research
  • Spine Research Institute

 


Mirela Anghelina
Statistics and Biostatistics Analyst 3 (HS)

Education:

  • MPH, Biostatistics, The Ohio State University, 2018
  • Internal Medicine Residency, University of Bucharest, 1999
  • MD, Medical School, University of Craiova, Romania, 1993

Areas of expertise:

  • Human subjects data for research
  • Regulatory & Governance processes including IRB and Data Use Agreements
  • Research Project Planning  & Database Management
  • Research Informatics & Data Capture Tools

Selected collaborations:

  • Department of Hematology; Hairy Cell Leukemia Patient Database
  • Center for Serological Testing to Improve Outcomes from Pandemic COVID- 19 (STOP-COVID)
  • Ohio Equity Institute (OEI) Disparities Outcomes Evaluation

 

Huimin Lu
Statistics and Biostatistics Analyst 1

Education:

  • B.E. Bachelor of Engineering (Communication Engineering), Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China 1998
  • MSIS Master of Science in Information Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2005

Areas of expertise:

  • Information Architecture design and management
  • Database management
  • Data analysis
  • IT support

Selected collaborations:

  • CTC: Transplantation  – surgeons’ outcomes research and human tissue biorepository
  • OEI: Ohio Equity Institute (OEI) Disparities Outcomes Evaluation
  • Family Medicine: An Evaluation of the Mid-Ohio Farmacy

 


Shanessa Rees
Center for Biostatistics Project Manger

Education:

  • B.S. Business Administration, Benedict College, Columbia, SC 2017

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management implementation and execution
  • Tracking and maintaining Invoices

Selected collaborations:

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)
  • GMO
  • SPO
  • CCTS

 


Laura Sullivan, MPH
Project Manager 2

Education:

  • Masters of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2023
  • BA, Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018
  • Minor in Evolution, Ecology, Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2018

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management implementation and execution
  • Tracking and maintaining Invoices

Selected collaborations:

  • BRANCH
  • CFB
  • CCTS – BERD

 


Ian Chiofolo
Project Manager 2

Education:

  • B.A., Theatre Studies, Kent State University, 2013

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management implementation and execution

Selected collaborations:

  • PCORnet
  • COVID CDC
  • RECOVER
  • GMO
  • SPO
  • TCO
  • The Fareed Lab

 


Jianing (Summer) Liu
Project Manager 2

Education:

  • Ph.D. English (Writing, Rhetorics, and Literacies), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2020
  • M.A.  TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language), Northern Arizona University, AZ 2009
  • B.A.   English and English Literature, Northeastern University, China 2006

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management implementation and execution
  • Grant submission and coordination
  • Grant and manuscript writing and editing
  • Event planning

Selected collaborations:

  • MRPINT Hub
  • IU-OSU DMKRCC

 


Brandon Slover
Statistics and Biostatistics Analyst 1

Education:

  • SMBA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2023
  • B.A., Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2021

Areas of expertise:

  • Data manipulation in R and Python
  • Regression modeling
  • Spatial visualization of data

Selected collaborations:

  • PCORI funded PCORnet/PaTH network data and Common Data Model
  • NIH funded RECOVER initiative data to learn about long-term effects of COVID

 

Robyn Kroeger
BISR Project Manager

Education:

  • BS, Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, 2000

Areas of expertise:

  • Project management, implementation and execution
  • Pre and post award grants management
  • Research development and strategic partnerships

Selected collaborations:

  • BSIR
  • GMO, OSP

 


Priya Chhetri
Office Admin Assoc-Non Exempt (HS)

Education:

  • BA, Strategic Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2021