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 Information Sciences Faculty and Staff

The faculty members within the department participate as co-investigators on City of Hope grants, in addition to conducting their own research. Click a name below for more information.

 Information Sciences Department Chair and Staff

Joyce C. Niland, Ph.D.

Joyce C. Niland, Ph.D.
Chair
626-256-4673, ext. 63032
jniland@coh.org

Jean Van Engen

Jean Van Engen
Business Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62010
jvanengen@coh.org

Cindy Palmer

Cindy Palmer
Business Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65427
cpalmer@coh.org

 Director, Biostatistics

Jeffrey Longmate, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Longmate, Ph.D.
Director and Associate Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673), 62478
jlongmate@coh.org

 Biostatistics Section Heads

Paul Frankel, Ph.D.

Paul Frankel, Ph.D.
Solid Tumor Section Head and Sr. Biostatistician
626-256-HOPE (4673)
pfrankel@coh.org

Rebecca Nelson, Ph.D.

Rebecca Nelson, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Section Head Data Mining
626-256-HOPE (4673)
rnelson@coh.org

Rebecca Ottesen

Rebecca Ottesen
Biostatistician III - NCCN
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62010
rottesen@coh.org

Joycelynne Palmer, Ph.D.

Joycelynne Palmer, Ph.D.
Hematology/HCT Section Head and Senior Biostatistician
626-256-HOPE (4673)
jmpalmer@coh.org

Nora Ruel, M.A.

Nora Ruel, M.A.
Biostatistician III - Urology
626-256-HOPE (4673)
nruel@coh.org

 Biostatistics Faculty

Carolyn Behrendt, Ph.D.

Carolyn Behrendt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673)
cbehrendt@coh.org

Dajun Qian, Ph.D.

Dajun Qian, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673)
dqian@coh.org

Suzette M. Blanchard, Ph.D.

Suzette M. Blanchard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673)
sblanchard@coh.org

Min Sierra Li, Ph.D.

Min Sierra Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
mli@coh.org

Xueli Liu, Ph.D.

Xueli Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673), 65967
xuliu@coh.org

David Smith, Ph.D.

David Smith, Ph.D.
Research Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673)
dsmith02@coh.org

F. Lennie Wong, Ph.D.

F. Lennie Wong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65004
lwong@coh.org

 Biostatisticians

Andy Dagis
Biostatistician III
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62354
adagis@coh.org

Christopher Ruel
Biostatistician III
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62355
cruel@coh.org

Nicole Tsai
Biostatistician III
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62986
ntsai@coh.org

Arthur Li
Biostatistician II
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65121
ali@coh.org

Rizvan Mamet
Biostatistician II
rmamet@coh.org

Ken Shiang, Ph.D.
Biostatistician II
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65768
kdshiang@coh.org

Tracey Stiller
Biostatistician II
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 60605
tstiller@coh.org

Anna ter Veer
Biostatistician II
aterveer@coh.org

Ann Vanderplas
Biostatistician II
avanderplas@coh.org

Jessica Shen
Biostatistician I
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 63027
jshen@coh.org

Jordan Keene
Statistical Programmer
jkeene@coh.org

Julie Kilburn
Statistical Programmer
jkilburn@coh.org

Shantel Muldrew, M.P.H.
Statistical Programmer
626-256-HOPE (4673)

 Director, Clinical Research Information Support

Adina Londrc

Adina Londrc
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 65553
alondrc@coh.org

 Clinical Research Information Support Leads

Riza Apuan

Riza Apuan
Data Quality Monitor
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62192
rapuan@coh.org

Hsiu (Nigel) Cheng, C.R.A.

Hsiu (Nigel) Cheng, C.R.A.
Senior Data Quality Monitor
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 62968
hcheng@coh.org

Lupe Duarte, C.R.A.

Lupe Duarte, C.R.A.
Clinical Trials Administrator
626-256-HOPE (4673)
lduarte@coh.org

Ina Ervin

Ina Ervin
Cancer Registry Administrator
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 6387
iervin@coh.org

Jessica Girard

Jessica Girard
Project Manager / ISCC
626-256-HOPE (4673)
jgirard@coh.org

Susan Hmwe

Susan Hmwe
Project Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 64081
shmwe@coh.org

Stella Khoo

Stella Khoo
DCC Administrator
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 60009
skhoo@coh.org

Norma Lomeli

Norma Lomeli
Senior Data Quality Monitor
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 63035
nlomeli@coh.org

Rosa Mejia, C.C.R.P.

Rosa Mejia, C.C.R.P.
Study Coordinator
626-256-HOPE (4673)
rosamejia@coh.org

Kalva Reddy

Kalva Reddy
Data Quality Monitor
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 63408
kreddy@coh.org

Karen Rickard

Karen Rickard
Data Operations Lead
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 64583
krickard@coh.org

Layla Rouse

Layla Rouse
NCCN Project Manager
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext.62876
lrouse@coh.org

Janice Sowinski

Janice Sowinski
IIDP/JDRF Project Manager
626-256-(HOPE), ext. 61260
jsowinski@coh.org

 Director, Research Informatics

Ajay Shah, Ph.D.

Ajay Shah, Ph.D.
Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 61967
ashah@coh.org

 Research Informatics Leads

Mike Chang, Ph.D.

Mike Chang, Ph.D.
TRI Director
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 64907
mchang@coh.org

Gabe Peterson

Gabe Peterson
CRI Director
626-256-HOPE (4673)
gpeterson@coh.org

Stacy Berger

Stacy Berger
Solutions Architect Lead
626-256-HOPE (6473), ext. 62788
sberger@coh.org

Jennifer Boesen

Jennifer Boesen
Systems Analyst
626-256-HOPE (4673)
jboesen@coh.org

Dave Ko

Dave Ko
Application Development Lead
626-256-HOPE (4673), ext. 64176
dko@coh.org

Lisa Lara

Lisa Lara
Clinical Research Database Lead
626-256-HOPE (4673)
llara@coh.org

Gwen Sale

Gwen Sale
Business Systems Analyst Lead
626-256-HOPE (6473), ext. 64047
gsale@coh.org

Abdul-Malik Shakir

Abdul-Malik Shakir
RISE Staff Scientist
626-256-HOPE (4673)
ashakir@coh.org

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