Genetics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics Research

Biography
Philip C. Cooley, Fellow in bioinformatics and high-performance computing, appointed March 2008, is a principal scientist and assistant director of bioinformatics. He has more than 35 years of experience developing computer models for the study of environmental health and disease transmission scenarios. Cooley has been extensively involved in designing and implementing influenza transmission models for the study and management of pandemic flu. His current research includes an assessment of statistical methods for biomarker explorations as part of genome-wide-analysis studies, and he has developed a database of loci with known genetic properties. Cooley has authored or co-authored numerous reports, professional journal articles, and book chapters, and has reviewed for Science, The Journal of the American Medical Association, and the AIDS and Related Research Study Section for the National Institutes of Health. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is on the editorial board of Computers and Human Behavior. Read More…

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Helen Pan, PhD, has over 14 years of experience in genomics and bioinformatics, in analyzing data generated from high-throughput technologies from genomics, in proteomics, and in metabolomics in the context of biological pathways and networks to address biological questions. As domain expert and QA specialist for data coordination and repository projects, Dr. Pan also has experience in defining data element requirements and assessing data quality. She has co-authored over 22 scientific papers and 24 patents. Read More…

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Edo D. Pellizzari, PhD, Senior Fellow in analytical and environmental health sciences, appointed April 2004, has 35 years of scientific leadership and accomplishment at RTI. He joined RTI in 1971 and served as vice president of Analytical and Chemical Sciences from 1983 to 2003. He is internationally known for major contributions in the environmental health sciences, specifically in chemical and aerosol exposure analysis, and for developing and applying personal exposure methodology to population-based studies on toxic chemicals. In 1989, Dr. Pellizzari helped charter the International Society for Exposure Analysis (ISEA) and established ISEA's Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, for which he served as editor-in-chief for 15 years. Dr. Pellizzari is author or co-author of 191 peer-reviewed papers, 45 book chapters, 261 abstracts for national and international conferences, and over 100 reports. He has received California State University’s Distinguished Alumni and ISEA’s Wesolowski awards for achievements in environmental research. Read More…

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Diane K. Wagener, PhD, has over 27 years of experience in academic and governmental institutions. She is the program manager of the Genomics and Statistical Genetics Program at RTI with expertise in designing and conducting epidemiologic studies and population-based surveys and analyzing data from a broad range of national data systems. These studies have involved the assessment of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors. Before joining RTI, she was the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services principal statistical advisor for the national health promotion and disease prevention initiative Healthy People. As director of the Division of Health Promotion Statistics at CDC and later in the Office of Public Health and Science of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Wagener coordinated the analyses of data from over 200 data systems to monitor national and state progress, inform policy decisions, and identify national data needs. Read More…