Primary Faculty
![Henrik Bengtsson, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/HenrikBengtsston.jpg?itok=624PqgOD)
Henrik Bengtsson, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Genetic Epidemiology
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John A. ("Tony") Capra, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Machine Learning
- using the tools of computer science and statistics to address problems in genetics, evolution, and biomedicine
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Jean Feng, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Machine Learning
- Machine learning, Statistical computing, High-dimensional data
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Efstathios (Stathis) D. Gennatas, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Machine Learning
- Neuroscience, neuroimaging, brain development, neurodegenerative disease, neurology, psychiatry, oncology; applied health data science for basic biomedical research and clinical applications; Machine learning research for precision medicine: multimodal data analysis, interpretability, trustworthiness, fairness in predictive modeling, data science and visualization software development
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Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Machine Learning
- Social Epidemiology
- Computational epidemiology, health disparities, natural language processing, social media, structural racism, social determinants of health, digital interventions, digital phenotyping, algorithmic bias, societal health
![](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/jiang.jpeg?itok=pPCDrFgp)
Fei Jiang, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Machine Learning
- machine learning methods; high dimensional models; functional data analysis and their applications in analyzing neurological, image, genetics data; adaptive randomization clinical trials
![Vasilis Ntranos](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/vasilis-ntranos.jpg?itok=XCb4GZdO)
![Adam Olshen, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Adam%20Olshen.jpg?itok=5Jn7XaLa)
![Katie Pollard, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/KatiePollard.jpg?itok=yNJX9HY8)
Katherine Pollard, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Bioinformatics methods for comparative analysis of massive biological datasets, with a focus on genomics and other transformative technologies
![Mark Segal, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Mark%20Segal.jpg?itok=TwK5sCPn)
Mark Segal, PhD
Professor (recall)
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Bioinformatics, genetics
![Catherine Ines Tcheandjieu Gueliatcha](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/catherine-ines-tcheandjieu-gueliatcha.jpg?itok=yNOVuNK3)
Catherine Ines Tcheandjieu Gueliatcha, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Global Health
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Dara Torgerson, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Lifecourse
- Machine Learning
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Social Epidemiology
- Integrative Genomics, Metabolomics, Statistical Genetics, Minority Health, Neonatology, Respiratory Outcomes
Secondary Faculty
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Alisha Holloway, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Comparative genomics and statistical analysis of high-throughput sequence data; using comparative and population genomics to understand the evolution of mammalian traits and of gene regulatory networks in developing vertebrate hearts
![](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/lindquist.jpg?itok=037LQU9_)
Karla Lindquist, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Biostatistics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Clinical Epidemiology and Methods, Cancer Genomics
![Annette Molinaro, secondary faculty at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Annette%20Molinaro.jpg?itok=0_iyGHDw)
Annette Molinaro, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Statistical genetics and computational biology, including prediction, survival analysis and classification with additional curiosities in cancer epidemiology and in the estimation of absolute risk in stratified case-cohort studies
![](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/David-Quigley.jpg?itok=xj-7WPHV)
![](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Sean-Thomas.jpg?itok=1YFXyjE4)
Sean Thomas, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Regulation of gene expression, bioinformatics, genomics, computational biology, epigenetics, chromatin structure, stem cell differentiation, organismal development
Affiliate Faculty
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Saunak Sen, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Statistical genetics in model organisms, admixed populations, and high-dimensional data
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Jun Song, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Application of the next generation sequencing technology to study interactions among transcription factors, non-coding RNAs and chromatin structure
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Emeritus Faculty
![Mark Segal, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Mark%20Segal_0.jpg?itok=pK3ttz2Q)
Mark Segal, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Bioinformatics
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Machine Learning
- Bioinformatics, genetics