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Biomedical Informatics Unit (BIU)

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http://msm.eagle-i.net/i/0000012b-00c2-b0bd-353c-df7f80000000

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  1. Core Laboratory

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  1. Resource Description
    The Biomedical Informatics Unit (BIU) of the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) RCMI Center of Excellence for Clinical and Translational Research (R- CENTER) focuses on integration of MSM and affiliated health information systems -- electronic medical and personal health records, patient databases, and other research databases (basic, translational, clinical and population-based) -- into an interoperable repository. The long-term goal is to establish an integrated standards-based informatics platform to support MSM clinical and translational research investigators in their own work and in sharing research information with collaborators and other investigators in parallel fields. Ultimately, the interoperable repository platform will expand scientific discovery and research translation of MSM investigators in collaboration with A-CTSI partners as well as the RCMI consortium. The building blocks of the repository have begun with the i2b2 platform. i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside) is an NIH-funded National Center for Biomedical Computing based at Partners HealthCare System. The i2b2 is a scalable informatics framework that will bridge clinical research data and the vast data banks arising from basic science research in order to better understand the genetic bases of complex diseases. This knowledge will facilitate the design of targeted therapies for individual patients with diseases having genetic origins. i2b2 is being implemented across a number of collaborative research networks. These linked data will serve as a major institutional resource for advancing clinical/translational research, and enhancing career development for clinical/translational research, community health, health services/outcomes and clinical trials. The creation of an integrated data repository will greatly enhance the training and career development goals of the R-CENTER by facilitating ready access to critical research data that will support trainees in the CRECD program, junior investigators, pilot grant awardees and other researchers across the MSM R-CENTER. The Bioinformatics Lab facilitates analysis of gene expression data gathered from multiplatform microarrays (Agilent, Affymetrix, etc) as well as provides analysis and consultation related to various expression profiling technologies which include RNA, miRNA, ChIP-on-Chip, and Antibody microarrays and post-hoc analysis of SNP and SAGE data.
  2. Contact
    William Seffens, Ph.D.
  3. Contact
    Alexander Quarshie, MD MS
  4. Affiliation
    Research Centers in Minority Institutions
  5. Performs Technique
    Bioinformatics analysis
  6. Website(s)
    http://www.msm.edu/research/research_centersandinstitutes/RCMI/coreFacilities/geneprofiling/bioinformaticslab.aspx
  7. Website(s)
    https://rcenterportal.msm.edu/node/33
  8. Director
    William Seffens, Ph.D.
  9. Director
    Alexander Quarshie, MD MS
  10. Other members
    Ernest Alema-Mensah, PhD, D.Min, MS, M.Div.
  11. Other members
    Helen D. Tyree, BS
  12. Other members
    Chad Evans
  13. Other members
    Afebuameh Ogbesor
 
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