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DCMB Leadership

Meet the Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) leadership team.

Together we create novel and impactful informatics and computationally-based methods, tools, algorithms, and resources to extend basic and clinical research capabilities and results.

Meet our team
Brian Athey Brian D Athey, PhD
Michael Savageau Collegiate Professor
Chair
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry
Gilber Omenn Gilbert S Omenn, MD, PhD
Harold T Shapiro Distinguished University Professor of Medicine
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
headshot of Alla Karnovsky Alla Karnovsky, PhD
Program Director
Bioinformatics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Jun Li, PhD Jun Li, PhD
Associate Chair
Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
MPHOTO-HumnGeneticsHdsGrps24(130) Margit Burmeister, PhD
Associate Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Maureen Sartor Maureen Sartor, PhD
Co-Director
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Biostatistics
headshot of Mary Freer Mary Freer
Chief Department Administrator
Hear From Our Chair

Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics is a dynamic field which brings together quantitative, computational, data science, and AI methodologies. Our novel application of these methods to the most challenging biomedical and biological problems allows us to make impactful new discoveries.

Brian Athey, PhD
Michael Savageau Collegiate Professor & Chair, Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Professor of Psychiatry
DCMB chair in suite and tie speaking at the podium