HOBI Graduate Faculty

HOBI’s graduate faculty members can be categorized as Internal or External.

The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics has numerous graduate faculty members who play a role in the oversight of our certificate, M.S., and Ph.D. programs. They are also eligible to serve on supervisory committees as chairs or as committee members from HOBI.

We have selected graduate faculty members based on their expertise and their ability to guide and mentor students during their degree programs. Most of our graduate faculty members are internal graduate faculty members, where their primary faculty appointment at UF is within HOBI.

We also have members who hold faculty positions in other departments at UF and have been approved as external graduate faculty members of HOBI. These faculty members can serve as a committee member on a supervisory committee. They can also serve as chairs of a committee if they have a co-chair that is an existing internal HOBI graduate faculty member.

External graduate faculty members (of HOBI) cannot count as external members (non-HOBI) of a supervisory committee.

For rules on committee membership, please consult our handbook and the graduate catalog.

Our graduate faculty are listed below in the two categories of Internal or External.

Internal Graduate Faculty (within HOBI)

Name Title Email
Carma L Bylund Carma L Bylund Professor and Associate Chair of Education carma.bylund@ufl.edu
Carla L Fisher Carla L Fisher Professor carlalfisher@ufl.edu
Megan E Gregory Megan E Gregory Associate Professor megan.gregory@ufl.edu
Yi Guo Yi Guo Associate Professor & Interim Chief, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science yiguo@ufl.edu
Christopher N Kaufmann Christopher N Kaufmann Assistant Professor ckaufmann@ufl.edu
Jennifer H LeLaurin Jennifer H LeLaurin Assistant Professor jlelaurin@ufl.edu
Dominick Lemas Dominick Lemas Assistant Professor djlemas@ufl.edu
Mei Liu Mei Liu Associate Professor mei.liu@ufl.edu
Todd Manini Todd Manini Professor; Division Chief Of Clinical And Population Health Integration; Co-Director Of The Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center tmanini@ufl.edu
Mamoun Mardini Mamoun Mardini Assistant Professor malmardini@ufl.edu
Rahma S Mkuu Rahma S Mkuu Assistant Professor rmkuu@ufl.edu
Keith E Muller Keith E Muller Professor kmuller@ufl.edu
Protiva Rahman Protiva Rahman Research Assistant Professor protiva.rahman@ufl.edu
Ramzi G Salloum Ramzi G Salloum Professor And Division Chief, Implementation Science rsalloum@ufl.edu
Elizabeth A Shenkman Elizabeth A Shenkman Department Chair And Professor eshenkman@ufl.edu
Qianqian Song Qianqian Song Assistant Professor & Director of Translational Bioinformatics qsong1@ufl.edu
Stephanie Staras Stephanie Staras Professor And Associate Chair Of Faculty Development sstaras@mail.ufl.edu
Larissa J Strath Larissa J Strath Assistant Professor larissastrath@ufl.edu
Ryan P Theis Ryan P Theis Research Associate Professor rtheis@ufl.edu
Easton N Wollney Easton N Wollney Research Assistant Professor eastonwollney@ufl.edu
Yonghui Wu Yonghui Wu Associate Professor & Director Of Natural Language Processing yonghui.wu@ufl.edu
Jie Xu Jie Xu Assistant Professor xujie@ufl.edu
Rui Yin Rui Yin Assistant Professor ruiyin@ufl.edu

External Graduate Faculty (and home department)

Erin M Mobley
Department: Surgery ā€“ Jacksonville

Erin M Mobley Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor
Pinaki Sarder
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Pinaki Sarder

Associate Professor
Wei Shao
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Wei Shao

Assistant Professor
Bill Duncan
Department: DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

Bill Duncan PhD

Associate Professor
Benjamin Shickel
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Benjamin Shickel PhD

Assistant Professor
Mohammad Al-Ani
Department: MD-CARDIOLOGY

Mohammad Al-Ani MD, FACC, FSCMR

Clinical Assistant Professor
Azra Bihorac
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Azra Bihorac M.D., MS FCCM, FASN

Senior Associate Dean For Research Affairs At The University Of Florida College Of Medicine; Professor Of Medicine, Surgery And Anesthesiology; Director, Intelligent Clinical Care Center
Shama D Karanth
Department: MD-SURG-POPULATION HEALTH SCI

Shama D Karanth

Assistant Professor
Bhavana Patel
Department: MD-NEUROLOGY-MOVEMENT DISORDER

Bhavana Patel DO

Assistant Professor
Tyler J Loftus
Department: MD-SURGERY-TRAUMA

Tyler J Loftus MD, PhD

Associate Professor with Tenure, Program Director of the General Surgery Residency Program
Adetola F Louis-Jacques
Department: MD-OBGYN-MATERNAL FETAL MEDICI

Adetola F Louis-Jacques M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor