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)

Profile Image Name Title Email
Caterina Alacevich Caterina Alacevich Research Assistant Professor and Director of Quantitative Research and Evaluation calacevich@ufl.edu
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 Professor & Associate Chair for Data Science; Division Chief, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science yiguo@ufl.edu
Jaclyn M Hall Jaclyn M Hall Associate Research Scientist jaclynha@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 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
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 Assistant Professor & Director of Cancer Data Integration protiva.rahman@ufl.edu
Ramzi G Salloum Ramzi G Salloum Professor and Associate Chair for Research; Division Chief for 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
Pedro A Valdes Hernandez Pedro A Valdes Hernandez Assistant Professor pvaldeshernandez@ufl.edu
Easton N Wollney Easton N Wollney Research Assistant Professor eastonwollney@ufl.edu
Yonghui Wu Yonghui Wu Professor & Chief Data Scientist 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)

Azra Bihorac
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Azra Bihorac M.D., MS FCCM, FASN

Senior Associate Dean for Research, UF College of Medicine; R. Glenn Davis Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Biomedical Engineering; Director, Florida AI for Health Institute, IC3, PRISMAp
Bill Duncan
Department: DN-COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

Bill Duncan PhD

Associate Professor
Shama D Karanth
Department: MD-SURG-POPULATION HEALTH SCI

Shama D Karanth

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

Tyler J Loftus MD, PhD

Associate Professor, 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 Associate Professor, Maternal Fetal Medicine Program Director, Medical Director of Midwifery, Lactation, and Mobile Outreach Programs, Vice Chair of Research and Co-Director Center for Research in Perinatal Outcomes, Harry Prystowsky Chair
Erin M Mobley
Department: Surgery – 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: EG-ELECTRICAL – COMPUTER ENG

Wei Shao

Assistant Professor
Benjamin Shickel
Department: MD-MED QUANTITATIVE HEALTH

Benjamin Shickel PhD

Assistant Professor
Naykky Singh Ospina
Department: MD-ENDOCRINOLOGY

Naykky Singh Ospina MD

Clinical Associate Professor