Biomedical Informatics Core
Team
Lucio Miele, MD, PhD
Core Director, Administrative Support Grp Leader,
LSU Health New Orleans
Ronald Horswell, PhD
Data Access Grp (DAG) Leader,
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Daniel Fort, PhD
BGG Member,
Ochsner Health New Orleans Site Lead
Chindo Hicks, PhD
Bioinformatics and Genomics Grp (BGG) Leader,
LSU Health New Orleans
David Crosslin, PhD
Genomics DAG Member,
Tulane University
San Chu, MS, MApStat
BMI Analyst, DAG & ASG Member,
Pennington Biomedical
Contact this core
Email: BiomedInformatics@lacats.org
About This Core
The Biomedical Informatics (BMI) Core is the data science backbone of the LA CaTS Center. It functions as a collaborative multidisciplinary unit, providing investigators with a “state of the art” informatics services from clinical data access to bioinformatics and genomics support. The BMI Core enables local, regional and national collaborations, while enhancing our data scientist pipeline and public awareness. This core is led out of LSU Health New Orleans.
To address the multi-faceted needs of data science, the core is structured into four functional groups listed below.
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Data Access Group (DAG)
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Administrative Support Group (ASG)
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Clinical Trials Group (CTG)
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Bioinformatics & Genomics Group (BGG)
Core Activities & Resources
The BMI Core is an integral part of LA CaTS and provides a comprehensive research infrastructure, innovative initiatives and significant collaborative opportunities essential to the Center’s overall mission to significantly transform clinical and translational research throughout our region and address Louisiana’s chronic disease burden.
N3C is a NCATS-led, centralized national data resource developed for researchers to study COVID-19 and identify potential treatments.
Read more HERE.
REACHnet is a clinical data research network (CDRN) that is designed to help Louisiana clinicians and researchers conduct robust comparative effectiveness research with integrated recruitment and data solutions.
Read more HERE.
REACHnet Projects: click https://www.lacats.org/about/projects/REACHnet.aspx.
REDCap is a web-based data capture tool that can be accessed from anywhere on the internet. Read more HERE.
Investigators can utilize REDCap services through the BMI or Cyberinfrastructure Enhancement Cores.
The BMI Project Development Team provides investigators with structured, multidisciplinary support—from refining early research ideas to assessing data feasibility, navigating regulatory requirements, and advancing projects through analysis and manuscript development.
To request assistance, click here to complete the BMI Intake Form.
Specific Aims
- To provide training and enhance utilization of high-resolution bioinformatics and
artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms.
- To expand our existing support for collaboration and data sharing within LA CaTS Cores
and between LA CaTS investigators and CTSA Centers, as well as with Centers of Biomedical
Research Excellence (COBRE) and the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN) by
broadening the geographic scope and population coverage of data resources available
to LA CaTS investigators.
- To expand our educational mission, in close cooperation with the Professional Development (PD) Core, to create a robust pipeline of translational data scientists and to enable and support data research by citizen scientists and community stakeholders.