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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 D Athey, PhD
Michael Savageau Legacy Professor
Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School
Chair, Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Psychiatry
Medical School
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
Medical School
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics
Medical School
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health
Alla Karnovsky, PhD
Program Director
Bioinformatics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Bioinformatics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
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 and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Program Director, Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Human Genetics
Professor of Psychiatry
Research Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Maureen Sartor, PhD
Co-Director
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Professor of Biostatistics
School of Public Health
Alan Phlipot
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