Meet the people behind KSG. For former members, see KSG Alumni.
Senior Director of the Knowledge Systems Group, where he leads the engineers and scientists building the data and software platforms that power cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber. James was the architect and technical lead of MatchMiner and oversees KSG's portfolio, including cBioPortal. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science and joined Dana-Farber in 2015 after co-founding the bioinformatics company Smpl Bio.
Scientist and Lead of the MatchMiner-AI team within the Knowledge Systems Group. Jen obtained her undergraduate degree in Computer Studies at Northwestern University and earned her MD from the University of Pennsylvania. She has a diverse set of work experiences in basic science research, education, and clinical and computational bioinformatics.
Lead Software Engineer for the MatchMiner team within the Knowledge Systems Group. Mike holds a Masters in Bioinformatics from NYU. Prior to joining KSG, he led the bioinformatics group within the Tumor Profiling Laboratory at Yale New Haven Hospital, developing custom bioinformatics workflows and applications to support clinical sequencing efforts.
Software engineer working primarily on the public cBioPortal and the local cBioPortal @ DFCI. Ryan joined KSG after earning his M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Boston University. He brings full-stack development skills including React, Spring Boot, and expertise in databases and containers.
Software engineer with a background in Molecular Biology and Genetics. Prior to DFCI, Gufran worked at Yale New Haven Hospital, Exact Sciences, and Genomize. He has specialized in clinical bioinformatics with an emphasis on NGS pipeline development both on-premise and in the cloud.
Computational Biologist and project lead for the MatchMiner Dashboard. Erica earned her doctorate from Yale University and has hands-on experience with every step of the NGS pipeline, from sample collection to library prep to data analysis. She primarily supports the Profile Project at DFCI.
Software engineer working primarily on KSG Infrastructure. Prior to joining Dana-Farber, Jason worked at Amazon, where he helped launch Amazon Pharmacy. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy from Williams College.
Scientific Program Manager for the Data Coordination Center for NCI's Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN). He earned his M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine and previously served as scientific director of the bioinformatics core at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Chief Informatics Officer at the Simons Foundation.
Program Coordinator for KSG and the HTAN DCC Scientific Project Coordinator. Rochelle holds a bachelor's degree in business management and graphic design and has over ten years of experience in healthcare and business administration. She contributes her organization, management, and design skills across multiple KSG projects.
Bioinformatics analyst working primarily on MatchMiner. She holds a B.A. in Neuroscience and Computer Science from Boston University, and prior to KSG worked as an EMT and in clinical research positions.
Associate Director and Lead Scientist within the group. Tali received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from UCSF, where she studied the heterogeneity and evolution of brain tumor genomics and epigenomics. She leads MatchMiner Genomics and also works with cBioPortal, leading training and outreach efforts.
Computational Biologist working primarily on the Profile Project. He completed his Masters from CWRU in Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, then developed AWS-based analyses and containerized NGS pipelines. He brings a mixture of biological, statistical, and programming expertise to KSG.
Software engineer who joined the group after earning his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. James is interested in facilitating research through his engineering efforts.
Software Engineer who came to KSG with a Master's in Biological Engineering from MIT, with experience in both the technological and biological aspects of cancer research. Stephen focuses on simplifying data sharing and analysis within Dana-Farber.