Informatics
Informatics Hub: Support Informatics needs across the data lifecycle for a broad array of research activities relevant to brain health
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Our Expertise
The Informatics Hub supports informatics needs across the entire data lifecycle with expertise in:
- Data Management/Cyberinfrastructure Development – Standardizing and/or developing data workflows for the input, storage, and output of data from multiple sources. This includes tasks like data ingestion, transformation, conversion, and versioning.
- Data Stewardship – Managing the onboarding and offboarding of data users, developing documentation for data access control and policy, and auditing user access of data.
- Data Compliance – Documentation and implementation of internal and external regulatory controls and security requirements for data systems.
- Development Operations – Supporting research applications and data infrastructure including customized LORIS deployments.
- Neuroimaging Informatics – Running standardized pipelines such as fMRIPrep, image preprocessing and processing, and providing solutions for data analysis, storage, and sharing.
Our Leaders
Jesse Erdmann
Senior Architect for Advanced Computing Projects, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Timothy Hendrickson, MS
Neuroimaging Informatics Manager, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Thomas Pengo, PhD
Co-Director of Research Informatics, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
Jeff Shi, PhD
Informatics Manager, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
How We Engage
Our Team
Harshitha Anuganti
Linux Systems DevOps Engineer
Monalisa Bilas, MIS
Data Manager
Research Consultant
Kimberleigh Breen, BA
Linux Systems DevOps Engineer
Data Manager
Amanda Bullert, PhD
Data Manager
Research Consultant
Denisha Demeritte, MPH
Data Steward
Jesse Erdmann
Senior Architect for Advanced Computing Projects
Yolanda Gondwe, MPH
Research Project Manager
Timothy Hendrickson, MS
Neuroimaging Informatics Manager
Naomi Hospodarsky, MSc
Research Security and Compliance Analyst
Rachael Huxford, PhD
Data Manager
Research Consultant
Erik Lee
Senior Neuroimaging Analyst
Maren Macgregor-Hannah
Senior Research Project Manager
Alyssa Oksa
Linux Systems DevOps Engineer
Tanya Pandhi
Neuroimaging Analyst
Thomas Pengo, PhD
Informatics Hub Director
Borgne Raasch
Data Steward
Jeff Shi, PhD
Informatics Project Lead
Anders Skaar
Linux Systems DevOps Engineer
Examples of Our Engagement
NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC)
The Informatics Hub successfully launched the first data release for the NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) platform, a Gateway to all HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) projects. The data access platform is designed to streamline secure access, searching, filtering and downloading of high-volume research data.
Center for Mesoscale Connectomics (CMC)
The Informatics hub leads data management for the Center for Mesoscale Connectomics (CMC), a large-scale, multi-institutional project focused on mapping brain connectivity across organisms and scales. The hub handles millions of GB of data, ensuring seamless access, transfer, and storage solutions to accelerate cross-disciplinary neuroscience research for collaborators globally.