David J Foran, Ph.D.

David J. Foran, Ph.D. received a Bachelors degree in Zoology and Physics from Rutgers University in 1983 and subsequently served as a teaching assistant in the Physics department at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Between 1986 and 1988 he worked as a junior scientist at Johnson & Johnson Research, Inc. before earning his doctorate, jointly, from Rutgers University and the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey in 1992.

Dr. Foran holds the title of Professor of Pathology & Radiology and a co-founder and Director of the interdepartmental Center for Biomedical Imaging & Informatics at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. In 2003, he was appointed as the Associate Director of Research for the university-wide, Informatics Institute of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey.

Dr. Foran is an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, and serves regularly as a reviewer for the American Medical Informatics Association and the Association for Pathology Informatics. He has been an invited speaker and session Chair at multiple, international conferences including, Chair of the session on "Next Generation Informatics in Diagnostic Medicine" at the 2000 World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Foran has also served as the Director of the Scientific Session for the national conference for the Association for Pathology Informatics.

Dr. Foran's research focuses on developing solutions for resolving challenging problems in informatics and computational biology with an emphasis on pattern recognition, automated image interpretation, interactive telemedicine, and computer-based diagnostics in pathology and radiology.

Wenjin Chen , Ph.D.

Wenjin Chen, Ph.D. received her Bachelor of Medicine degree from Beijing Medical University in 1997. She entered the group as a Graduate student in the Joint Program of Molecular Biosciences between the Rutgers University and The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

After earning her Ph.D. degree through her work in tissue microarray analysis, image processing, pattern recognition and robotic telemicroscopy, Dr. Chen took the position serving as Associate Director of New Technologies in the Center of Biomedical Imaging & Infomatics. She leads several research projects in the areas including Tissue Microarray analysis and management, digital microscopy, and image-based pathology information systems.

chenwe@umdnj.edu

Vicky Chu , M.S.

Ms. Vicky Chu learned her Bachelors degree in Electric and Electronic Engineeing at theNanjing Institute of Technology, China in 1989.

After receiving her Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Clemson University, South Carolina in December, 1996, Ms. Chu worked at Intergrated Support System, Inc. in Seneca, South Carolina and Vertel Corporation in Los Angeles, California, respectively, as a Software Engineer.

In 2000, Ms Chu moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and spent over five years at the Center for Pathology and Oncology at University of Pittsburgh as a Database Developer and Database Administrator.

Ms Chu joined Center for Biomedical Imaging & Informatics as a System Programmer in September, 2006. She is currently working as a major developer on several joint research projects with Dr. Wenjin Chen in the area of Biomedical Informatics, Pathology Informatics as well as image based Tissue Microarray Information System.

Lei Zheng, Ph.D.